Howard Vance Guitar Academy

How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins

Get your groove on, folks!
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins

How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What’s going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians’ brains when they play, and examin...

Bernie Wellerman

Sea shanties are coming back into style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Xjx6LRmSk

Bernie Wellerman

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Hope your holidays were filled with the best gifts ever...

Hope your holidays were filled with the best gifts ever...

Never gonna happen...😃

We'd like to thank Memphis Parent magazine, and all of our beautiful students who voted us as the Best Music Lessons in Memphis! We are deeply honored.

ONLINE MUSIC LESSONS. You can now enjoy music lessons from the comfort of your home. Try it. You’ll like it!

THIS FRIDAY!

Family Choice Awards 2020

A humble request - that our local patrons please consider voting for The Vance Guitar Academy in the Memphis Parent Family Choice Awards 2020 as "Best Music Lessons" under the Education heading. It looks like perhaps ten minutes or so of your time to complete the ballot. Thanks - We appreciate each and every one of you. https://memphisparent.com/awards?fbclid=IwAR2HE0ifC9i9MHpr45J1NkXuR2_20q9-7ap81tcVuSL2y3Or4ej3QzgwVHc#//

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Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - You Took Advantage Of Me

Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; born January 13, 1929.
He kept good company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0qHYKnqSww

youtube.com Fitzgerald and Pass...Again (1976) - Track 7 The second of four albums featuring Fitzgerald and Joe together. Ella Fitzgerald would go on to receive the 1977...

MIT Physicist Almost Gets Pick Out of Acoustic Guitar

https://thehardtimes.net/news/mit-physicist-almost-gets-pick-acoustic-guitar/?fbclid=IwAR2JCA7Henv3OjuA93LeRELyMDNKBc4dsnnOkTnigLQpEByHK11MatCEYnU

thehardtimes.net Renowned MIT physicist Lawrence Gordon inspired the scientific world early last week when he nearly retrieved a pick out of his acoustic guitar.

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Join us this coming Friday, Sep 06, at 5:00: Howard Vance Guitar Academy presents our Singer/Songwriter night in our First Fridays at Five series.

Celebrating 50 Years of the Iconic Crossing

It was 50 years ago today...https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/celebrating-50-years-of-the-iconic-crossing-2567

abbeyroad.com This August, we will be celebrating 50 years of 'Abbey Road'; the legendary Beatles record that inspired our studios' name change and went on to become one of the most iconic and recognisable album covers in the world. Soon after it established itself as a hot-spot for London tourism, with tens of t...

This Friday, March First!

First show in Memphis since 2014!

Take note:

Just a reminder that we will NOT have First Friday in October. The Academy will resume First Friday on November 2nd with "Oldies Night."
For your listening pleasure on October 13-14 and 20-21, 2018 come out the the Mid-South Renaissance Faire where we will be performing as Wind, Wood & Wire on the Wit's End stage at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm USA Baseball Stadium in Millington, TN
midsouthrenfaire.com

Happy Birthday to Betty! Best office manager (and sister) ever!

Classical flute, finger style guitar, Italian bean and sausage soup and much much more… Tonight at Howard Vance Guitar Academy First Friday Acoustic Café.
Doors open at 5 PM music starts at 5:30 PM.. Just $5.00!
Call 901-767-6940 for reservations.

Wind, Wood & Wire

We'll be playing at the Pink Palace Crafts Fair on Saturday, October 10 at Audubon Park on the Main Stage at 4:00 pm. See you there!

Wind, Wood & Wire

We had an amazing weekend at the Mid-South Renaissance Faire. The audiences were fantastic, and it was wonderful to hear the other bands who are performing. And then there are the jousts and the jugglers and ... turkey legs! Can't forget the turkey legs! If you missed the Faire this weekend, don't fret, it will be held next weekend as well, and we'll be playing at 10 am, 1:30 pm, and 4:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Huzzah!

We are excited to offer this opportunity for everyone to learn and love this brilliant songwriter. Some make waves, he moves mountains. -paul and t-bone

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Tonight’s concert of Irish music has been rescheduled for tomorrow,
Saturday, March 7th
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Howard Vance Guitar Academy
978 Reddoch Cove
Memphis, TN 38119
901-767-6940

Guest artist: Jeanne Simmons, Irish flute and Tin Whistle

$5.00 admission. Coffee and light refreshments served.

ATTN: Howard Vance Guitar Academy is closed due to inclement weather. Stay safe and practice.

We are looking forward to some musical premiers this weekend at our concert in downtown Iuka, MS for Gary Phillips gathering at the Friendly Spider, 105 South Main Street. At our 2:00 pm concert Wind, Wood & Wire (Beverly, Howard and Steve Black) will premier two new songs Howard has written for the occasion: "Free Radical Blues" and "Cleared to Land." Admission is $5.00. Coffee and tea will be served

Howard has written a new piece that Wind, Wood & Wire will premier at De Terra Vineyard and & Wines "soft opening" this Saturday, October 18, 2014. The title of the tune is "Sunshine Is Wine" and is dedicated to his long time friend and owner of De Terra Winery, Teresa Pentz.