Hello Friends,
It's February already and a lot has been happening since the beginning of the year. I have several cool things to share with you this month.
CONCERTS
Tickets are still available for my concert on March 1st with Jace Vek. Seating is limited, so don't wait until the last minute to buy your tickets... be sure to order now to reserve your seats. This is going to be a fantastic concert, one you should definitely not miss out on. And for those of you that attended my last concert with Jennifer Thomas in November, you know how amazing this venue is.
Tickets are $15.00 each! Come share an amazing evening of solo piano music with Jace and me.
Concert Details are as follows:
Michele McLaughlin & Jace Vek Together In Concert
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 @ 7:00pm
Baldassin Pianos
441 West 300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
Tickets are $15.00 each
Seating is limited - order now!
No children under 6 please.
We're still a few months away from May, but
Tickets are also still available for my concert with Joe Bongiorno in Scottsdale, Arizona on Saturday, May 10th, 2008. I am very excited to perform with Joe, and being able to travel to Arizona to share the stage with him.
Tickets are $10.00 each and seating is limited, so be sure to order now as this concert is expected to sell out fast once we get closer to May. Come and share an evening of beautiful solo piano music with Joe and me!
Concert details are as follows:
Michele McLaughlin & Joe Bongiorno Together In Concert
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 at 7:00pm
Steinway of Phoenix
14418 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
Tickets are $10.00 each
Seating is limited - order now!
ALBUMS & DOWNLOADS
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and my
CD's make excellent gifts for friends and family. Say "I Love You" to your special someone by giving them the gift of beautiful piano music :) Be sure to visit my
webstore to purchase your copies now. And, if you buy more than one copy of a particular title, you'll receive a 20% discount. In addition, all of my music can be downloaded at
iTunes. Please help support my music by buying and downloading now.
MEDIA
My song "The Lonely Ballerina" recently inspired a young writer named Danni Katana to write a "fanfiction" story about a lonely ballerina and her love. It is a delightful story, very descriptive and well written, I enjoyed it very much. I have posted her story on my
website and encourage you to give it a look. It makes me happy that my music can inspire others to create their own works of art and I'd like to thank Danni for her story.
SHEET MUSIC
Six of my songs are currently available as
sheet music and recently I've received numerous requests for more songs to become available. In the next few months, I anticipate having six more pieces transcribed, so be sure to keep an eye out for them. If you have a specific request, please be sure to let me know right away as I'll be sending in my submissions very soon.
VIDEOS
You can now view several
videos which include my music and my performances. Be sure to check them out and if you like them, give them a good rating and/or leave a comment!
RADIO
I am part of an amazing radio station called
Whisperings Solo Piano Radio which features beautiful solo piano music by David Lanz, Wayne Gratz, Kurt Bestor, Suzanne Ciani, David Nevue, Joe Bongiorno, Joe Yamada, Louis Landon, Catherine Marie Charlton, Jace Vek and over 140 other artists. Tune into Whisperings Solo Piano Radio and hear why a million listeners a month have made Whisperings the #1 broadcast on Live365 for two years running. Please help support this
broadcast by tuning in now.
WHISPERINGS AT NAMM
In January, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the largest
music products trade show with six of my Whisperings colleagues. Not
only was I able to experience an enormous and impressive music trade
show and learn about a vast spectrum of musical instruments, software,
equipment, etc., I also was able to meet several of my colleagues for
the first time and build some amazing friendships. We spent the whole
weekend together, hanging out and playing some fantastic pianos and it
was a great start to what has become the annual Whisperings gathering
at NAMM. I am already looking forward to next year. The official
article on this event is as follows:
Successful "Whisperings Appearance" at Winter NAMM 2008
Anaheim, CA: On Saturday, January 19, 2008, seven Whisperings
pianists joined together at the Galileo Music Exhibit of the 2008
Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California for the first annual NAMM
Whisperings Artist Appearance. Pianists David Nevue, Joe Yamada, Louis
Landon, Joe Bongiorno, Catherine Marie Charlton, Michele McLaughlin,
and Gary Girouard each performed a few compositions during the
Appearance, and held a giveaway of autographed CDs from over 30
Whisperings artists. The NAMM Show is the largest music products trade
show in the United States. Held every January in Anaheim, the show
brings together all facets of the music products industry to reveal
new musical instruments, products, and ideas.
"This was a great opportunity to share Whisperings piano solos with
music industry professionals," said Whisperings pianist Joe Yamada.
"To have that kind of presence at an international music event like
Winter NAMM was incredible exposure for the station and undoubtedly
will increase the recognition and listenership of Whisperings Solo
Piano Radio."
Nearly 80,000 NAMM members and their guests attend the Winter NAMM
Show each year.
"The NAMM Show is always so loud and chaotic... the piano music (at
the Whisperings appearance) rejuvenated my soul," said one new
Whisperings fan who had never heard of SoloPianoRadio.com until the
NAMM show.
Throughout the rest of the NAMM Show, Whisperings visited various
piano exhibits to demo some of the new top of the line pianos.
Favorites included the Kawai "Shigeru VII" and the Bosendorfer Model
280. Late Saturday afternoon, Whisperings visited the Kawai Exhibit
and five Whisperings artists performed on five Kawai "Shigeru Series"
grand pianos simultaneously.
Whisperings participation with the 2008 Winter NAMM Show was very
well received. It marked the beginning of an annual Whisperings
presence at future Winter NAMM Shows in Anaheim.
Special thanks to the Galileo Music Corporation for sponsoring the
First Annual NAMM Whisperings Artist Appearance.
CONTACT
Be sure to visit my
website as well as my
blog for up to date information on what I am doing. You can also email me anytime at michele@michelemclaughlin.com with your questions and comments, or leave me a message in my
guestbook. I would love to hear from you.
Until next time...
Thanks!!!
Michele McLaughlin
http://www.michelemclaughlin.com
http://www.myspace.com/michelemclaughlin 
