Music
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‘Richly Talented’ Music Professor at WCU Earns Prestigious Pew Center Fellowship
Jacob Cooper, an associate professor in the Wells School of Music at West Chester University, has been awarded a $75,000 Pew Center for Arts and Heritage Fellowship. Cooper is one of only 12 Fellows selected this year by the Pew Center. The Fellowship will allow the Philadelphia-based musician to continue his work of composing new…
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WCU’s Wells School of Music to Entertain Audiences with Free Virtual Performances This Fall
West Chester University’s Wells School of Music will delight and entertain audiences with a number of free virtual performances this fall. Livestream links are available by clicking on each event in the campus arts event calendar, allowing audiences from around the world to enjoy concerts from the comfort of their own homes. “It has been a…
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WCU’s Criterions Jazz Ensemble to Present Virtual Concert on Friday
West Chester University’s Wells School of Music will continue to delight and entertain audiences with dozens of free virtual performances this fall. Livestream links are available by clicking on each event in the campus arts event calendar, allowing audiences from around the world to enjoy concerts from the comfort of their own homes. Beginning on…
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Award-Winning Record Producer from Phoenixville Teams Up with Another Local Artist in New Album
Award-winning record producer Tim Sonnefeld, a Phoenixville native, and Sharon Little, a singer and songwriter who grew up in North Wales, are continuing their collaboration in Hollywood with a new album, Another Galaxy, writes Denny Dyroff for The Unionville Times. Sonnefeld, a Phoenixville High School graduate, operates Redstar Recording, a highly acclaimed studio in Los…
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Citadel Country Spirit USA Announces 2021 Lineup and Schedule
Citadel Country Spirit USA has announced the GMC Sierra Stage lineup and schedule for next year’s music festival, scheduled for Aug. 27-29, 2021. The 2020 event was postponed due to the coronavirus. Brantley Gilbert will headline on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, while Justin Moore, Rodney Atkins, RaeLynn, and Niko Moon will also perform. Miranda Lambert…
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Famous Rap Producer from Chester Tries to Bring Affordable Housing to His Hometown
Rap producer/songwriter Jahlil Beats has been helping the underserved find affordable housing in his hometown of Chester, writes Kershaw St. Jawnson with Seleah Simone for AllHipHop.com. “The last maybe three years, I’ve been heavy in the real estate in my hometown Chester, Pennsylvania,” said Beats. “On the residential side, I got about like 400 properties…
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Guitar Stalwart from Coatesville Busy with His Music Career Despite Pandemic
Coatesville native and guitar stalwart Fred Mascherino has been keeping his music career going from home during the coronavirus pandemic, writes Denny Dyroff for The Unionville Times. In recent months, Mascherino has been performing online, working on interactive projects with fans and teaching classes online from his West Goshen home. “I’ve been teaching guitar lessons,”…
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Conestoga Grad, Member of Popular Rock Band Based in L.A. Misses Watching His Beloved Sixers
Matt Quinn, who founded the rock band Mt. Joy with his friend from Conestoga High School, has realized that what he missed the most during the quarantine were the small things he always took for granted, writes Allie Miller for PhillyVoice. While sitting in his apartment, he would think about going “some place where we…
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WCU’s Wells School of Music Offers Free Virtual Music Camps for Students Entering Grades 3-12
In this summer of uncertainty, and with many camps and recreational centers closed for the summer, it’s West Chester University to the rescue with free virtual music camps via Zoom for students entering grades 3-12. “Though we are disappointed we are unable to welcome students to our campus this summer, we are thrilled to announce…
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Nashville-Based Singer from Downingtown Working on Her Fourth Album
Downingtown High School graduate Kate Klim, a well-known singer and songwriter who now lives in Nashville, is working on her fourth album and plans to release it next year, writes Denny Dyroff for The Unionville Times. In the past two decades, Klim has lived all over the country and has successfully built a reputation as…
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Grammy-Winning Founder of West Chester-Based Music Label an Activist ‘on Right Side of History’
Jim Musselman, a lifelong activist and the founder of Appleseed Recordings in West Chester, was instrumental in getting automakers to install airbags in cars, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. Musselman was so determined that he even managed to get Lee Iacocca, the then-CEO of Chrysler, to reverse his stance on airbags. “I was…
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Citadel Country Spirit USA Postponed Until 2021
Citadel Country Spirit USA, a three-day country music festival that was scheduled for Aug. 28-30 at the Ludwig’s Corner Horse Show Grounds in Glenmoore, is postponed until next year. The third annual event will now take place Aug. 27-29, 2021 at the same location. “We were hopeful the COVID-19 situation would improve significantly, and rules…
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WCU’s Wells School of Music to Host 30th Annual Jazz Festival from March 18-21
The Wells School of Music at West Chester University is ready to bring world-class entertainment and free live jazz to the surrounding community as the 30th Annual Jazz Festival nears. From March 18-21, students and audiences of all ages are invited to events staged in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre in the Swope Music Building…
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Etienne Charles and the U.S. Army Blues Band Headline the 13th Annual Trumpet Fest at WCU
On Feb. 21 and 22, West Chester University’s Swope Music Building and Performing Arts Center will be “full of hot air” as hundreds of trumpeters from around the region gather together for the 13th Annual Trumpet Festival. The weekend-long festival is free to WCU students ($25 for adults/$20 for students outside of WCU) and includes…
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Citadel Country Spirit USA Announces GMC Sierra Stage Lineup and Aug. 28-30 Schedule
Citadel Country Spirit USA, a three-day country music festival held at Ludwig’s Corner Horse Show Grounds in Glenmoore, has announced the GMC Sierra Stage lineup and schedule. Brantley Gilbert headlines the festival on Friday, Aug. 28. Justin Moore, Rodney Atkins, Lindsay Ell, and another entertainer yet to be announced will perform. Dierks Bentley headlines on…
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Local Performer to Debut New Material at Uptown! on Feb. 28
The Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center will welcome local singer-songwriter Stephanie Phillips on Friday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 PM. Phillips will be performing songs off of her new album, What Have I Lost, which is set for release this month. Describing her sound as “progressive folk” and drawing inspiration from the likes of Billy Joel,…
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Jazz at Uptown!
The Jazz Cocktail Hour at Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center will present “Dessert and an Evening of Love Songs” with Laurin Talese & Quartet on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 at 8 PM. An award-winning vocalist and prolific songwriter, Talese will be singing her own work, along with classics like “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “Cry…
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Immaculata University the First Stop on Renowned Ensemble’s First-Ever U.S. Tour
Conductor Osmo Vänskä teams up with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra for the ensemble’s first-ever tour of the United States, from Jan. 30 to Feb. 8, and its first stop will be Immaculata University. The student-musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music will perform at Immaculata and in Philadelphia and Bethlehem; Athens, Ga.; Blacksburg, Va.; and…
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