by Shannan Haft | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Local band teacher, Walter Suggs was presented with an award from music icon Barry Manilow when he performed in Charlotte this month. The award, which is given to one teacher in each city that Manilow performs, consists of a $5,000 cash...
by Shannan Haft | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ahead of Barry Manilow’s Bridgestone Arena performance this weekend, he is taking time to recognize a local music teacher. Nolensville High School Director of Bands Benjamin Easley won the Manilow Music Project Music Teacher Award. With it, he will recieve...
by Shannan Haft | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
North Atlanta High School music programs director Adam Brooks was honored with the Manilow Music Project Award by the Grammy-award-winning legend Barry Manilow at the Jan. 19 concert as his wife, kids, friends and colleagues looked on. The prize is $5,000 in cash and...
by Shannan Haft | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
José Eslava was 10 years old when he discovered a passion for the flute. “My family is from Colombia, and they would always play traditional Colombian music and the three instruments that really stuck out to me growing up were flute, trumpet, guitar,” Eslava said....
by Shannan Haft | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
At Savannah High you don’t have to look far to find people who haven’t been impacted by Reginald Mitchell. “He has done everything for us, outside and inside of school. He’s been a great mentor to all of us,” said senior Keshawn Dickson. “Every time I had a problem, I...
by Shannan Haft | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Chris Allen said some of the double basses at Newsome High School have been around for 20 years. “I can’t even count how many hundreds of students have used this one instrument,” said Allen. But the school will soon be able to buy new...
