News & Updates
Maria Taylor: Finding Your Voice
“Finding Your Voice”—a phrase we hear often in movies, speeches, and conversations. But how do we truly find it? For 2024 Manilow Music Teacher Award Winner Maria Taylor, a teacher at Bronx Health Sciences High School, it began before she could even talk. Maria grew...
Building Futures: One String at a Time
We’ve all attended concerts filled with the harmonious blend of strings, drums, winds, and more. But what we don’t often see is the effort, care, and cost that go into maintaining those instruments and supporting the musicians who play them. Even the most talented...
Looks Like We Made It: Melissa Gustafson-Hinds and the Manilow Music Project Empower the Musicians of Tomorrow
ST. LOUIS - When Melissa Gustafson-Hinds, Director of Bands at O’Fallon Township High School, stepped into the spotlight at Barry Manilow’s “The Last St. Louis Concert” this past July, it wasn’t to conduct—but to accept the Manilow Music Project Teacher Award from the...
Cudahy High School band teacher wins $10,000 in Barry Manilow contest
CUDAHY, Wis. -- Alex St. Louis has always known he'd spend his life surrounded by instruments. “Music has changed my life for the better, and through music it is teaching life lessons. Just to become a better human, to do better things in the world, and be the...
Bay Port teacher wins $10,000 award from Manilow Music Project
A teacher from Northeast Wisconsin is being honored by music legend Barry Manilow with a $10,000 grant. Ashley Siegrist, a music teacher at Bay Port High School, was named Green Bay's winner of the Manilow Music Project -- a contest created to support high...
St. Paul music teacher to be honored at Barry Manilow concert
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Twin Cities teacher will be honored at Barry Manilow's concert at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul next month. The Manilow Music Project announced on Monday that Daniel Perelstein, a music teacher at Washington Technology Magnet High School,...
Barry Manilow’s Manilow Music Project Will Give Away $170,000 For Local High School Bands
In each city of his tour, one lucky winner will be selected to receive a $10,000 grant from the Manilow Music Project. Up to ten high schools in each tour city submit the names of their favorite music teachers and then vote to select the winner. The winning high...
BARRY MANILOW ANNOUNCES MUSIC TEACHER AWARD TO COINCIDE WITH HIS NEW YORK CITY CONCERTS
Winner to Receive VIP Experience to Show Including Tickets and Back Stage Award Presentation with Barry Manilow Tickets On Sale now at Ticketmaster.com April 27th, 2023 (New York, NY) - Music icon Barry Manilow announced today that his Manilow Music Project would once...
Introducing Barry’s Exclusive Wine Club- Obbligato Napa Valley!
Since its inception, wine has been an essential staple of artistry and passion. You don’t have to look far to find someone laughing, crying, or singing with a glass in hand. Barry Manilow’s artistry and passion has also made us laugh, cry, and sing along...providing...
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