About Upper Darby, PA and nearby first suburbs
DREXEL HILL, Pa. (CBS) — The Grammy Awards is just a couple of days away. One of the honors given is the Music Educator Award, recognizing a teacher who has made a remarkable impact on their students’ lives. “I’m very energetic with them. I’m loud,” said Jason Majerczak, a Grammy Educator Award nominee. READ MORE
We happened upon this nice video from KEF about our friend Val Shively. They write: What is it like to own a warehouse with over four million records for sale? For a music fan, it’s a dream come true. For Val Shively, it’s just another day with his “babies.” But don’t expect to browse the Read More …
Last Saturday afternoon at the performing arts center the 20th anniversary Gala was held. The amazing talent of our kids was on display again, and as happens every year there were a few extraordinary talents. What really stands out though is the level of musicianship and vocal mastery of all the kids. Its a tribute Read More …
Upper Darby’s Own Henry Tirfe playing with the Roots! NPR tiny desk concerts.
The Schoener MusicMan Camp was excited to welcome back Master Trumpeter, Al Chez as an official 2017 full-time staff member! Thanks to support from Mayor Tom Micozzie and the Upper Darby Township – in 2017 the Schoener MusicMan Campers offered incredible musical opportunities during this year’s session. The graduating students performed today in the Brad Read More …
The Wynton Marsalis Septet performing in Abu Dhabi (3/27/2017) — including Upper Darby’s Immanuel Wilkins. Immanuel is in the foreground right on the Sax and is the youngest player there. Fantastic!
Who knew? We ran across this CD recently: Tracklist 1-1 Songs From The Wood 1-2 Thick As A Brick 1-3 Steel Monkey 1-4 Farm On The Freeway 1-5 Heavy Horses 1-6 Living In The Past 1-7 Budapest 2-1 Instrumental 2-2 Wond’ring Aloud 2-3 Skating Away & Introduction Of The Band 2-4 Jump Start 2-5 Too Read More …
Our favorite new Philly band (one of the lead members is an Upper Darby native) is releasing the new record in the UK and here is a video that the UK label just put out. Great stuff! Read the UK article. Tour info
Upper Darby native Matheson, now residing in South Philadelphia has formed a new local band with two other women and they call themselves “Queen of Jeans”. They just released the first song of a new album and have garnered the attention of Philadelphia’s new music champion WXPN and some other East Coast music outlets. In Read More …
