Yamaha Jazz Scholars Nominated for 2010 Mercury Prize
27 July 2010 An album recorded by two Yamaha Jazz Scholars, Kit Downes (piano) and Calum Gourlay (double bass), who along with drummer James Maddren comprise 'The Kit Downes Trio' has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Mercury Prize, alongside artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Paul Weller and The XX. The winner of the £20,000 prize will be announced on 7 September.
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Sublime Performances for the Yamaha Brass Bursary at 113th Feis Ceoil
22 April 2009
Feis Ceoil is an annual music festival that has taken place in Ireland since 1896. Promoting excellence in the learning and performance of music across all ages, levels and disciplines this year's Feis Ceoil saw the introduction of the Yamaha Br...
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Yamaha Artists Open New Atelier in Hamburg
22 April 2009
On Monday 6 April 2009, Yamaha opened the new European atelier at its new home in Hamburg. For the last 25 years, European research and development activities have been taking place in Frankfurt where Yamaha's top technicians have been work...
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Quality Instruments for Education – Helpful Advice for the Musical Student
28 March 2009
The Music Industries Association (MIA) have produced a free book offering a wealth of advice on the benefits of playing a musical instrument as well as quality advice on buying one. Covering all ...
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Yamaha Presents Acclaimed pianist John Taylor and Special Guest Diana Torto at The 606 Jazz Club!
11 January 2009
Yamaha's innovative partnership with Chelsea's award winning 606 Club continues on Thursday 15th January with a not to be missed evening featuring multi-award winning Pianist John Taylor with a very special guest appearance by Diana.
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Yamaha CFIIIS Concert Grand Nominated for 51st Grammy Awards Concert
20 December 2008
A Yamaha CFIIIS was specified for the inaugural Live Grammy Nominations Concert which saw British artists, including Coldplay, Adele and Duffy dominating.
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Capacity Audience 606 Club Experiences 'The Yamaha New Jazz Sessions' At Debut CD Showcase
17 December 2008
A capacity audience at London's award-winning 606 Jazz Club were treated to an evening of outstanding live performances from the UK's hottest new Jazz talents, to celebrate the launch of 'THE YAMAHA NEW JAZZ SESSIONS' CD, cover mounted on the Chr...
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New Website to Support Internet Services
20 November 2008
For a number of years Yamaha have offered a wide range of musical services and support via the Internet. This includes Yamaha's unique Internet Direct Connection and Digital Music Notebook. These features offer a wide range of software opt...
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Robin Hood, Yamaha and the Teenage Cancer Trust!
11 November 2008
Yamaha recently was proud to help The Teenage Cancer Trust in providing instruments for a Music Workshop at the annual TCT conference in Sherwood Forrest Nottingham.
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Explore the Secrets of Yamaha Design
01 August 2008
Introducing Yamaha design concepts, philosophy and messages from our in house designers.
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New Timpani 3100EA Series
27 June 2008
This new series is the first portable timpani to offer adjustable pedal height and castor legs. The bowls of the TP3100EA series are very lightweight, because they are made of completely recyclable aluminium.
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Music Teachers: Become A Yamaha Education Friend Member!
22 May 2008
Music teachers: become a Yamaha Education Friend member! A central part of Yamaha's long term vision is to broaden and increase access to learning music. One way we can do this is to support professionals working in music education, which we ...
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NAMM Show: Get an Insight on all Latest Releases Presented at the U.S. Music Fair!
27 January 2008
The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, will offer anything you need to help your business have its best year yet: All the latest musical instruments and-products from around the world, professional training from industry experts and the inspiration a...
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Making the Grade
01 February 2007
Last year, Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) was awarded enhanced funding of £4.5m over the next five years to establish a Centre for Excellence in Teaching...
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Facing the Future
26 January 2007
In the last issue of YES magazine, my colleague at the Associated Board, Nigel Scaife, wrote about our new interactive website SoundJunction, which allows visitors to listen to explore, discover and create music through th...
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New Direction - Changing Tunes
07 January 2007
Changing Tunes - a one-day event held in Birmingham on 11 July and organised jointly by the Music Education Council (MEC) and Music for Youth (MFY) in partnership with the Music Manifesto - attracted more th...
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