Peter Martin

Brian Owens, Erin Bode And Peter Martin In Kids Rock Cancer Benefit

Mary Edwards and Alex Heuer — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:02:13 +0000

Kids Rock Cancer is an outgrowth of Maryville University’s Music Therapy Program. Inspired by the program Purple Song Can Fly in Houston, Texas, the Maryville program goes into hospitals and works individually with children with cancer and other blood disorders. The musical therapist helps the child express a set of thoughts and ideas, turn them into lyrics of a song and compose a tune for the lyrics. Then the child gets to sing the song into a microphone with instrumental accompaniment. The result is

The Jazz History Of St. Louis-Part 7: The 1970’s And 1980’s: Dark Times And Rebirth

Dennis Owsley — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:02:45 +0000

On the May 19 Jazz Unlimited show, we will find out that the jazz scene in St. Louis went through a dark time and the beginnings of a rebirth in the 1970’s and 1980’s. College and high school jazz programs began and Charlie Menees brought a traditional jazz and swing program to KWMU. The 1986 University City High School sent their jazz band to the Montreux Jazz Festival and all the member of the 1987 Todd Williams Quintet went on to solid professional careers. A small group of experimentalists was still in St.

The Sheldon's 100th Anniversary Celebration

Alex Heuer and Mary Edwards — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:07:31 +0000

The Sheldon bills itself as the perfect place for music and art and the Sheldon Concert Hall has been called “The Carnegie Hall of the Midwest.” This year marks the 100th anniversary of The Sheldon which was named after Walter Sheldon, who founded the St. Louis branch of the Ethical Society. The building was designed by Louis C. Spiering, the architect of the 1904 World’s Fair.