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Play Piano for Adults

PPIAF Bulletin Mar 2012

PLAY PIANO IN A FLASH

ADULT PIANO CLASS

In this Fun and Entertaining 8-Week Course (8-1 hour lessons)

You will Learn:

• Secrets the Pros have Known for Years

• How to Play Your Favorite Tunes without learning complicated Sheet Music

• How relaxing it can be to play the piano!

New classes start March 5, 2012

Level 1 Monday at 7:00pm or

Thursday at 2:30pm

Level 2 Tuesday 2p or 6pm or Thursday 6pm

Level 3 Wednesday at 7:00pm

Level 4 TBA (if your ready for this level call)

Level 6 Monday at 2:00pm

Total class cost is $206.⁹⁹ and can be paid at our store or on phone.

We also now keep books on hand for last minute sign ups.

Class size is limited to eight so sign up soon.

Call 690-6465 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bill Jones Music

10412 Kingston Pike

Knoxville, TN 37922

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About Yamaha Music School

About Yamaha Music Schools

Over 6,000,000 students around the world have studied at Yamaha Music Schools. Based on 50 years of experience,
the Yamaha curriculum is:

Fun

People in 40 countries around the world enjoy their lessons at Yamaha Music School! Based on cutting edge know how, Yamaha’s curriculum introduces people age 3 to 99 to music in group lessons with their friends, where through age appropriate activities, images, songs and experiences they develop a love of music. Inspiring private lessons are also an important part of Yamaha’s curriculum.

New Artist

NASHVILLE, TN. (Nov 29, 2010) Pop and country superstars flooded the Yamaha Artist Services - Nashville office in October with requests for pianos for their latest music videos. Yamaha pianos can be seen front in center in recent productions from Sara Bareilles, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum.

Grammy Award winning artist Sara Bareilles broke into mainstream success with her hit song "Love Song." Lately she has been busy promoting her follow up album Kaleidoscope Heart, which was released Sept. 7. Two Yamaha grand pianos - a black and a white MPC3 - can be seen in her latest music video for the song "Uncharted," her second single to be released off her sophomore album. Behind-the-scenes photos can be seen here on her website.

Yamaha Pianos Abound in Pop/Country Music Videos

Multi-Grammy Award winning artist and one of the best selling artists of the past few years Taylor Swift isn't slowing down any time soon. Her recently released album Speak Now, only her third studio album of her career, made headlines for its raw, unedited lyrics about several relationships with celebrities, and it debuted at number one on the US Billboard Chart 200. A Yamaha MPC7 grand piano was requested for her recent video shoot that took place in New York City.

Lady Antebellum, the country music group comprising of Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott, became a crossover hit with their hugely successful single "Need You Now," which climbed the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts as well as the Country charts. Yamaha Artist Services - Nashville provided a C6 grand piano for the set of the music video for "Hello World," which was filmed in their hometown of Nashville, TN. The video, with the grand piano front and center, made its debut in late October and can be seen here on their website.

Sara Bareilles, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum all requested grand pianos for their music videos filmed in October

Press Releases

2011 Grammys

Yamaha Artists Celebrate 47 GRAMMY Nominations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards were announced by The Recording Academy® on Dec. 1 through a star-studded live primetime concert, and a diverse group of Yamaha artists took the spotlight, with a total of 47 nominations. John Legend, Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum, Questlove, Zac Brown, Sara Bareilles and Barry Manilow are just a few of the artists who earned nods for their contributions to the music industry this past year.

"Yamaha sincerely congratulates all of our artists who have been nominated," comments Chris Gero of Yamaha Corporate Artist Affairs, Inc. "There is truly no higher honor in this industry, we are humbled to be working with such talented artists."

Press Releases

Disklavier for injuries

Researcher Takes on Pianists'
Injuries with Yamaha Disklavier

Imagine playing the piano at a professional level and suddenly having difficulty with passages you've been performing for many years. Imagine finding that your fingers don't follow the commands you are giving them, compromising your ability to play. Now, imagine that while treatments exist, there's no reliable diagnostic tool to direct you to them. That's been a reality for musicians who have focal hand dystonia.

Dr. Kathleen Riley videotapes a patient's performance

Focal dystonia - a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that force certain parts of the body into abnormal and sometimes painful positions - affects more than 300,000 people in the United States each year. Although it can affect anyone, it is particularly problematic for musicians because it affects the fine movement control required to play an instrument. The careers of several high-profile musicians, including pianists Gary Graffman, Leon Fleisher and, probably, the late classical pianist Glenn Gould, have been affected by focal dystonia.