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  • Positive Benefits of Choral Singing!

    February 13, 2012 Power Of Music

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  • MFE February News!

    February 6, 2012 MFE CDs, MFE Grants, MFE Scholars, Power Of Music

    Hello, MFE Nation. We’re still here, working hard to continue to cultivate the power of music in Lancaster.  Below, we’ve noted a few things we’re up to these days. We hope you “dig ‘em”.  Which relates to something the legendary pianist and composer, Thelonius Monk, said; “You’ve Got to Dig It, to Dig It, You [...]

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  • The Brain on Football Versus the Brain on Music

    December 10, 2011 Power Of Music

    Picture this. A magnified image of a cross section of the human brain.  The image shows hundreds of tiny brownish bits. These bits are toxic proteins, called tau, that form after brain trauma.  Tau can inhibit cellular functions in the brain, leading to depression, dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. [...]

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  • Bob Esbenshade on Thanksgiving, Family, and Corty Byron

    November 21, 2011 Power Of Music

    ABYSSINIA CORTY Well, Thanksgiving is here again. Thanksgiving was always one of my favorite holidays. I loved coming home from college to a houseful of relatives.  It seems my parent’s home was the hub for all the aunts and uncles that had no children and the grandmothers who were still living.  There are few things [...]

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  • Building Synergies to Advance MFE’s Mission

    October 13, 2011 Power Of Music

    On Friday, October 14, 2011, the Music Business students at Millersville University will host a benefit concert at the Lancaster Elks Club entitled “Something for Everyone”. All proceeds from the concert, which begins at 7:00 PM, will benefit Music For Everyone, will include a variety of musical acts and styles, ranging from the “MFE Student [...]

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  • The MFE Award: Recognizing Individuals Who Have Made A Difference

    September 11, 2011 Music Fridays, Power Of Music

    During the September 16 Music Friday festivities in Lancaster Square, we will pause the music to present the third annual MFE Award. I’m sure your response to this news is, “What’s the MFE Award? And why did MFE establish it?” While not as visible as our grant program or our Keys for the City initiative, [...]

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  • Bob Esbenshade reflects on the power of music in trying times

    September 4, 2011 Power Of Music

    TEN YEARS AGO  “Ten years ago on a cold dark night, there was someone killed ‘neath the town hall lights.” Well, it was a lot more than ten people, wasn’t it? And it was in the morning, not under the lights. A day that changed things as we once knew them. For one brief, shining, [...]

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  • The Disappearing Cool: Ben Gerideau is Keeping R&B Alive in Lancaster

    August 13, 2011 Power Of Music

    You can always tell when Ben Gerideau is at work. Before you even turn the corner around Central Market you can hear him playing the bricks out of the buildings.  Ben belts out rhythm and blues on the piano–one of many provided to Lancaster by Music for Everyone’s Keys for the City initiative–with forceful accompaniment [...]

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  • Musical Musings from Bob Esbenshade: 27

    August 6, 2011 Power Of Music

    What’s with 27?  Is there some mystical connection between that number and tortured rock music innovators? I don’t know…could be. Or is 27 just the age where a lot of us go through life changes. You know, that in-between time of your twenties and approaching adulthood. But make no mistake about it, 27 has claimed [...]

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  • Willie Marble says: “Everyone Can and Everyone Should, Play Keys for the City”

    July 25, 2011 Keys For The City, Power Of Music

    On my random wanderings throughout downtown Lancaster, I often come across folks who are obviously attracted to those fonky pianos around town. Being a Blues musician, I find myself encouraging them to “Go ‘head, play it.” All too often the response is, “I don’t know how to play the piano.” To which I respond, “That’s [...]

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