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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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]