Local artist Fred Rodger painted a piano during August Music Friday as part of the Keys for the City project. The piano is available for auction at the Red Raven Art Company located at 138 North Prince Street in Lancaster. Interested parties can call 717-299-4400 or visit www.redravenartcompany.com for additional details.
Meteor Tower Films and FeO2 Music produced and donated a short film promoting the Keys for the City exhibit. Thank you Meteor Tower Films, FeO2 Music and all the volunteers involved!
MFE Volume 3 is our biggest and best CD yet with fifteen original tracks from Lancaster's top music acts. Join us in Lancaster Square along North Queen Street for a carnival of live music, beer, wine, and food. Performances from 5:30-8:30 p.m. with free admission. The lineup includes Stinging Nettles, Ruby Street, and Adam Taylor with crowd favorite HeadsUp Lancaster doing its thing between sets. Volume 3 CDs will be available for purchase with all proceeds benefitting MFE - just a mere $10 for a CD helps to keep the music playing throughout Lancaster County.
MFE Kicked off the Keys for the City project during Music Friday on May 21. The evening included live art demonstrations, much piano playing, and music performances in Lancaster Square by Go Particle, Big Red, and Mama Tried. More than 1,000 people attended- a great show of support for the exhibit. Music Fridays will be held once a month through the summer- ending with the finale of Keys for the City on September 17.
Music For Everyone presents a city-wide, 24/7 exhibit in partnership with Society of Design, Mayor's Office of Special Events (M.O.O.S.E.), and the City of Lancaster. Stop by one of the twenty pianos this summer and help us fill the streets with music. The project kicks off with a concert in Lancaster Square (100 block of North Queen Street) during the Music Friday festivities on May 21, 2010.
MFE and the Mayor's Office of Special Events (M.O.O.S.E.) are working together to pump up the volume in the city throughout the summer. New this year will be the addition of food and beverage vendors set up near the main stage in Lancaster Square along North Queen Street. Great music on the main stage and at many other restaurants, bars, and retailers. Performances from 5:30-8:30 p.m. with free admission.
Music For Everyone has reached the $110,000 mark in grants awarded since 2006. This year's grants totaled more than $35,000 and will benefit twenty-two schools and other non-profit organizations. The awards ceremony took place during First Friday activities and featured several performances, including those by grant recipients Heads Up and Washington Elementary School.
Washington Elementary and King Elementary students are the first to benefit from a newly-formed relationship between Music For Everyone and the Pennsylvania Academy of Music (PAM). MFE's relationships with music teachers at city schools are being connected to the teaching talents of PAM's faculty and students. The mentoring sessions will reach a crescendo with a public performance in the Academy's Steinman Performance Hall on Saturday, May 22, 2010.