Music - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/music/ people who drive cultural, social, and economic impact Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:07:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://www.impactmania.com/im/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-impactmania-favicon-32x32.jpg Music - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/music/ 32 32 Wynton Marsalis on Social Impact https://www.impactmania.com/im/wynton-marsalis-social-impact/ Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:56:02 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/wynton-marsalis-social-impact/ World-renowned trumpeter, composer, and managing & artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis is a nine-time Grammy award winner who also received the Pulitzer Prize for his work. In 2001, he was appointed Messenger of Peace by the United Nations.

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]]> Hub van Laar: Sought After Sound https://www.impactmania.com/im/hub-van-laar-sought-after-sound/ Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:58:32 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/hub-van-laar-sought-after-sound/ Trumpet maker Van Laar has no desire in scaling up his business; he's perfectly content making some of the most sought after trumpets in the world and continually working to improve what he has.

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]]> Jon Lewis: Star Wars’ First Trumpet https://www.impactmania.com/im/jon-lewis-star-warss-first-trumpet/ Sat, 06 Aug 2016 13:46:29 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/jon-lewis-star-warss-first-trumpet/ Soon you will be able to own a trumpet based on the horn used on Star Wars, The Force Awakens. Jon Lewis, First Trumpet for the movie, is working with horn maker Hub van Laar in Limburg, the Netherlands, on a limited edition production instrument based on Lewis's trumpet.

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]]> Robert Zimmermann on the Berlin Phil Digital Concert Hall https://www.impactmania.com/im/robert-zimmermann-berlin-phil-media/ Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:44:40 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/robert-zimmermann-berlin-phil-media/ Robert Zimmermann, Managing Director of Berlin Phil Media, pioneered the Digital Concert Hall. One of the first paid online subscription model for an orchestra.

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]]> Featured Artist: Jerome Gordon — Playing with Usher and Pope Francis https://www.impactmania.com/im/featured-artist-jerome-gordon-playing-usher-pope-francis/ Sat, 23 Apr 2016 13:42:44 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/featured-artist-jerome-gordon-playing-usher-pope-francis/ As a studio artist, Gordon has played on Frozen, Star Trek Into Darkness, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Help, and Saving Mr. Banks. Gordon has also performed with the New World Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Santa Barbara Symphony. He has been part of Celine Dion’s band since the show started in Las Vegas. We asked Jerome Gordon what the difference is playing with Usher and Pope Francis.

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]]> Featured Artist: Ted Atkatz Percussion Seminar (TAPS) https://www.impactmania.com/im/featured-artist-ted-atkatz-percussion-seminar-taps/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:41:10 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/featured-artist-ted-atkatz-percussion-seminar-taps/ Ted Atkatz left his post as the principal percussionist at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the Los Angeles alternative rock band NYCO.

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