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Don Getzen
- Oral History
Don Getzen sure knew the history of the band instruments made in the mid-west!
Tim Cunningham
- Oral History
Tim Cunningham worked for a trade show design company in the late 1960s for which NAMM was a client.
Carol Buschmann
- Oral History
Carol Buschmann grew up in Sheboygan, Wisconsin where she joined the all girls singing group the Chordettes just a year after it was formed in 19
Avery Burdette
- Oral History
Avery Burdette, the product manager for Yamaha Corporation of America, began his long love of music pushing down the pedals of his mother's organ as a smal
Lewis Brown
- Oral History
Lewis Brown joined the CG Conn Company in 1941 working in the band instrument assembly department.
Ed Boyer
- Oral History
Ed Boyer began working for Yamaha Corporation of America in 1983 with a focus on the band and orchestral products.
Fourth National Wanna Play Music Week Reaches Millions with Positive Messages, Activities Focused on Making Music
- Press Release
NAMM announced today that its fourth annual National Wanna Play Music Week May 3-7 featured a series of high-profile public relations activities touting the...
NAMM Members Take On Full Agenda In Washington D.C. to Advocate for Music Education
- Press Release
NAMM today announced the full music education advocacy efforts of more than 30 NAMM Members who took time away from their businesses May 10-13 to travel to...
Brian Vincik
- Oral History
Brian Vincik was in the right place at the right time.
Lori Supinie
- Oral History
Lori Supinie has been an active music maker since she was a child.
Tom Sumner
- Oral History
Tom Sumner grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where he not only played guitar in local bands but also worked in area music stores.
Kevin Smith
- Oral History
Kevin Smith opened the Violin Shop in San Diego after extensive training as a violin luthier and appraiser.
Dave Smith
- Oral History
Dave Smith was the founder of Sequential Circuits and inventor of the polyphonic synthesizer, the Prophet 5.
Hisatake Shibuya
- Oral History
Hisatake Shibuya takes great pride in developing music education opportunities for students wishing to bring music into their lives.
Patrick Selmer
- Oral History
Patrick Selmer is proud of his family’s long and important history as instrument makers in France.
Ed Rizzuto
- Oral History
Ed Rizzuto was surrounded by music his entire life.
Sylvia Perry
- Oral History
Sylvia Perry and her late husband, Mack, teamed up in 1945 to establish Peripole, Inc. Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Palmer
- Oral History
Russell Palmer’s father was the first employee for Capital Records, working as a record salesman.
Richard O'Donnell
- Oral History
Richard O’Donnell was vice president of Yamaha Corporation of America at a very historic time in the company’s growth and development, the 1970s.
Bernhard Mueller
- Oral History
Bernhard Mueller has been the manager of International sales for Schott’s Music since 2004, after more than 20 years as the company’s distributio
Dominic Milano
- Oral History
Dominic Milano played an important role in the history of the music products industry as editor of Keyboard magazine beginning in the 1970s and i
Frank Mazurco
- Oral History
Frank Mazurco spent 33 years working in the Steinway & Sons piano business, the last stretch as executive vice president.
Bill Mays
- Oral History
Bill Mays can balance composing, arranging and piano performance with the best of them. As a young musician in San Diego, he cut his teeth on ja
Bob Malone
- Oral History
Bob Malone is one of the leading experts of band and orchestra instruments in the United States who is currently working as Director of the Ateli
Becky Lightfoot
- Oral History
Becky Lightfoot was one of the first people to earn a degree in music business from the University of Illinois, which she put to good use immedia
Gladys Krenek
- Oral History
Gladys Krenek was married to the world-renowned composer Ernst Krenek from 1950 until his passing in 1991.
Henry Heller
- Oral History
Henry Heller recalled with detail his father’s idea of moving the Aeolian Piano Company’s manufacturing plant from New York to Memphis.
Music Educators Vital to Nashville 2010 Summer NAMM Show
- Press Release
The NAMM Foundation today announced that it will be moving ahead full force with its inspirational and educational event for music educators and invites...
NAMM Young Professionals Group Kicks Off Summer NAMM
- Press Release
Are you a NAMM member under 40 years of age? Looking for new business ideas, strategies and networking opportunities? Look no further.
Cynthia Hoover
- Oral History
Cynthia Hoover has devoted her career to the history of musical instrument making in America as curator at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.