Carol Matz Piano Workshop - July 27

Avalon Music has joined with Alfred Music Publishing and is excited to bring Carol Matz to Wenatchee for a Piano Workshop on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.  The workshop will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 1408 Washington Street, in Wenatchee.  Just call us at 663-7300 to register or send us an email.  It's free!

This workshop is designed to educate and entertain, while providing new materials and techniques that will revitalize every piano instructor's studio.

Carol is an active composer, arranger, author and editor of educational piano materials. She also maintains a piano studio where she enjoys teaching students of all ages and abilities. Carol studied composition, arranging and orchestration at the University of Miami, with an emphasis on studio and jazz writing. In addition to her compositions and arrangements for piano, Carol has written for a variety of ensembles including orchestra, jazz big band and string quartet. Her work also includes studio arrangements and recording sessions for a number of artists in Miami-area recording studios. Carol serves as a keyboard production editor for Alfred Music Publishing.

Carol will be sharing the newest Alfred piano publications, as well as highlights from her own library, including her Famous & Fun series. Her presentation will focus on keeping students engaged by using both pop and supplemental music to reinforce key concepts.

Home Digital Pianos by Roland

Roland RP-201 Digital Pianos are now in stock!

The Roland RP-201 is a handsome instrument in satin black or rosewood with gorgeous grand piano sound.  The RP-201 is based on Roland’s acclaimed 88-key stereo multi-sampling, in which the distinctive acoustic properties of each grand-piano key have been faithfully captured. Together with its 128 polyphonic voices, the RP-201’s piano engine performs like a true grand. No matter how fast you play or how much sustain pedal you apply, you needn’t worry about note drop-outs.

 Plus, resonance-behavior modeling for string, damper, and key-off makes the RP-201 all the more natural and realistic. Your pedal positions are detected smoothly, letting you constantly vary the tone by changing pedal depth just like an acoustic grand piano.

With its Progressive Hammer-Action keyboard, the RP-201 has a natural key touch that reproduces the feel and response of an acoustic grand piano. Lower keys are more heavily weighted; as you move up the keyboard, the key weight becomes progressively lighter.

The RP-201 has terrific features for both teachers and students.  A Twin Piano mode splits the keyboard into two identical zones, letting two people sit side by side and play in the same range, with an onboard metronome and recorder.

New Korg Piano!

Avalon Music has just received the new SP-170 digital piano from Korg.  The Korg SP-170 is a terrific instrument with 88 weighted keys, 10 fabulous sounds, internal speakers, audio and headphone outputs, MIDI output, and a sustain pedal.  And best of all, you can get yours at Avalon Music for under $500.  And we have more of our best-selling Korg SP-250 digital pianos, with stand, for under $700.  Whether you are looking for a portable digital piano for your child taking piano lessons, a great sounding piano for some relaxation time or an 88 key MIDI capable keyboard for recording - Avalon Music has what you need!