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2012 Battle!
Song School Series is Back!
The Good Hood & MiA
Song School Series returns to the Sportsmens Tavern this November with an Intsrument Drive...Schedule!
Song School Series returns to the Sportsmens Tavern this November with an Intsrument Drive...Schedule!
Music is Art l 121 Humboldt Parkway l Buffalo, New York 14214 l Phone (716) 880-3375 l Fax (716) 880-3294
It's Battle Time Again!
We're now taking submissions for the 2012 Battle of the Bands! Bands will compete...
Enter Here!
We're now taking submissions for the 2012 Battle of the Bands! Bands will compete...
Enter Here!
Supporter Spotlight
MiA owes its success to the many Board Members, Sponsors, and Volunteers we have in the community. We thank them them for their continued support and inspiration!
If you have a suggestion of someone you would like to see honored on our website, please contact us!
If you have a suggestion of someone you would like to see honored on our website, please contact us!
Meet our MiA Backstage Honorees!
Fred Heuer's support of MiA has helped us access and bring our programs to a growing swath of Niagara County. It was Fred who ensured that Niagara University became a MiA Festival sponsor, starting a relationship that's going on its fourth year. He continues to be a driving force in the MiA High School Battle of the Bands for Niagara County held annually on NU campus. The event gives students a chance to perform infront of their peers and the winner earns a spot on a MiA Fest stage. One of Fred's most memorable and unique events was the 2009 MiA at NU concert. It featured 15 local bands in conjunction with an art exhibition at NU's Castellani Museum featuring the work of Jed Jackson, the artist who did the cover for The Goo Goo Dolls album, JED. Right now, Fred's involved in our Niagara County Instrument Drive, and he shows no signs of slowing down. Thank you Fred, for sharing your passion for MiA with your community!
Fred Heuer, Assistant Vice President for
Marketing at Niagara University.
Marketing at Niagara University.
Phil Aguglia backstage at the Summer
Student Showcase.
Student Showcase.
Dom announcing this year's concert line-up!
Meet the Vice President of our Board of Directors, Phil Aguglia. Aguglia first came on the scene at our annual Battle of the Bands. His students took first prize, earning a private class from The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who they opened for at the Mardi Gras Jam. Aguglia saw how his students benefited from the experience, so he entered more of them in MiA Battles and began looking for additional ways to work with us. The evolution from participant to VP happened quickly, which is just how Aguglia likes to operate. When we told him of an opportunity to work with the Buffalo Inner Harbor, he took the reigns and put together our first Summer Student Showcase, attracting over 1,000 people and 400 students from 30 schools to the Inner Harbor for the performance. Thank you Phil, we're looking forward to a long partnership with you!
We're thrilled to be the Hard Rock Cafe's Outdoor Summer Concert Series Charity Partner for the 2nd consecutive year. The gig gets us visibility, a generous donation and the proceeds from a weekly guitar raffle, all of which help us continue to fulfill our mission and all of which we enjoy because of Dominic Verni. But Dom's generosity extends beyond MiA to all of Niagara Falls. He was a huge supporter of our Niagara Falls Instrument Drive, making the Hard Rock Cafe an official MiA Instrument Donation Center. Dom has also shared his time and expertise as a judge in our annual Battle of the Bands. So cheers to Dom and the entire staff at the Hard Rock for supporting local music, local charity and local students!
Find a MiA event that Tom doesn’t have a part in!
Thomas P. McNulty is the founder of Success Stories, Inc. a management and marketing consulting firm established in 1990. He founded Spotlight on Hope, Inc. as a not for profit in 2005 designed to blend all elements of the arts: music, photography, word, art, dance, theatre, film, radio and television to advance health, medical and behavioral health information. Gee…blending all types of art, sounds like something our festival team is VERY familiar with! According to Tom, “I love working with Music is Art because we share a passion on how to reach people with critical information through music.” Spotlight on Hope regularly sponsors Music is Art events and initiatives.
For more information check out his website at www.spotlightonhope.org Thanks Tom for all you do!
Thomas P. McNulty is the founder of Success Stories, Inc. a management and marketing consulting firm established in 1990. He founded Spotlight on Hope, Inc. as a not for profit in 2005 designed to blend all elements of the arts: music, photography, word, art, dance, theatre, film, radio and television to advance health, medical and behavioral health information. Gee…blending all types of art, sounds like something our festival team is VERY familiar with! According to Tom, “I love working with Music is Art because we share a passion on how to reach people with critical information through music.” Spotlight on Hope regularly sponsors Music is Art events and initiatives.
For more information check out his website at www.spotlightonhope.org Thanks Tom for all you do!
Tom McNulty with Robby Takac