The Best Recorder Books For Beginners - June 2022

Ben Parker

Ben Parker is a recognized professional performer, songwriter & producer and has been instructing Ukulele, Guitar & Piano for over 10 decades.

He also tutors actors for film & tv - in this ability his credits include the John Lennon biopic 'Nowhere Boy' and Robert Pattinson drama 'Bel Ami' . He also fronts his own group The Chain, also develops young musicians for major record labels.

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Mr. Larry E. Newman

Larry Newman is the Founder and Director of Children's Music Workshop.

He holds a Master of Arts, cum laude degree from Temple University's College of Music and a Bachelor of Music Education . In 2012, Mr. Newman received that institution's "Outstanding Graduate Alumni" award.

Previously an instrumental music teacher at the Philadelphia School District, Los Angeles Unified School District, and Santa Monica-Malibu Public Schools, Mr. Newman has supervised music programs from more than eighty public and private institutions in the Kindergarten through school levels.

Larry Newman is a four-time Los Angeles area Emmy award winner and six-time Emmy nominee for his annual television special - Orchestra Kids. The documentary features the All School Elementary Honor Orchestra and also their campuses from the renowned Schoenberg Concert Hall of UCLA.

Mr. Newman was recently honored with the Los Angeles City Council in City Hall because of his contributions to music education at Los Angeles. He was also featured on CityView's Channel 35 show, "Faces of LA". Mr. Newman is a recipient of the Lori Petrick Excellence in Education Award by the Palisades Charter Schools Foundation. The award will be underwritten by the Boone Foundation - a philanthropic group whose mission is to encourage "passionate people who provide exceptional programs to childhood". Larry Newman was among 40 teachers nominated for its Annual BRAVO Award, created by the Music Center of Los Angeles County to identify people for innovation and excellence in arts education.

As a professional trumpet player, Larry Newman has toured The United States, Canada and Japan together with The Glenn Miller Orchestra® under the direction of Larry O'Brien, performed from The Claridge Hotel Casino Orchestra at Atlantic City under the leadership of Jack Six and sailed

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