Thirteen North Mecklenburg area middle school students were selected for the 2013 CMS Middle School Honors Band Clinic held on April 12-13, 2013, at Waddell Language Academy.

See the full story, and other music news, in The GUIDE»

An arts movement is emerging in downtown Cornelius, thanks to a group called Bella Love Inc. and local businesses. Twice a month, the Lake Norman area arts community packs in to local fitness studio Kadi Fit for Bella Love Inc.’s open mic night. There, local performers are in abundance. Reporter Andrew Wilkins stopped in last night to check it out. Here’s his report, in THE GUIDE»

“One of the reasons I love doing this column is the opportunity it affords to spotlight local businesses,” writes our columnist Robin Gibson.

This week she turns the spotlight on the topics of beer and music, and specifically the weekend performances by local musicians in the tasting room at Ass Clown Brewery, off Bailey Road.

Find out more in her column in THE GUIDE»

By DAVID BORAKS
CorneliusNews.net

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Cornelius has nurtured the Southern Gospel quartet Heaven’s Reign over the past year or so, helping it grow from an idea among friends into a group that now plays at church services and events. On Friday night, the group gets its own headline spot in the Cornelius Concert Series.

The big gig is Friday at 7pm, at the church, 19600 Zion Ave., Cornelius. Read the full story

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Davidson native and musician Jake Troth got a moment in the spotlight Wednesday, Jan. 2, when he performed live on CBS’s “Late Night With David Letterman” alongside rapper Big Boi. They performed “Apple of My Eye,” a hit-in-the-making Mr. Troth co-wrote with Big Boi, of Outkast fame.

The tune comes off Big Bio’s recently released album “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,” available on iTunes.

In a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon he described the gig on “Letterman” as his first TV appearance.

Mr. Troth, 24, is making a name for himself well beyond his home town, both behind the scenes as a ghostwriter and producer and for his own music.

He studied fashion design at Savannah College of Art and Design, but has long been into music. He’s been profiled as a “GreyGoose Rising Icon,” where he’s noted for mixing “rock, folk and Broadway-inspired tunes into his own songwriting and performances.” His song “Material Things” was the theme song for the VH1 show “House of Consignment,” and his music has been featured on the VH1 show “Mob Wives,” ABC Family’ s “Jane by Design,” and MTV’s “TeenWolf” and “Underemployed.”

Can’t see the video? Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BjynvHflq4

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Audrey Landau, a sophomore at W.A. Hough High School, was among the many friends of Maurice Van Hecke, who took his own life in August. At Hough’s Variety show on Nov. 16, she performed a song she wrote in his memory. The direct YouTube link is: http://youtu.be/FHaqce2DzDU

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The Cornelius Youth Orchestras (CYO) are holding auditions for the 2012 – 2013 concert season. Auditions and parent information sessions will be on Tuesdays, Oct. 9, 16, and 23, at 6 p.m. in the Orchestra Room at Bailey Middle School, 11900 Bailey Road, Cornelius.

Youth musicians and parents are welcome to attend the 6:30 p.m. rehearsal as a free trial. Contact Nanette Haraden to schedule an audition 704-576-7270. Read the full story

Music teacher Sabrina Williams has joined the Community Arts Project team and invites parents and their young ones to check out CAP’s fall music class offerings. Families interested can attend free trial classes for BabyBeats and ToddlerTunes music classes at the Cornelius Arts Center in the coming weeks. Read the full story