West Music invites you to our Steinway & Sons Factory Selection Event! The Steinway New York Factory Selection Room is coming to West Music Coralville and West Music Quad Cities. Only through this unique four day event, you’ll experience an unprecedented selection of new grand and upright Steinway & Sons pianos direct from their factory. This selection of new Steinway pianos is truly a rare opportunity to find the piano of your dreams.

For all junior high and high school level pianists. All piano students and educators are encouraged to attend! This is a special Saturday afternoon piano event in preparation for this year’s FMTA Music Festival at Augustana College. Dr. Tammie Walker, Professor of Piano at Western Illinois University, will critique and coach nominated piano students on their performances and selected repertoire for the Festival.

Stop by the Cedar Valley Piano Sale for unbelievable savings on pianos for every style and budget! Get up to 50% OFF on select pianos!

West Music Piano Gallery will simulcast a Yamaha Artist Services concert from New York City featuring a special program of classical and jazz selections. The concert is a collaboration between the Yamaha Artist Services and Yamaha Institutional Solutions Group celebrating Yamaha Artists in Education. The concert will be performed and webcast simultaneously in real time on connected Yamaha Disklavier pianos that will feature Yamaha's remarkable groundbreaking RemoteLive technology. This system allows the listener to hear and experience the piano performance in New York City from points across the country. RemoteLive technology allows the West Music Piano Gallery to simulcast the piano concert starting at 5:00pm. Admission is free to this exciting event.

Join us at West Music in Moline on Tuesday, November 15 for a Steinway & Sons Manhattan atmosphere... without the flight! We're proud to partner with the Faithful Pilot Café to present a special evening that includes a wine tasting, delicious appetizers, and music straight from Broadway, provided by vocalist Nicholas Nolte and pianist Earle Philip Johnson. For just $10 per person, you can enjoy the New York Steinway Experience!

We are thrilled to announce a very special upcoming recital event in the Quad Cities! For the second year in a row, West Music and Steinway & Sons will be collaborating with the Genesis Health Services Foundation and Augustana College to present an exclusive concert event: Doctors In Recital.

On Saturday, November 5th, we are honored to welcome three piano faculty members from the Western Illinois University School of Music to our store for a special recital! Dr. Tammie Walker, Dr. Jeffrey Brown, and Dr. Michael Stryker will present a special lecture-recital called "The Cross-Polination of Spanish, French, and Jazz Styles in the Early 20th Century". This unique program will explore the connections between these musical genres, and will be approximately 70 to 90 minutes in length.

This November 17th through 20th, West Music is proud to bring you the largest piano clearance sale in Iowa's history! For one weekend only, we're offering the most impressive inventory ever assembled. Hundreds of new and used pianos, digital pianos, and piano player systems will be on display. Major brand names including Yamaha, Steinway, Boston, Essex, Henry F. Miller, Clavinova, and Disklavier will all be offered at the lowest prices of the year.

The largest inventory of new and used pianos ever assembled offered at close-out pricing! The sale has an unprecedented inventory to select from and will be available for public purchase for two days! Be sure to stop by on Saturday, October 29th-Sunday, October 30th to take advantage of this incredible opportunity!

West Music is proud to announce they will be hosting Grammy nominated jazz pianist Judy Carmichael at a free concert for the community on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the City High School Opstead Auditorium. Come and enjoy an evening of sultry vocals, sassy humor and swingin' music and listen to the songs of Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Arlen, Peggy Lee and others!

Join us for a Steinway & Sons Manhattan atmosphere... without the flight! We are proud to partner with the Faithful Pilot Café to present a special evening that includes a wine tasting, delicious appetizers, and music straight from Broadway, provided by vocalist Nicholas Nolte and pianist Earle Philip Johnson.

We're offering you an exclusive sale opportunity to own our lesson studio gear! Each store will be blowing out their studio stock on a first-come, first-served basis. All departments are participating, with studio pianos, drum sets, amps, and more at unbeatable prices!

For the sixth consecutive year, West Music and the West Family Foundation are proud to support Old Capitol and the University of Iowa School of Music in their presentation of the “Piano Sundays” concert series.

Don’t miss our Praise & Worship Workshop at West Music Coralville! All denominations are welcome, and industry leaders from Steinway, Yamaha and more will address integrating all aspects of music and sound into your local worship environment. Topics will include proper microphone and mixer selection, recording techniques and selecting the perfect pieces of music to compliment your service.

Don’t miss our Praise & Worship Workshop at West Music Coralville! All denominations are welcome, and industry leaders from Steinway, Yamaha and more will address integrating all aspects of music and sound into your local worship environment. Listed below is more information on each course being presented at the workshop.

Don’t miss our Praise & Worship Workshop at West Music Coralville on October 14th and 15th. All denominations are welcome, and industry leaders from Steinway, Yamaha and more will address integrating all aspects of music and sound into your local worship environment. Topics will include proper microphone and mixer selection, recording techniques and selecting the perfect pieces of music to compliment your service.

Renowned jazz pianist Jim Mulac is now teaching at our Marion and Coralville locations. Jim has been a professional jazz pianist in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area for more than 30 years and has been teaching piano for more than 20 years. Jim studied jazz theory with Alan Swain in Chicago and was a classical piano student at the University of Iowa. While his emphasis is in jazz performance and theory, he enjoys teaching all styles of music to all levels of piano players.

We've selected our Catalog Scavenger Hunt contest winner, along with our first monthly review winner! Remember that it's never too late to become a review winner, as we have the contest every month!

The University of Iowa School of Music, Steinway & Sons and West Music invite you to attend our annual Steinway Piano Extravaganza Sept 23rd, 24th, and 25th. This year we are very excited and proud to host this event at the beautiful new Coralville Center for the Performing Arts at 1301 5th street, right across from West Music! We will have three days of concerts, recitals and workshops featuring our great local talent and a very special guest Steinway artist from New York, all in celebration of the piano. You are welcome to attend them all!

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra & West Music Moline are thrilled to announce a very special upcoming piano event! On Thursday, September 29, Concert Pianist Haochen Zhang will be leading a Piano Master Class in our Piano Showroom at West Music in Moline from 4:30 to 5:30 PM.

West Music is proud to host an in-depth workshop with Craig Knudsen! Craig will be presenting a series of workshops and concerts at West Music in Cedar Falls, Marion, Coralville, and the Des Moines Piano Gallery on September 13th – 16th. Craig will be presenting how to get the most out of the Yamaha Clavinova series of digital pianos as well as the Yamaha Disklavier player piano system.

As September is National Piano Month, West Music is proud to partner with the Family Museum in Bettendorf, Iowa to present Piano Day! In celebrating one of the world’s most popular musical instruments, this program is sure to entertain children (and adults!) of all ages.

We'd like to hear your feedback on the materials and products that you've ordered from us! Write a review for any product on our website, and be entered to win a monthly drawing for a $100 gift certificate!

In celebration of the BRAND NEW 2011-2012 West Music Catalog, we've decided to offer you a fun and informative way to get to know the new catalog. In years past, we've held contests such as "Find the West Music Pen", in which customers would search for a pen hidden deep within the pages of the catalog. We had such an overwhelming response to that promotion that we've decided to take it a step further this year.

Going to the Iowa State Fair this year? Stop by our piano display booth, we'd love to see you! You can find us in the Varied Industries Building in in spaces 263, 264, 265, 316, 317, and 318 on the north side of the building.

West Music Marion is proud to host a jazz workshop presented by pianist, vocalist and composer Ariel Pocock, considered to be the next major superstar in worldwide jazz music. Ariel will cover a wide variety of topics, including the basics of improvisation and how to read charts. Kids are welcome to bring charts or music that they need help with.

West Music invites You To Rock Steady - Our New and Exciting Music Program For Young People! Rock Steady is a program designed for the young player with at least one year of playing under their belts. More than just a jam session, Rock Steady is a course on how to work with and rehearse with other musicians to form a band.

Dennis Alexander has earned a reputation as one of North America’s most prolific and popular composers of educational piano music for students of all levels. A co-author of Alfred’s Premier Piano Course, Dennis taught piano and piano pedagogy for 24 years at the University of Montana. His piano compositions are prominently featured on syllabus lists. Dennis will present highlights from extensive library and the newest Alfred piano product from their top authors as well as the newest levels of Alfred’s Premier Piano Course.

It's West Music’s Customer Appreciation Day! Our Closed Door Sale is reserved especially for our best customers, and you should receive your invitation in the mail shortly. We'll be closing our doors to the general public, so these amazing deals will be kept exclusively for you! We’ve saved our very best deals for our very best customers. No games or gimmicks—just great money $aving deals store wide!

West Music and Hal Leonard Publishing Present Randall Faber! Nancy and Randall Faber have combined their backgrounds as composer and performer to become leading supporters of the piano teacher and student. The husband and wife team has authored over 200 publications, including the bestselling PreTime® to BigTime® Piano Supplementary Library and the acclaimed method Piano Adventures®.

Most of the time during summer, we normally do outdoor activities such as biking, swimming, and boating. And it’s a lot of FUN! We especially go out because we’ve just been released from necessity of staying indoors from the winter cold! Summer is also a time to have fun with your music as well, since during our lessons sometimes we get a little tired playing classical music or pieces in our lesson books. I have some suggestion to let loose and branch out in your music to have a little fun this summer. Have you ever heard of play-along books?

Jim Mulac has been a professional jazz pianist in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area for more than 30 years and has been teaching piano for more than 20 years. Jim studied jazz theory with Alan Swain in Chicago and was a classical piano student at the University of Iowa. While his emphasis is in jazz performance and theory, he enjoys teaching all styles of music to all levels of piano players.

If you've ever wondered about the inner workings of the piano, you will soon have a great opportunity to learn all about it! On Wednesday, June 15th at 5:00 pm, West Music in Cedar Falls will be hosting the Anatomy Of A Piano seminar!

Join us for the West Music Quad Cities 7th Annual Parking Lot Jam! Students and teachers from the West Music Quad Cities store in Moline, IL will be performing starting at 3:00 pm. It's an afternoon of music, food and fun!

Looking for the chance to perform? Know a student suffering from a slight case of stage fright? Enjoy any opportunity to mingle and congregate with other musicians? If so, our upcoming Piano Player’s Night Out is for you!

Heads Up! Stock up and save this weekend at your local West Music! This Thursday to Saturday (August 25-27) get all the gear you need to be ready for the upcoming year. You can save up to $25 on your purchase this weekend so don’t delay!

Emil Viklický, the dean of European jazz, is here direct from Prague. Mr. Viklický is known for his superb jazz stylings with its deep infusion of Moravian soul. Wonderfully lyrical and robust, his performances have wowed crowds throughout the world and now he’s back in Cedar Rapids by popular demand. He’ll bring the crowd to its feet in unfettered appreciation for his world class jazz artistry. Put cares aside for one evening and join us as we as we bop into summer!

West Music Quad Cities/Moline is proud to announce the first ever “Scratch 'n Dent” Used Piano Sale! From Monday, May 16 through Saturday, May 21, you won’t want to miss our special pricing on a wide selection of used pianos! The selection will feature both acoustic and digital pianos that have been brought in by our customers through trade & consignment, as well as pianos that have been rented out to Solo & Ensemble contests and other area musical festivals. In addition, this sale will also feature the pianos from our lessons studios in the West Music Conservatory.

Everyday, musicians in homes, schools, and churches sit down to play their brand new, high tech, and very cool digital pianos! They press the power button, the lights click on, and the default grand piano setting sounds absolutely beautiful! With digital pianos becoming more popular, many people have a variety of questions about them.

Head down to your local West Music for great deals on our lesson studio gear! We're currently in the process of moving older gear to make room for newer pieces, and we'd like to pass the great deals on these pieces of equipment to you!

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra conducted by William LaRue Jones presents pianist Ksenia Nosikova performing Franz Liszt’s Fantasy on Motives from Ruins of Athens, S. 122 and Totentanz, S. 126. The program will also include other works by Liszt and Beethoven.

Weekend Warriors is your opportunity to meet other musicians with similar skill levels and taste in music to form bands. Don’t miss your chance to join the band!

Join us for an informal get-together and share your favorite spring or Easter song on the piano! The cost is free, and we'll also be offering a promotion for 10% off all print music!

In appreciation for the love and effort that you've put into West Music's Lessons Program, we're offering you--our students--an exclusive sale opportunity to own our lesson studio gear! We're currently in the process of moving older gear to make room for newer pieces, and we'd like to pass the great deals on these pieces of equipment to some of the customers that have truly made a difference in our business throughout the years.

Don't miss West Music's Steinway & Sons Selection Piano Sales Event! The event will be happening at West Music Coralville, during April 28th - May 1st. There will be models from Steinway & Sons, Boston and Essex on hand. You won’t want to miss this incredible collection of Steinway and Steinway designed Boston and Essex pianos assembled for one weekend only. Every piano is specially priced!

Don't miss West Music's Yamaha Pianos Model Close-Out Sale! The event will be happening at the North Grand Mall in Ames, during March 25th - 27th. There will be Grand, Upright and Digital models from Yamaha, Cable Nelson, Henry F. Miller, Disklavier, and Clavinova!

Well, hello all of you jazz-lovers out there! March is a big month for high school jazz festivals, so read on to find out more! Also, the final selections/winners for Iowa All-State Jazz will be postmarked to the participating directors by March 11th, 2011. Only three fantastic jazz groups will be chosen to perform. And in the spirit of jazz in the month of March, please check out the following jazz books and DVD’s---all available at the Coralville West Music store and by special order at our other locations!

How much do you love your instrument? Show us and you could win a $50 gift card to West Music! All you have to do is take a photo of yourself with your cherished instrument, post it to our Facebook page, and tag yourself in the photo. Sounds easy, right?

West Music Quad Cities is proud to host a special Saturday afternoon piano event in preparation for this year's FMTA Music Festival at Augustana College! On Saturday, February 19, 2011, we are happy to welcome back Dr. Tammie Walker, Professor of Piano from Western Illinois University, for a Pre-Festival Master Class and Clinic! This special event will take place in the West Music Quad Cities Piano Showroom in Moline and will run from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Master Class and Clinic is free and open to the public, and all piano teachers and students are encouraged to attend. Don’t miss what is sure to be a very exciting afternoon filled with lots of great music and very talented pianists!

Don't miss West Music's Cedar Valley Closeout Piano Sale! The event will be happening at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in downtown Waterloo, across from the Young Arena, during January 21st-23rd. Brands available will be Yamaha, Yamaha Disklavier, Yamaha Clavinova, Steinway & Sons, Boston Piano, and Essex Piano. Take advantage of expanded inventory and reduced pricing during this limited-time sale!

Last year's inventory must go! Kirkwood Community College is rotating out a selection of pianos, on loan from West Music, in exchange for new instruments in 2011. Get fantastic deals on pianos from Steinway & Sons, Yamaha, Yamaha Disklavier, Yamaha Clavinova, Boston, and Essex.

You are cordially invited to attend a free seminar where you will learn: The different styles and types of pianos, vertical and grands, How the key mechanism or "Action" works in different types of pianos and benefits, The function of the soundboard, The structure of the piano... rim, bracing, pinblock and plate, The importance and benefits of the different woods that make up a piano. This seminar will be very informative and fun for anyone who has an interest in how a piano really works.

Dr. Michael Stryker, an Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano at Western Illinois University, will be conducting a jazz masterclass hosted by West Music. Dr. Stryker welcomes any interested musician to attend, and promises that the masterclass will have a very fun, interactive approach.

Let’s do all that we can to keep the Music alive in our community! West Music has extended its instrument recycling drive. The designated drop-off for instruments is West Music at 4305 44th Avenue, Moline, IL. The drive is being held for Second Baptist Church Outreach Music and Arts Academy.

Joe Kalb presents the tools and techniques to build a solid home recording set up in this one day clinic opportunity. Admission is free and will cover the essential recording equipment, basic setup, signal chain, using MIDI and other recording techniques. No experience necessary and it's sure to be a great opportunity to learn!

West Music is proud to host the LARGEST piano sale in Iowa's history, for ONE weekend only! November 18th-21st at Hawkeye Downs!

West Music Quad Cities is hosting a "spooktacular" event! Announcing the Halloween Piano Recital on Friday, October 29th! There will be a selection of halloween themed music, treats, costumes, and more. Be sure to stop by, admission is free!

Be the marimba player you never know you were! West Music and Paul Corbiere is proud to present the West Music Marimba Ensemble, a totally hands-on rocking Zimbabwean-style marimba class. No experience or note reading is necessary. Sign up today and we'll get you started!

Don’t miss this unique sales event at Lindale Mall next to Von Maur. You can own a new piano for as low as $50 a month! Thursday and Friday, September 23–24, Private Appointments Only. Saturday, September 25, Open to the Public 10am–9pm. Sunday, September 26, Open to the Public Noon–6pm.

What Is Piano Works For Kids? It's a party! Piano Works is a program West Music has developed to help get kids excited and interested in the piano from an early age. With an interactive tour of the piano and a dynamic way of teaching a simple song, your kids will want to start playing the piano by the end of the session. Children get to hear a catchy short video, and then they get to crawl under the piano to “feel” the sound and touch the soundboard to feel it vibrate.

Celebrate National Piano Month! Join us at the Coralville Public Library on September 25th to celebrate Piano Day. There will be free events for kids and adults.

We're excited to announce a September Master Class for Piano students with Bruce Polay. Saturday, September 18th, starting at 1pm. All students are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to: Brandon Sparks, bsparks@westmusic.com, 309.764.9300. Bruce Polay is the Chair of the Music Department at Knox College, Conductor and Music Director of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony Orchestra.

For the fifth consecutive year, West Music and the West Family Foundation are proud to support Old Capitol and the University of Iowa School of Music in their presentation of the “Piano Sundays” concert series. These popular piano concerts feature the University of Iowa School of Music faculty, graduate students in piano performance and showcase talented undergraduate students. The concerts are held in the historical, picturesque Senate Chamber at Old Capitol in downtown Iowa City and performed on the completely renovated 1878 Steinway piano.

In conjunction with the release of David Benoit’s new album, Earthglow, Steinway & Sons is proud to announce a once in a lifetime opportunity. If you purchase a new Steinway & Sons grand piano anytime before September 20th, 2010, you will have the option of selecting your piano together with Steinway Artist David Benoit – in person at the Steinway Factory Selection Room.

What Is Piano Works For Kids? Piano Works is a program West Music has developed to help get kids excited and interested in the piano from an early age. With an interactive tour of the piano and a dynamic way of teaching a simple song, your kids will want to start playing the piano by the end of the session.

We're proud to present the hottest ticket in town on Friday, August 27 - The West Music "Night at the Movies" Piano Recital! Come see these talented pianists of all ages present this exciting recital... Featuring music from the big screen's most popular film scores of yesterday and today, all on our beautiful Steinway & Sons Model B 7' Grand Piano. Music from Harry Potter, Twilight, and Up are just a few of the many films to be featured! To complete your movie experience, popcorn and refreshments will be provided!