MOLINE ? MARCH 12, 2010 ?West Music is proud to host a FREE screening of Note By Note on Friday, March 26 beginning at 6:00 PM. Please join us in store at 4305 44th Avenue, located off John Deere Road and 41st Street. For more information, call 309-764-9300.
The most thoroughly handcrafted instruments in the world, Steinway pianos are as unique and full of personality as the world-class musicians who play them. However, their makers are a dying breed: skilled cabinetmakers, gifted tuners, thorough hand-crafters. Note By Note is a feature-length independent documentary that follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037 - from forest floor to concert hall.
Produced and directed by Ben Niles, Note By Note covers the process's highlights and touches on the benefits of a hand-crafted instrument. It reconciles the extremes of the piano's personality spectrum-craftsman to musicians. Ultimately, it pushes the story into new territory, infusing personal stories with the instruments, treating them as one in the same. For more information on this documentary film and to view trailer clips, visit www.notebynotethemovie.com and www.argotpictures.com.
Ben Niles is a documentary filmmaker and award-winning graphic designer. During his fifteen years as a graphic designer, Ben has directed and produced photo shoots, commercials, videos and print campaigns for commercial and entertainment clients including Atlantic Records, The Nantucket Film Festival, and the Jacob Burns Film Center. Ben is a graduate of the University of Georgia at Athens and attended Urge's prestigious Crotona program, an intensive fine arts study-abroad program located in Crotona, Italy.
West Music was founded in Iowa City, IA in 1941. With five locations in eastern Iowa and western Illinois, West Music is a full-line music retailer, houses a full-time instrument repair staff, and conducts over 4,000 lesson students and 400 school music programs each week.
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