Block M Records - New Music On The Block (2006)

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New Music On The Block (2006)
NMOTB2006

New Music on the Block (2006) was Block M Records' 2006 competition of original music composed, performed, recorded and produced by University of Michigan (U-M) students. The winners performed their music during two nights of celebration in the Duderstadt Center's Video Studio in October of 2006. Video clips can be seen below.

The winners of the 2006 New Music on the Block Competition include:

Ajay Anand - Lehra Ke Chal
(Ross School of Business, Business Administration)

Michelle Chamuel / Robert Lester - My Dear Disco
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Performing Arts Technology-Visual Arts)
/(School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Performing Arts Technology-Music)

Andrew Haefner - Getting It Out
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Jazz Studies)

Devin Kerr - Fashion’s Latest
(School of Music, Theatre & DancePerforming Arts Technology-Engineering)

Karl Pestka - A Multitude of Happenings
(School of Music, Theatre & DancePerforming Arts Technology-Sonic Arts & Composition)

Patrick Prouty - South-West
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation Studies)

Ashley Statfeld - Walk On By
(School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Performing Arts Technology-Sonic Arts)

Jack Stratton - Facebook Boogie
(College of Literature, Science, and the Arts)

A panel of three judges selected winners representing a variety of musical genres out of fifty-six individual submissions that were submitted by twenty-one groups and individuals.

Special thanks, again, to this year's judges: Erik Santos (Associate Professor of Music [Composition], School of Music, Theatre & Dance); architectural acoustician, John Storyk (Partner/Co-founder, Walters-Storyk Design Group); John Merlin Williams (Director, The James and Anne Duderstadt Center and Executive Producer, Digital Media Commons).


Karl Pestka	Patrick Prouty	Michelle Chamuel & Robert Lester	Jack Stratton	Andrew Haefner

Click the images above to view videos from the 2006 New Music on the Block concert.
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More information about New Music On The Block (2006) coming soon!

New Music On The Block (2006) is available for purchase from the iTunes Music Store. Previews of all selections are also available in the BlockM Records catalog