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YAMAHA i MEMoRiAl
MEMORIAL Fund
CELEBRATES BRuHn
The Yamaha Music and Wellness Institute
(YMWI) recently created a memorial fund
honoring the work of late founder Karl Bruhn.
Widely acknowledged as the “father of music
making and wellness,” Bruhn, along with
YMWI President and CEO Dr. Barry Bittman,
championed the initial research that
established recreational music making as an
effective wellness strategy. All contributions
to the Karl T. Bruhn Memorial Research
Fund will be used exclusively for research.
“During Karl’s tenure at YMWI, he and
Barry produced convincing and persuasive
research to prove the strong connection between
wellness and music making,” said
Terry Lewis, former executive vice president
of Yamaha Corp. of America and the recently
APPOInTMEnTS
GCI names Wilder VP of Marketing
GCI Technologies has appointed Mark Wilder as
vice president of marketing.
The former director of marketing for Samson,
Wilder will report to GCI CEO Artie Cabasso. He
will also redevelop the company’s creative marketing
strategies and expand artist relations efforts.
“GCI’s brands are poised for growth, and I look
forward to helping realize their potential,” Wilder said.
KHS America has appointed Michael
Robinson as director of marketing.
Alfred Music Publishing recently
signed record producer Ken Scott to its
lineup of music publication authors.
APB-Dynasonics has hired Eric Oppenheimer
as U.S. sales manager for the company’s
professional audio mixing consoles.
Sean Weijand has been chosen
to oversee Canadian business development
for Primacoustic.
Yorkville Sound has promoted Laurence
Bell to the position of brand manager
for the Hughes & Kettner sector.
The Harman Mixer Group has appointed
Katy Templeman-Holmes as
product manager for Soundcraft Studer,
which also welcomed Keith Prestidge as
The yamaha music
and Wellness
institute launches a
fund honoring
the late Karl Bruhn
appointed chairman of YMWI. “The Karl T.
Bruhn Memorial Research Fund will ensure
that this vital research continues and that
Karl’s vision will be fulfilled.”
Bruhn, a longtime senior executive at
Yamaha, first director of market development
for NAMM and chairman of YMWI,
passed away on Oct. 5, 2010, following a
brief illness. {yamahainstitute.org}
Mark Wilder
sales director for Asia and the Pacific.
The Stanton Group has tapped
Andrew Duafala as director of key accounts
for the U.S. sales team and Jean
van Doorslaer as regional sales manager.
Hal Leonard has appointed Joe Burzinski
to the newly created position of vice
president of digital enterprise solutions.
Innovative Percussion has added
industry veteran Rich Mangicaro as manager
of artist relations, combo products.
Eminence Speaker recently promoted
Josh Martin to the new role
of technology sales manager.
The Music Group has named Gregg
Stein vice president of mass marketing.
Tim Lautzenheiser has joined Music
For All as a senior educational advisor.
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