Mike Eben : Saxophonist, Teacher, Bon Vivant, Raconteur and all-around Nice Guy

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THE BANDS From the HIP The Last Big Band Dave Stahl Sacred Orchestra Been There / Done That The Peptones The Snack Club TEACHING Music Lessons Jazz workshops Summer Jazz @ Albright College Berks Jazz Jam CONTACT MIKE / SEE MIKE MUSIC SITES Berks Jazz Fest Reading Musical Foundation Music Educators of Berks Co. Reading Music Teachers Assn. OTHER MUSICIAN SITES Dave Stahl Neil Wright Chris Heslop Tony Deangelis Nathan Bellott Andy Roberts Dave Wilson Rob Diener Tom Strohman Steve Meashey Neil Wetzel Dave Hartl From_the_HIP.htmlThe_Last_Big_Band.htmlhttp://davestahl.com/http://www.beenthereband.com/Been_There___Done_That/Home.htmlhttp://www.thepeptones.com/The_Snack_Club.htmlhttp://ebenmusicstudio.com/Jazz_Workshops.htmlSummer_Jazz.htmlhttp://www.berksjazzjam.com/Contact_Mike.htmlhttp://www.berksjazzfest.com/http://www.readingmusicalfoundation.org/http://www.berksmusic.com/http://readingmusicteachers.org/http://davestahl.com/http://www.neilwright.com/http://www.chrisheslop.com/http://www.tonydeangelis.com/http://www.nathanbellott.tk/http://www.antigravmusic.com/http://davewilsonmusic.org/http://radtrumpet.com/http://www.tomstrohman.com/http://stevemeashey.com/stevemeashey.htmlhttp://www.neilwetzel.com/http://www.davehartl.com/shapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2shapeimage_5_link_3shapeimage_5_link_4shapeimage_5_link_5shapeimage_5_link_6shapeimage_5_link_7shapeimage_5_link_8shapeimage_5_link_9shapeimage_5_link_10shapeimage_5_link_11shapeimage_5_link_12shapeimage_5_link_13shapeimage_5_link_14shapeimage_5_link_15shapeimage_5_link_16shapeimage_5_link_17shapeimage_5_link_18shapeimage_5_link_19shapeimage_5_link_20shapeimage_5_link_21shapeimage_5_link_22shapeimage_5_link_23shapeimage_5_link_24shapeimage_5_link_25shapeimage_5_link_26shapeimage_5_link_27
Mike is a saxophonist and music educator from Reading, PA with over 25 years of professional teaching experience. He received a B.S. in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College in 1976. In 2010 he retired from the Muhlenberg School District, where he directed the middle school concert band and jazz band, and one of two high school jazz bands. He is currently an adjunct instructor at Albright College, where he teaches jazz band and jazz history. Eben spent two years as jazz coordinator for the Music Educators of Berks County (MEBC), and finished his third term as president of that organization in 2007. In November of 2006, with the cooperation of the Reading Music Foundation and Project Penske, Mike began hosting the Berks Jazz Jam, a monthly jam session for student musicians. The jam features professional musicians and educators from Berks County and beyond, performing with and giving advice to budding jazz artists. Mike plays saxophone in several bands, fronting his own jazz group, From the HIP, as well as performing in The Last Big Band, Dave Stahl’s Sacred Orchestra and the rock groups Been There/Done That and the Peptones. He has also performed with many other area jazz and rock bands. In March of 2008, during the Berks Jazz Fest, Mike was presented with the Frank Scott Award, given to a member of the music community who works to promote jazz in the Berks County area. (Sheesh, this is boring. Did you really read down this far? I kind of skimmed it, myself. “Mike did this, Mike did that”, blah blah blah, who cares? Seriously, stop reading this. Go do something constructive. Practice. Listen to some jazz. Read a book. I’m into jazz biographies, myself. Have you ever read Miles’ autobiography? No? Go out now and buy it - or stay home and buy it, or Kindle it, or whatever the kids are doing nowadays. It’s a great read! Really! I like Mingus’ autobiography, too. Good stuff. Yessir, good stuff. Jazz. I love it.)
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