Worldwide Music Services exhibits at Winter NAMM for the first time!

January 3, 2011 > Chicago, IL

Worldwide Music Services, a new print music & media distributor, will be exhibiting at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California for the first time ever, in January 2011.

Following its successful 2010 exhibits at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville, the RPMDA (Retail Print Music Deal- ers Association) convention in Oklahoma City, and the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany, Worldwide Music Ser- vices is looking forward to attending Winter NAMM, the largest convention of its kind in North America.

Worldwide Music Services will be debuting its new website at the show. Visitors to the booth will be able to see a demonstration of the site, and dealers who sign up for access will be able to enter a drawing for free product and other prizes.

Attending the show will be VP Phil Smith, Sales Associate Jeff Hansel, Director of Operations Justin Wells, and Di- rector of Web Operations Steve Devaney.

In addition to exhibiting publications by industry leaders (and NAMM exhibitors) Hal Leonard, Alfred, Carl Fischer and Mel Bay, the Worldwide Music Services booth will also feature numerous titles from non-exhibiting publishers such as Kjos, FJH, Frederick Harris, Santorella, Bourne, Archives, See Sharp, Theory Time, Ward Bowen, Kendor, Skeptical Guitarist, Roland White, Watch & Learn, Mark Wessels, Charles Colin, and others.

Featured and exclusive publishers include:

• Mike Garson Publishing. Pianist Mike Garson, who has played with countless rock, pop and musicians (, , Smashing Pumpkins, , Freddie Hubbard and others) has begun his own publishing house featuring his popular compositions, as well as his own top-notch arrangements (such as the “Gershwin Fantasia.”)

Garson is joined in this venture by flutist (former principal flute at the LA Philharmonic, and recipient of the 2008 National Flute Association Lifetime Achievement Award.) Walker is also known from his band Free Flight (which also features Mike Garson) and his soundtrack performances (Schindler’s List, Forrest Gump and Gladiator.)

Mike Garson will be making periodic appearances at the Worldwide Music Services NAMM booth on Thursday and Friday.

• Or-tav and Israel Brass Woodwind Publications. This prominent Israeli publisher of classical, Middle Eastern, Greek, and Klezmer music is now available from Worldwide Music Services on a non-exclusive basis. Ethnic mu- sic enthusiasts will not want to miss this opportunity to browse their books on Middle Eastern percussion, Maqam, and bouzouki; brass and woodwind players will appreciate this catalog of classical repertoire, from the traditional Baroque masters up through contemporary Israeli composers.

Author Yale Strom (a Klezmer musician and author of many books on the genre, in cluding his latest “Dave Tarras: King of Klezmer,”) will be at the Worldwide Music Services NAMM booth on Friday. Dealers can visit with Yale and browse a variety of his books which will be on display.

• EZ-KEY Publishing. Scott Vallery’s EZ-KEY, an educational tool for guitarists, was featured in a prominent booth at last winter’s NAMM show. Worldwide Music Services joins EZ-KEY this year (the booths are across the aisle from each other) as a non-exclusive distributor. Vallery will be on hand to answer questions about this award-winning product line.

• Muzik Egitimi Yayinari. Turkish publisher of quality string music, the latest MEY release “Cello Warm-up” is an important new addition to the educational canon for intermediate-to-advanced cel- lists. MEY features several violin, viola and cello collections in the Western tradition, as well as unique Turkish and Anatolian repertoire.

• A special section of the booth will be devoted to Out Of Print publications. Worldwide Music Ser- vices carries hundreds of out-of-print titles, catalogued and easily searchable.

About Worldwide Music Services: Based in the West Loop of Chicago, IL, Worldwide Music Services is a wholesaler dealing specifically in print music and other media. Staffed by industry professionals from publishers, retailers and distributors in the print industry, Worldwide Music Services is distinguished by its passion for cus- tomer service and by its state-of-the-art inventory system, allowing quick and easy searches for any title in print.

Contact Information: Phil Smith, VP, Worldwide Music Services [email protected] 1.888.444.8441 1.312.854.8427 1313 W. Randolph, #303; Chicago, IL 60607