Sharon's musical services include piano solo and flute, violin, sax, and bass ensembles for all occasions, including weddings, parties and church services.. Her music has been recorded for a BBC television documentary, CBS television, and WBEZ radio. Come listen to her at the new Von Maur store in Glenview, IL.
Are you an aspiring musician yourself? Read Sharon's book, GIGS: A Beginner's Guide to Playing Music Jobs, available through amazon.com or the Benny Publishing mail order form.
“The Gigs Handbook is required reading for my piano students. Entertaining throughout, well-organized and SPECIFIC, it offers comprehensive advice and much more. I can't imagine anyone writing anything comparable.”
-Dr. Jeffrey Jacob, college instructor, St. Mary’s of Notre Dame
"Sharon Black’s GIGS is bible, Talmud, atlas and just about everything else for the freelance musician. Moreover, all its cornucopia of wisdom, knowledge and common sense is dispensed with clarity, humor and charm, to which Sharon’s own cartoons contribute delightfully."
Michael Steinberg, author of The Symphony: A Listener’s Guide and The Concerto: A Listener’s Guide
"Gigs, with its student-friendly format, provides many helpful hints which serve to reinforce our in –class instruction. It should be in every music classroom as well as every school library."
Dr. Rosagitta Podrovsky, Sullivan H.S. Chicago
PRESS RELEASE:
How do you get your gigs? Working musicians hear this question all of the time from amateurs and students who would love to play for money but don’t know how to get started. A college piano student wants some jobs (gigs) on the weekend. A talented high school student and his busy band director both need ideas for more musical opportunities. A musician new in this country wants help in writing and speaking to club managers. Who can these musicians turn to?
In the newly revised book GIGS: A Beginner’s Guide to Playing Music Jobs, four cartoon characters including Baby Gigger take a class along with the reader called “Gigs 101.” Everyone learn the basics of becoming a professional musician. Each cartoon and story is “true or nearly so.” Two hundred pages of text, stories and cartoons teach how to make contacts, deal with a musician’s problems and even begin playing by ear.
Author Sharon P. Black is a Von Maur pianist who has written and performed for WGN TV, taught music to all grade levels and holds an M.M. degree from Northwestern University.
The quickest way to receive GIGS is to order through Benny Publishing. Send a check or money order for $18.95 plus $4.00 tax and shipping and $2.00 tax and shipping for each additional book. Books sent from the publisher are autographed when requested.
GIGS, (in) all its cornucopia of wisdom, knowledge, and common sense is dispensed with clarity, humor, and charm, to which Sharon’s own cartoons contribute delightfully.
- Michael Steinberg, author of The Symphony: a Listener’s Guide
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