Music industry veterans, Monmouth University alumni, faculty and students gathered Wednesday night to celebrate the grand opening of the West Long Branch institution’s satellite music industry program at Lakehouse Music Academy in Asbury Park. “Monmouth University’s partnership with Lakehouse Music Academy is a terrific example of our unique educational approach to get students out of […]

Lakehouse Music Academy has announced that its end of semester Big Gig showcase will make its debut Oct 5 to 7 at Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery inside The Asbury at 210 Fifth Avenue. “It is a dream and a goal of ours at Lakehouse to have the Big Gig at all of the amazing Asbury […]

Two city organizations with their eye on fostering music education programs for the next generation have joined forces. Next month, the Asbury Park Music Foundation [APMF] will participate in Lakehouse Music Academy’s end of semester live performance event known as the Big Gig. Being held from June 22 to 24 at the Wonder Bar [1213 […]

Having to recall verse and the nervousness of recording in front of an audience proved the most challenging for 11-year-olds Kiara Johnson, Nakylah Muhammad and Jaylah Gomez [shown in feature photo], who are among the stars of The Pen is Mightier than the Sword, a documentary being screened Saturday at the 15th Annual Pocono Mountains […]

What would you do for a one-on-one collaboration with Quincy Mumford or Deal Casino’s Joe Parella? For 13-year-old Juels Acevedo of Eatontown, it was simply a matter of wanting to learn how to play the guitar. Drawn to the 1950s sound, Juels wanted to emulate the musical style. His parents bought him a guitar for […]

From finding ways to better engage the city’s youth to empowering the disenfranchised, a new collaborative group is working to establish solutions to keep the city moving forward. The new group is comprised of a handful of city residents, business owners and community leaders who have been meeting for months to organize Creative Asbury Park – […]

Asbury Park native son Quincy Mumford and his band The Reason Why will debut State of Mind during their Fifth Annual Holiday Show at The Stone Pony. The Dec 17 album release party will serve as a fundraising event in support of Ocean Grove based Mary’s Place By The Sea, a place of respite for […]

Three years after first opening its doors, Lakehouse, known for fostering growth, arts, and education in Asbury Park, will celebrates the expansion of its Lake Avenue complex and the creative collaborations – new and old, that have taken root. Dubbed as an infrastructure for the creative spirit, the three-story brick building boasts not only the […]

A weekend filled with a varied selection of music and film kicks off Friday and with it comes The Asbury Park Music in Film Festival’s behind the scenes snapshots of the industry that produces the very art being celebrated. While the offerings include Friday night’s Q&A with “Miles Ahead” actor/director Don Cheadle following the screening, […]

Lakehouse Music Academy is among those being honored Friday at the annual Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce Carousel Awards. Just two years after opening its doors, the music academy is also a hub of recording studios, professionally-equipped rehearsal spaces, a retail music store, and base for music industry professionals. Their goal of creating a space […]