Thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Emory Jazz Alliance, the long awaited Yamaha N3 Hybrid Piano was delivered to the Strickland Jazz Studio on May 8. “This instrument is a real game changer for us” program director Gary Motley states. “It gives the students the feel of a concert instrument while enabling them to connect directly to our digital workstation for production purposes.” The N3 also promises to  deliver significant annual savings in tuning and maintenance cost. We were so excited to  work with Blake Cooper and Silas Lyon (Cooper Music, also an EJA sponsor) to make the instrument available to the Emory Jazz Studies Program. Be sure to attend the Strickland Studio open house celebration on Saturday, October 25 at 3:00 pm to see a demonstration of the N3 and other technology in this state-of-the-art classroom.