Strike up the band! The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank and Asbury Park's Lakehouse Music Academy just announced a partnership that will bring some of Lakehouse's programs to the Basie campus, uniting two performing arts havens. “In Lakehouse, we have found a community partner that believes in the importance and power of music and arts education,” said Adam Philipson, Basie president and CEO, in a news release. “Incorporating Lakehouse’s progressive teaching philosophies into the Basie Center Academy’s School of Music is a natural fit, as both programs are committed to the development and comprehensive commitment of musicianship for our students.”