WCM at Glen Echo Park :: Grand Opening!

N A T I O N A L L Y A C C R E D I T E D C O M M U N I T Y M U S I C S C H O O L

Greetings!

Great news! The Washington Conservatory was chosen as the resident music program for the Partnership of Arts and Culture at Glen Echo Park! Construction is well underway for our new site in the park. (see pictures below)

We will present a summer of innovative 5-day music camps and a full fall schedule of early childhood classes, classical and jazz ensembles, individual music lessons, lectures, and concerts in the park.

Please join us for our Grand Opening Celebration from 1-5 PM on Saturday, July 11 in Glen Echo Park. The day will include tours of our new 1800 sq. ft. facility in the South Arcade (next to Adventure Theatre), instrument demonstrations, a ribbon cutting ceremony, a free solo concert by pianist Michael Adcock, and public reception.

On Friday, July 31, we will co-host a free concert by Traveling Notes - young musicians from Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and the US. We will host a reception following the concert.

It is very exciting to have a new home within the vibrant arts community of Glen Echo Park, in addition to our current Westmoreland Circle location - allowing WCM to offer even more musical opportunities to Bethesda and the Greater DC community!

Please take a moment to read about all the exciting news -

then tell your friends!

Musically yours,

Kathy Judd

Executive and Artistic Director

WashingtonConservatory.org

One Westmoreland Circle

Bethesda, Maryland 20816

301.320.2770

Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park

Grand Opening Celebration and Open House

Glen Echo Park: South Arcade

Saturday, July 11

301-320-2770 | Directions

www.washingtonconservatory.org

1:00 pm Doors Open - instrument demonstrations

2:30 pm Ribbon Cutting

3:00 pm Concert Michael Adcock - Recital Hall

Come early to get a seat in our 75-seat recital hall

4:00 pm Reception

Michael Adcock - "unusually fresh and arresting approach to the piano" Washington Post

Performing Spanish, South American, and Spanish-influenced music for solo piano

Washington Conservatory faculty member Michael Adcock was winner of the 1998 Lili Boulanger Memorial Award and prizewinner in the Washington International Competition and Chicago and New York Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competitions. He has cultivated a versatile career as both a soloist and chamber music collaborator, appearing with notable musicians including Denyce Graves, Ani Kavafian, James Buswell, and the St. Petersburg String Quartet, and as soloist with orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony.

Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park co-presents

Traveling Notes Concert

Glen Echo Park: Bumper Car Pavilion

Friday, July 31

301-320-2770 | Directions

www.washingtonconservatory.org

7:45 PM Concert

9:00 PM Reception - South Arcade - Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park

Winner of the 2008 Secretary of State's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad, Traveling Notes is a unique program that combines music education with foreign travel and social outreach. Young and highly talented musicians from Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and the United States will end the 12-day Traveling Notes Festival 2009 with a performance at Glen Echo Park of a culturally varied program for string instruments. Bring the entire family to enjoy a presentation that will educate and delight all ages.

Summer Camps
at Glen Echo Park

Registration is now open for all of these summer programs. Visit us online and register today!

Voice

Vocal Discovery
July 6-10
Ages: 11-14

Singing Safari
August 10-14
Ages: 7-10

Early Childhood
Fun with Music & Movement

July 6-10
Ages: Pre K & K

Old MacDonald Music Camp
August 17-21
Ages: Pre K & K

Piano
Piano Pathways
August 3-7: ages 6 & 7
Piano Pathways
August 17-21: ages 8 & 9