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CMS offers five summer music camps
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From musical theatre to rock to
music therapy, the MSU Community Music School has summer camps that appeal to a range of interests. All five summer camps are now open for registration. Registration forms are available on the CMS website.
Eric 'RicStar' Winter Music Therapy Camp (June 17 - 19)
Jazz Camp (June 27 - July 2)
School of Rock Camp (July 12 - 16)
Middle School Band Camp (July 19 - 23)
Musical Theatre Camp (July 19 - 30)
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New Horizons Band members travel to Georgia
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Camp is not just for kids. Several CMS NHB members and Patti Kroth, director of NHB Too!, are traveling to Georgia to attend a camp sponsored by the New Horizons International Music Association April 18-23.
Kroth was invited to conduct at the camp and has conducted at several New Horizons camps in years past including camps held at Interlochen and Chautauqua.
The upcoming camp, held at Unicoi
State Park near Helen, Georgia, is one of several music camps to be offered by the NHB parent organization in 2010.
New Horizons members from across the country will attend the camp and participate in orchestra, jazz and improvisation classes, German and Dixieland
bands, and other ensembles.
In the photo, CMS NHB members pose at the 2009 camp at Interlochen.
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Bring a Friend Month returns
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Now you can share your favorite CMS
experiences with a friend! CMS has opened up the entire school: classes, events, and concerts, to the friends of students through the month of March in tandem with "Music in our Schools
Month." Please be sure to check with your instructor to coordinate the best time for your friend to visit during March.
During Bring a Friend Month, the CMS Children's Choirs will
have "In-Formances" where prospective singers can gather information about the
Preparatory Choir, CMS Singers, and MSU Children's Choir. These will be the
only days that children's choir members will be able to bring friends. The
"In-Formance" dates are: -
Preparatory Choir - Tuesday, March 23, 5-5:30
p.m.
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MSU Children's Choir -Tuesday, March 23 7-8 p.m.
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CMS Singers - Wednesday, March 24, 5-5:45, p.m.
CMS will give each visiting guest and their student host a special gift for participation in Bring a Friend Month.
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Meet Ben Kiefer, a music therapy client at CMS
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After hearing a new song just one time, 19-year-old
Ben Kiefer, can play it.
Kiefer is a music therapy client of Cindy Edgerton, director of music therapy clinical services. He has been working with Edgerton for more than 10 years. Musically, he is one of her most advanced and challenging students.
"Ben's
overall musicianship skills are at an extremely high level. After hearing a
song one time, Ben can immediately re-create it--melody, harmonies, voices,
rhythms and instruments--by playing it on a piano or keyboard and/or singing
it," said Edgerton.
Ben's father, Tom Kiefer, says music therapy has made a difference in Ben's life. "Before
Ben started working with Cindy, his autistic traits were heightened, and after
he started music therapy, everything was normal, everything was right," said
Tom. It is rewarding to see Ben's happiness and growth while he studies
music with Edgerton, said Tom.
According to Tom, Ben really likes performing. He performs pieces for his family around
Christmastime, and he plays the piano as people are coming into the
Celebrate Abilities recitals for atmosphere.
You can see Ben perform the "A Guy Like You" from Disney's The Hunchback of
Notre Dame at Celebrate Abilities on Friday, March 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the MSU Union Building.
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Voice faculty member competes in Metropolitan Opera Competition
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Joshua Baum, area chair and instructor of voice at CMS and doctoral
student at MSU, recently participated in the Metropolitan Opera Competition in Pittsburgh, won the
district level, and was a Great Lakes Regional Finalist. Baum performed five
arias in the competition: "Ah, mes amis, quel jour de fete! (Pour mon ame)"
from Gaetano Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment, "Spirto Gentil" from Donizetti's
La Favorita, "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" from Charles Gounod's Faust, "Ah!
Leve-toi soliel" from Gounod's Romeo and Juliette and "La Donna e Mobile" from Verdi's
Rigoletto.
"A singer should
choose arias based on several things: What does their voice well? What is
their Fach [a system that classifies singers by voice range, weight, tone and
color of an opera singer]? What are the roles that they would actually sing?"
said Baum.
Though cash prizes
are awarded to winners at the Metropolitan Opera Competition, Baum finds that
the reward he appreciates most from the competition is not monetary.
"You get your name out there to people who are currently in
the business, and you typically get comments from the judges that can indicate
areas that they liked, areas to grow and focus on, and if there are any major
issues," said Baum. "These benefits are much more valuable than any prize
package."
Baum typically competes in three to four competitions
a year. He finds that his experiences in competing are applicable to the
lessons he teaches at CMS.
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News and noteworthy happenings
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Piano Faculty Concert at the Turner-Dodge House
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After the success of the faculty concert last fall, three
more CMS faculty members return to the Turner-Dodge House for a spring concert.
Faculty artists Liudmila Bondar, Marjan Helms, and Debra Pajtas will perform
solo and four-hand literature including works by Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, and
Rachmaninoff on Sunday, March 21 at the Turner Dodge House in Old Town.
The concert will begin at 1:30 p.m.
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Early Childhood Music mini sessions
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A 5-week early childhood music program begins the week of April 26. Both
infant/toddler and preschool
classes are offered. Online enrollment opens March 22. Early registrations are currently accepted by telephone. The cost is
$77. Class activities include singing and chanting, moving to music,
playing assorted percussion instruments, and pattern instruction.
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Events Calendar
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March 13 School of Rock Workshop, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 14 All-School Recital at 3 p.m., LER 17 Sound and Silence Class Begins 19 Suzuki Workshop 20 Suzuki Workshop 21 CMS Piano Faculty Recital at 1:30 p.m., Turner-Dodge House 26 Celebrate Abilities at 4:30 p.m., MSU Union 27 NHB, Too! performance at 12 p.m., Lansing Community College 31 Community Drum Circle at 7:30 p.m., CMS April 8 No Suzuki Group 11 Choral Union Concert at 7 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas 12 - 17 Early Childhood Music Conferences 18 All-School Recital at 3 p.m., LER
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Ascheri Studio Recitals at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., AUD
21 Together, Let's Jam at 7 p.m., CMS
25 NHB Combined Concert at TBA, Flushing, Mich.
26 Early Childhood Mini Session I Begins
31 Community Drum Circle at 7:30 p.m., CMS
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Please consider a gift to CMS
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Support from individuals in the community helps CMS offer quality music
programs, classes, lessons, and music therapy taught by dedicated and gifted
faculty. Your support allows CMS to offer financial aid to those in need of
assistance. Gifts are tax deductible. Make a donation to CMS
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