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" . . . there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require." - Edward Elgar
 View the CVSM Calendar of Events!
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Your Partnership is Vital . . . |
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We don't have to tell you that times are lean!
As a community nonprofit organization, we rely on individuals, businesses, civic groups and foundations from within the community to provide over 40% ($260,000) of our annual budget so that we in turn can provide musical arts education and performances for all ages, incomes and abilities right here in the Cumberland Valley.
With the current economic downturn squeezing every one of our revenue streams, we really need the financial support of our many friends!
What does your CVSM donation do to impact our community?
· It provides scholarships for the growing number of low-income students who wouldn't be able to take music lessons or attend summer music camps.
· It provides funding for the hundreds of recitals and other performances offered each year in the community - string orchestra, symphonic band, children's chorus, jazz band, student recitals, and so much more. A majority of these performances are offered free of charge to the community!
· It provides salaries for over 55 professional musicians in the community who serve as CVSM faculty and share their skill, talent, experience and knowledge with students of all ages and abilities.
· It brings in musicians playing a variety of music genres from other parts of the country - and even the world - for workshops and concerts.
· It helps CVSM to complement public and private school music programs so that students can access one-on-one instruction and ensemble performance opportunities to further their music study and competance.
· It provides nourishment to the human spirit in the form of musical arts education, performance and appreciation - essential at all times and most certainly during challenging economic times like these!
We need your help now more than ever . . .
Please support the CVSM Annual Fund -
our future depends on it!
 Download our donation form and
mail it with your Annual Fund
gift today!
We sincerely appreciate your generous partnership! |
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CVSM Alumni News |
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It's always so exciting to hear what our
CVSM alumni are up to . . .
  Leah Serr - Mezzo-soprano, Leah Serr, originally from Shippensburg, PA, is a Knoxville Opera Studio artist and first year graduate student in Vocal Performance at the University of Tennessee, where she studies with Ms. Lorraine DiSimone. Ms. Serr received her Bachelors Degree in Vocal Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music where she was a student of Dr. Stanley Cornett. At Peabody, Ms. Serr's performances included the roles of "Meg Page" in Verdi's Falstaff "Lucretia" and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia". In 2007, Ms. Serr sang as an Apprentist Artist with Central City Opera in Colorado, where she performed the role of "Annina" in Verdi's La Traviata. This season, Ms. Serr looks forward to singing "Emma Jones" in Kurt Weil's Street Scene with UT opera Theater and "Giovanna" in Verdi's Rigolettowith the Knoxville Opera Company.
 Matt Plotner is just finishing his Freshman year at West Chester University in Music Education. He has been in the Men's Choir and Mastersingers at the University and studied with vocal teacher Dr. Jane Wyss. Matt recently competed and won the "Raymond and May Grayson Friday Freshman Vocal Scholarship." Closer to home, on April 18 and 19, he performed as a guest tenor soloist with the Mercersburg Area Community Chorus & Orchestra, featured on Hall Johnson's "Ain't Got time to Die" and, along with soprano Arianna Zukerman and bass Alex Helsabek, on the rousing finale, John Rutter's arrangement of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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Summer 2009 Camps & Events |
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CVSM summer camps and events are planned
and scheduled, and include something for everyone!
Download the CVSM Summer 2009 brochure and
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CVSM Musicales Continue . . . |
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A Sunday Afternoon of Great Music, Fine Company and Delicious Food & Drink in One of Our Area's Loveliest Homes
Sunday, May 17 at 3 PM
at the home of
Hank & Jan Guarriello
373 Craig Road, Greencastle, PA
 This is one of the most extraordinarily beautiful homes in the area, and provides a perfect setting for a CVSM musicale. Hank Guarriello's Italian heritage gives him a great passion for Neapolitan and other Italian songs, and he posseses a beautiful lyric baritone voice which will be featured at this event. He will be joined by soprano Elisabeth Turchi, tenor Gerald Kowallis, and others.
Tickets are $45 each and include refreshments. Advance reservations are required.
If you would like to put your name on a waiting list for this event, contact CVSM at (717) 261-1220!
 Neighborhood Chef's Walk Musicale
Saturday, June 6, 2009 · 4-7PM
Alexander Avenue, Chambersburg
Our final CVSM musicale of the season is something completely different!
Imagine . . . a warm summer evening, friends and neighbors out on the street, great foods prepared by local chefs and a variety of musicians performing as you stroll along the street, culminating in an outdoor concert as the evening draws to a close.
The CVSM Neighborhood Chef's Walk on Saturday, June 6th will begin at 4:00 pm and conclude at 7:00 pm. Alexander Avenue in Chambersburg is an attractive street with very pretty homes built in the 1950s and 60s, but it's the unique mix of people who live there that make it truly special. There are performing musicians, local politicians, restaurateurs, several longtime patrons of the arts, and five culinary experts! Local chefs Roger Tappen, Monica Kelso, Dave Munson, and Ron Macker, and restaurateur Tom Boock, have each agreed to provide a streetside booth offering some of their culinary specialties. Musicale attendees can stroll along and sample each of their menus while listening to musical perfromers along the way. Everyone will then gather for a concert presented by CVSM Faculty and Friends in the backyard of Paula Hepfer's home, CVSM Program Director.
Rain date: Sunday, June 7
Advanced reservations are required. Tickets are $45 per person and can be purchased by telephone at (717) 261-1220 (Visa/MasterCard/Discover credit cards are accepted) or you can mail your check to CVSM.
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Purchased Your Jaguar Raffle Tickets Yet? |
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The raffle drawing is less than a month away!
You could be driving this beautiful and luxurious car before the summer - and wouldn't you look great doing so!
Click here for more information about our Jaguar Raffle - May 17, 2009. Need Not Be Present to Win!
Call CVSM at (717) 261-1220 and purchase your tickets today!
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Memorial Day Symphonic Band Concert |
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Music in the Park 
The CVSM Symphonic Band will perform a Memorial Day Concert at the band shell at Chambersburg Municipal Park on Monday, May 25th at 7:30PM. Admission is FREE.
Join in the holiday festivities!
This year's program includes:In Flight - Samuel R. Hazo
Man of La - arr. Erickson Poet and - von SuppeThe Invincible Eagle - SousaParade of the Tall Ships - Chattaway
Galop - Kabalevsky
Tribute to Lionel - Waighein
Amazing Grace - Smith
Shenandoah - Smith
Patriotic Sing along - Ployhar
Armed Forces Salute - Lowden
The Stars & Stripes Forever March - Sousa |
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Mark Your Calendars . . . |
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CVSM
20th Anniversary
Gala Showcase Concert
Sunday, October 25, 2009 · 3PM
Capitol Theater · Chambersburg, PA
Celebrate 20 Years of CVSM community musical arts education & performance with a musical extravaganza!
Mark your calendars and watch for more information soon!
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Find CVSM on Facebook & Twitter |
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Expand Your Social Network
Facebook 
To make ourselves more visible to our younger students and alumni, CVSM now has a Facebook page! Our page includes our schedule of events, photos, E-news, online fundraising for the school, and much more. It's agreat way to stay in touch with former students and faculty AND keep up to date with what's happening at the school! You must have a Facebook account to view the CVSM page (accounts are FREE). We hope you'll visit us soon and add comments, suggestions and photos to the mix.
Just go to Facebook, do a search for "Cumberland Valley School of Music" and become a Fan!
 Do you tweet??If so, find CVSM on Twitter at CVSMUSIC. Leave us a message about how we're doing, what you like, what you wish we did differently, reviews of music you're listening to, etc.
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Cumberland Valley School of Music
1015 Philadelphia Ave.
Chambersburg, PA 17201
717-261-1220
email: emailus@cvsmusic.org
Cumberland Valley School of Music is non-profit member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, with 55 faculty members teaching over 600 students a year at Wilson College, Chambersburg; the Montessori Academy, Chambersburg; the Fairview Avenue Brethren in Christ Church, Waynesboro; St. Andrew School, Waynesboro; St. Maria Goretti High School, Hagerstown; and Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg.
Andrew Sussman, Executive Director
Paula Hepfer, Program Director
Michelle Miller, Office/Store Manager
Demetra Cleveland, Bookkeeper
Diane Meketa, Registrar
Jan Sullivan Dockter,
Development & Communications Director
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