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 "Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all,
Flowers in the summer
Fires in the fall! "
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Autumn Fires
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Stages of Love Musicale on September 27th |
 The Cumberland Valley School of Music is again presenting a special series of four Musicales this year. Each CVSM Musicale features a beautiful setting, culinary delights, excellent company, and exceptional musical performances. Rooted in the European custom of Salon or Chamber concerts, musicales are gatherings of a small number of musicians performing together in private homes or smaller venues. They promote an intimacy for both performer and listener that is rarely available in a larger concert hall setting. Tickets for the musicales can be purchased individually for $45 per person, or at a
discount for the entire series at $165 per person, and are available by calling CVSM
To view the entire Musicale series of performers, dates & locations, click here!
If you love exceptional vocalists singing Broadway tunes,
then you'll love . . .
 Stages of Love:
Sunday, September 27th at 3:00 PM
Wood Center at the Capitol Theatre in Chambersburg
CVSM Alumna Lindsay Shoap, soprano and Colin Mew, tenor, kick off our series with Stages of Love, the story of a relationship told through Broadway songs. They will be accompanied by Brian Helman, CVSM faculty member and pianist.
While attending Chambersburg Area High School, Ms. Shoap performed in such roles as Anne in Anne of Green Gables, Rizzo in Grease, and Lily in The Secret Garden, as well as singing with the CVSM trio "The Song Birds." Since leaving Chambersburg, Lindsey has graduated from Vassar College, where she majored in Drama and performed in numerous productions, including the roles of Madeleine in Quills and Jack's Mother in Into the Woods. After college, she moved to New York City where she is currently living the glamorous life of a starving actress, spending her summers performing at the wonderful Sterling Renaissance Festival.
Mr. Mew has been singing since he can remember and hopes to continue for the rest of his life. Colin's most recent work was with Liz Swados and the Bats in Kaspar Houser at the Flea Theater in Tribeca, New York. He is a graduate of Vassar College with a degree in Environmental Studies.
Stages of Love will include performances from an array of Broadway musicals by both well-known and obscure composers, including Rogers & Hart, Rogers & Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, Gershwin, Sondheim, and Kurt Weil, and from such shows as Babes in Arms, Company, Cinderella, Miss Saigon, The Fantastiks, Cabaret, The Secret Garden and Starting Here Starting Now.
The Shoap Law Office and Richard & Patricia Shoap, parents of Musicale performer Lindsey Shoap, are hosting this CVSM Musicale. All proceeds help support the Cumberland Valley School of Music, a non-profit member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, teaching music and drama in Chambersburg, Waynesboro, and Mercersburg, PA and Hagerstown, MD.
For more information or to purchase tickets contact the Cumberland Valley School of Music at (717) 261-1220 or visit their website at www.cvsmusic.org.
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Meet Carl Sponenberg, CVSM Faculty Member |
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Carl Sponenberg, CVSM Woodwinds instructor, has been with the school since the fall of 2002. Carl is a retired High School Band Director, having spent 34 years with the Big Springs School District. He received his BS in Music Education at Wilkes College and went on to get his Masters in Music Education at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
In addition to working as an instructor at the Cumberland Valley School of Music, Carl has been busy making music throughout the region:
- Director of the Shippensburg Town Band for 5 years
- Craig Sunday Orchestra in Carlisle
- Hershey Symphony Orchestra
- Dickinson C ollege Community Band & Orchestra
- PA Ambassador of Music leading a 2-week Tour of Europe
- Greater Harrisburg Concert Band each summer
- CVSM Community Symphonic Band
- A performer at the upcoming CVSM Gala Showcase Concert
Carl will be a featured performer with the Hershey Symphony for their Happy Anniversary Haydn, Mendelssohn and Hershey concert on Sunday, October 18th at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, PA. For more information about this concert, visit http://www.hersheysymphony.org.
"CVSM provides great opportunities for students from small children to seniors to increase their musical education, performance and understanding," says Carl Sponenberg.
Thank you, Carl, for sharing your talents and knowledge with the students and ensembles at CVSM! Without excellent faculty like you, our school couldn't exist!
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A CVSM 20th Anniversary Extravaganza . . . |
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CVSM
20th Anniversary
Gala Showcase
Concert
 Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3PMThe Capitol Theatre
Chambersburg, PA
Celebrate 20 Years of CVSM community musical arts education & performance with a musical extravaganza!
Sponsored By
Performances:
- CVSM Faculty, Alumni & Special Guest Performers
Including Corey Evan Rotz, Elisabeth Turchi, Carla Jablonski,
Elizabeth Stahl, Brian Helman, Julie Emig, Valerie Merriman,
Rochelle Kniss, Jeffrey Noll, Tim Gotwald, Andrew Sussman,
Herm Hopple, Sam Hepfer, Mark Miller, Dottie Klein,
Marlin Barnes, Jason Eyer, Eric Hepfer, Korry Franke
Michael Cameron, Carl Sponenberg & many others
- CVSM Cumberbunds Children's Chorus
- CVSM Community Symphonic Band & String Orchestra
- CVSM Concert Jazz Band & Jazz Quartet
- CVSM Community Adult Chorus
Showcase Concert Tickets:
Patron tickets - $35
(includes reserved seating - call 261-1220 to reserve your favorite seats at the Capitol Theatre, an invitation to the 20th Anniversary reception at the Capitol Theatre - featuring an alumni reunion of "The Swing Kids," and your name listed as a Patron in the concert program. )
General Admission tickets - $15 in advance
$20 at the door
$8 Students (K-12)
CVSM students and faculty members - FREE
Call CVSM at 717.261.1220 to purchase
your tickets today
- OR -
Order your tickets by mail - download order form!
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 The 2nd Annual
Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 4 - 7 PM
Alexander Avenue - Chambersburg
Tickets On Sale Now!
$45 per person (if purchased by April 30, 2010)
$55 per person (purchased May 1st and after)
$65 per person Patron Ticket (name listed in program)
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In the Market for New Furniture? |
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Do you happen to be in the market for new furniture or a mattress? Colony House Furniture in Chambersburg has given CVSM some very special game cards that we in turn are offering to our students, faculty & supporters.
Here's how the game cards work:
► You take a card with you when you purchase furniture of at least $999 at Colony House Furniture.
► Before paying for your purchase, present the game card to the store manager, who will have you erase one of the circles on the game card - revealing winnings of either $50, $100, or $1000 off your furniture purchase - AND - CVSM will receive a check in the same amount as a donation! Every card is a winner of at least $50 or more!
It's a win-win situation!
So if you are interested in purchasing items at Colony House Furniture (4231 Philadelphia Ave., Chambersburg) give us a call at (717) 261-1220 and we'll get you one of the special game cards right away!
And thanks to Colony House Furniture for providing us this innovative way of generating support for CVSM!
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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.
CVSM Administrative Staff:
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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