COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL
| Welcome to the CMS News page! News from both CMS sites is here, as well as the CMS Calendar. Happy musical browsing! For more information about any of our programs and registration, contact:
Steve Youngs,
CMS-Hastings Coordinator To
register, contact Carol Adler, CMS (B.C.) Registrar New!
Marshall and Albion sites: For
comments, concerns, suggestions contact
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Calendar Spring Session
Summer Session
KINDERMUSIK
For registration and start up dates of each program please check out the pages for private lessons, Music First, Kindermusik, and the Registration page. ******************************* CMS-Albion and CMS-Battle Creek announce DrumSticks, a beginning percussion class for ages 7-10. Students purchase a practice pad and drumsticks, learn basic snare drum technique and receive an introduction to a variety of percussion instruments. Taught by CMS instructor Rob Kratz, the class runs 11 weeks. $117.25 plus $10 registration fee. Contact CMS-Albion at 517.630.0273 and CMS-Battle Creek at 269.963.1911, ext 2585. **************************** Share-A-Thon Festival 2008! THANK
YOU!! All funds from Share-A-Thon go to the Community Music School's financial aid prigram, giving aid to families under $40,000 annual income. Many families would not be able to participate otherwise. Donations are still coming in for the events. If you have not turned yours in, please do so by the end of this month. Many thanks
to all performers, visitors, displayers, teachers, and donors
for your part in Share-A-Thon Festival 2008!
Andrew Warriner tries out the french horn at the CMS Marshall/Albion Share-A-Thon
Hastings Kids Choir at the CMS Hastings Share-A-Thon
Alivea Russell as Treble the Clown at the CMS Battle Creek Share-A-Thon ************************************
CMS Music Festival The Community Music School-Hastings is holding its 4th Annual Music Festival on Saturday, April 26th at the First United Methodist Church. Modeled after Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association’s Solo and Ensemble and Piano Achievement testing, instructors Melissa Risk and Holly Bolthouse created the Festival in 2005. Vocal, strings, guitar, brass, woodwind, and piano students are invited to perform a solo and receive coaching and suggestions from an adjudicator. In addition to their solo, piano students will perform technical exercises and take a theory test. The scores for all areas will be rated by the adjudicator, and students can earn medals for I and II division rating. All students will receive a certificate of participation. Last year over 60 piano, clarinet, voice and guitar students participated in the event. Students who wish to participate need to sign up at the CMS-H (269 948-9441) office by March 31st. Students from all four Community Music School locations - Albion, Battle Creek, Hastings, and Marshall, are invited to participate. Family members of participants are encouraged to attend with their child. ************************************
Musician Achievement Program Community Music School-Hastings offers a chance for students to strive for excellence on their instruments in the Musician Achievement Program. This program was created by Holly Bolthouse, a piano instructor at the CMS. Students and teachers work together to outline goals for the school year. Examples of the goals are: finish a method or theory book, practice 30 minutes a day, play for church services or community events, participate in an adjudicatedmusic event, research a composer, play in a recital, learn 5 pieces on your own. MAP allows student to be more actively involved in planning and reaching their musical growth. MAP is offered
to all Hastings area private lesson students on all instruments
for a nominal fee. Runs September through mid-May, 2008. Contact
the CMS-Hastings office at 269.948.9441 for more details.
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Meijer
Community Rewards Program CMS-Battle
Creek now participates in the Meijer Community Rewards Program.
Proceeds will benefit the School’s financial aid program,
and supplement funds for administrative costs, helping to keep
tuition and fees affordable for area families. When guest cards
are scanned during checkout at any Meijer store, a percentage
of the total spent is passed on to participating non-profit organizations.
Families and friends of the CMSBC may apply for a free guest card
by phone [1-800-962-7011], online at the Meijer web site [www.Meijer.com/rewards],
or by mail [applications available in the CMSBC office]. Up to
three participating organizations may be listed on one guest card,
with the total rewards earned split evenly. Learn more at the website!
Thanks
for helping us enrich the lives of Battle Creek area families!
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