The Community Music School’s Children’s Programs Expand

This year the Community Music School (CMS) will begin a Children’s Choir for children in grades 2-8. This will be an auditioned group with auditions being held prior to the start of the ensembles rehearsals, which start on September 11, 2007. The group under the direction of Linda Wardell will meet weekly on Tuesdays during the academic year. After three years of successful Children’s Choir Camps, we are very excited to be adding this to our school year offerings. There is still space in the group so please check us out at cms.music.udel.edu/childrenschoir.html or call for an audition 302-831-1548.

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Summer CMS Children's Choir Camp

In addition to the Children’s Choir, we will also be adding Youth Steel Band (Pan JR) open to students from grades 4-8. Members of Pan JR will learn how to play and arrange a wide range of musical styles from Caribbean and beyond. There is no musical experience is necessary so just bring your sense of adventure. This ensemble will be directed by Joe Ambrosino.

We also have a thriving Suzuki program (The Community Music School Suzuki Institute) for young children. The program offers private and group lessons on violin, cello and guitar. We also hope to add piano and flute for the 2008-2009 year. This year we welcome new instructors in the areas of Violin and Cello. Jessica Hoffman, who will teach violin, has taught at the Settlement School, Temple Preparatory and Moorestown School of Music. April Chisholm, who will teach cello, is coming to us from the Chicago area and has taught at the Suzuki School of Elgin, Old Town School and The Suzuki School of Barrington. We are excited to welcome these new teachers. Gerald Brunner will return for his third year as our Suzuki guitar instructor and Christina von Duyke will again teach Suzuki violin as a part of her graduate assistantship.

A special thanks to Jennifer Stomberg our previous Suzuki violin and cello instructor. Jennifer is responsible for starting the Suzuki Program at UD. We wish her the best of luck in this next step in her career.