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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Calendar of Events:

Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), early December 2010

Annual Open Show

Opening reception: Fri Dec 3, 5–8 pm

Legacy Foundation & Livesay Galleries, CSMA

exhibition runs Dec 3, 2010—Jan 28, 2011

Over two dozen local artists offer a wide range of work in varied media just in time for the holidays Curator: Camille Doucet.

Open Dance Studio with Maren Waldman

Fri Dec 3, 5:30–7 pm

Nathanielsz Dance Studio, CSMA

Dancer, choreographer, and CSMA teacher Maren Waldman hosts an open

modern dance studio for current students, dancers, and curious

community members. The evening will include modern dance warm-ups,

informal performances from students, and typical modern dance

exercises appropriate for all levels. Participate or observe; come and go.

First Friday Chamber Music with Luscinia

Fri Dec 3, 7:30–8:30 pm

3rd Floor Performance Space, CSMA

Vocal music for the holiday season, from Luscinia, a five-voice ensemble specializing in a capella music from the 13th to 17th centuries. Liz Peters, soprano; Lynn Leopold, alto; Thom Baker, tenor; Jonathan Ivers, tenor; and Geof Royall, bass, bring a diversity of musical backgrounds and experience to bear on the performance of early music in the western tradition. Based in Ithaca, NY, Luscinia performs throughout the Central New York region.

CSMA Dance Showcase

Sun Dec 5, 12:30 pm

3rd Floor Performance Space, CSMA

an informal showing by students in the fall dance classes

Fingerlakes Womens Chorale

Sun Dec 5, 4 pm

3rd Floor Performance Space, CSMA

“The Many Moods of Christmas”

$10 general / $7 seniors + students

directed by Doreen Alsen; accompanist, Christopher Loy

Ithaca Swing Dance Network with the Ageless Jazz Band

Annual December benefit for CSMA

Sat Dec 11, 8:30 pm (dance lesson at 7:30)

3rd Floor Performance Space, CSMA

The Community School of Music and Arts is located a block east of the Commons at 330 E. Martin Luther King / State Street. on the web at csma-ithaca.org; phone 607.272.1474
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First Friday Chamber Music at CSMA Kicks Off the New Year
With Fiddling on Old-World Themes and Arabic Music on Jan 7 (2011)

A warm and invigorating New Year’s treat is guaranteed to all as the Community School of Music and Arts welcomes 2011 with music drawn from Arabia, Turkey, Armenia and Bulgaria .

CSMA’s monthly First Friday Chamber Music will feature “Fiddlers Three”, “Souk” and Thom Baker on Friday, Jan 7 at 8 pm in the 3rd Floor Performance Space.

“Fiddlers Three” features Tim Ball, Bill Hurley, and Joseph Prusch on violins and viola premiering three suites composed by Prusch based on folksongs and fiddle tunes from Bulgaria, the Rhine Valley, and Anatolia (Turkey and Armenia).

“Souk” is a classical Arabian ensemble featuring Prusch on keman (violin), Nikolai Ruskin on oud (lute), Dara Anisi on darbuka (goblet drum), and Jesse Koennecke on rik (tambourine).

Souk is also arranging a medieval troubadour piece to be sung by Thom Baker. They are modeling the arrangement after classical Arabic formal concepts, following the work of Dr. Thomas Binkley (Indiana/Bloomington), who argues that much of European secular music in the middle ages was imported from the Arabic world via the Spanish frontier. The troubadour piece is "A Chantar" by the Comtessa de Dia, one of the few troubadour compositions composed by a woman.

Admission is free, although an $8 donation is requested. CSMA is wheelchair accessible. First Friday Chamber Music concerts are sponsored by the Ithaca Sertoma Club.

A leader in community arts education and cultural programming for 50 years, CSMA offers year-round instruction in visual arts, music, dance, theatre, and language arts, and presents performances, gallery exhibitions, and events in its spacious downtown facility located one block east of the Ithaca Commons at 330 E. Martin Luther King Jr / State Street.

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From Joseph Prusch:

To my fellow musicians and performers:

The Community School of Music and Art is in dire need of the public’s support at this time. I teach at the CSMA because I believe every human being - of any age, gender, ethnic background, and income level - deserves the opportunity to learn an instrument and to make music with others. My parents bent over backwards to give me the opportunity to play viola, including cooking meals for my private teacher when they could no longer afford to pay cash. But I believe all of us deserve the chance to study music with good teachers and pass on our heritage to future generations, not just those wealthy enough to afford such an education. The utopian society I know us humans can create is one in which all of us have a steady job where we work for 8 hours a day, sleep for 8 hours a day, and spend another 8 hours having fun dancing and writing, playing, and singing songs with and for one another, teaching our children the music of our past and encouraging them to create new music.

The CSMA makes such a future possible, but its mission has been seriously jeopardised by a nasty loophole in New York State law. An unexpected and costly elevator repair almost two years ago has steeply tilted the financial ship of the school, tying up our grants in the state legislature’s bureaucracy and forcing instructors to go over 18 months without steady compensation. This past November’s election handed control of the state senate to the Republicans, who have promised to cut spending on public education and the arts; and with the political hijinx of the past two-year session, we were lucky to see what grants we did.

Thom Baker, a voice teacher at the CSMA, has been managing a chamber music concert series on the first Fridays of each month to help bring in donations. Admission is free, but the faculty and our friends have put on some top-quality performances. But it has been extraordinarily tough to advertise to the public as we have no funds for advertising.

This Friday’s concert will feature two of my groups, Souk and the Fiddlers Three. We will pe playing Egyptian classical music, a new arrangement of a troubadour song (one of the few composed by a woman!) in Middle Eastern style, and then three new suites of fiddle tunes from Armenia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Germany, France, Holland, and Turkey. To boot, all three of us in the Fiddlers Three have studied the Irish Sligo style with local fiddler Eamon MacGowan, the lead fiddler in local Irish band Traonach. So at the very least, you’ll get to hear Bulgarian oros in Sligo style!

I know this is a difficult time for us all, but if every man, woman, and child residing in Tompkins County came to the CSMA on Friday night and pitched in a quarter, it would more than solve the school’s financial woes. (But how would we fit them all?) If every student at Cornell and Ithaca College were to donate a dollar, it would cover the elevator deficit and give us another $6,000 for the scholarship fund. If each of you can tell a friend, and you all come and make a donation of up to $8 (the suggested donation), we could cover a week’s overhead, which gives the school a little of breathing room. Most importantly, if you can’t make it but at least spread the word to your friends by mouth, we can increase awareness in the commmunity that this incredible resource exists, and that there is a great way for the average citizen to make a difference and keep it alive.

There is yet another way you all can help, even if you can’t show up in person. You can email Jim Catalano at arts@ithacatimes.com and let him know that you support the CSMA’s efforts and would like to see more coverage of the situation in the Ithaca Times. If he gets an overwhelming number of one-line emails with that request, we can persuade him that the issue is important enough to be covered over the next few months. The school belongs to the community, but unless the community helps out, I fear our school will be lost.

Thank you all for reading this, and a Happy New Year to all of you.

Joseph Prusch
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News from the Community School of Music and Arts
330 E.Martin Luther King Jr. / State St., Ithaca NY
607.272.1474 csma-ithaca.org

Spring is a time for renewal! And April is when you can find special day-time arts activities for kids ages 6-9 during spring recess, AND a whole slew of new and returning classes. All at downtown Ithaca's Community School of Music and Arts, now celebrating 50 years of serving arts education and support to our community!!

Artsbreak starts soon!!

when school is out…CSMA is in! Spring Artsbreak is just around the corner! Mon – Fri, Apr 18–22 from 9:00 am-5:15 pm.

Join us for one day or all week!

• Children should bring a bag lunch.

• A daily snack is provided.

• Pick up your child anytime between 3:00 and 5:15 pm

• doors open at 8:45

• instruction from 9:15-3:00

• supervised after-care til 5:15 included

Cost: $45 per day (CSMA members) • $60 per day (nonmembers)

preregistration will guarantee your spot!

Each day has a special theme!!

Mon 4.18: Creature Feature

Tues 4.19: City & Country

Wed 4.20: Circus!

Thur 4.21: Castles & Dragons

Fri 4.22: Journey to the East

For more information or to register call CSMA at 272-1474 or stop in

New Term Starts Monday April 25!!

Yes, the weather is improving, the first robins are appearing, and the early flowers are popping up. Plus mud and wind! Which means CSMA is getting ready for our Spring 2011 term! Classes start the week of April 25 and run into late June; you have a choice of 1 time workshops, or classes that run anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks. Classes for all ages!! Dance, Visual Arts, Music and Theatre.

REGISTER NOW ONLINE at csma-ithaca.org for the Spring Term. Get out ahead of the pack and don't get closed out. It's a great time to stretch those creative muscles!

Included are some great new courses:

Exploring the Masters (A21)

taught by Sophie Hood • ages 9 to 11

Discover and explore the drawing and painting techniques of master artists such as Picasso, Monet and Kahlo. We will look closely at their pictures and then work in the manner of each artist. You will learn some art history and practice a range of styles and techniques. Materials included.

Wednesday, 4:00pm-5:15pm • Art Room 9

4 classes, 5/4-5/25 » Members: $60 • Nonmembers: $80

My Favorite Things (A51)

taught by Karen Klee-Atlin • ages teen to adult

Develop your skills of observation, composition and drawing techniques using your own keepsakes for a sustained and detailed still-life drawing. Students will arrange a personal and portable still-life box to focus on the careful rendering of light, shadow and texture of their favorite things.

Tuesday, 6:00pm-8:00pm • Art Studio 10

5 classes, 5/3-5/31 » Members: $100 • Nonmembers: $134

Op Art! (A71)

taught by Karen Kucharski • ages teen to adult

Create Op Art! Learn simple yet powerful techniques to create eye-dazzling illusions and effects. Students will create at least one Op Art image per week using markers or colored pencils. Open to all levels of drawing experience.

Thursday, 5:30pm-7:30pm • Art Room 9

4 classes, 5/5-5/26 » Members: $80 • Nonmembers: $107

A Play in a Day Workshop (T12)

taught by Holly Adams • ages 7 to 11

Playwriting, mask-making, theatre exercises, rehearsing and performing: it’s a play in a day! We start with a story and end with a show. Join us for a fun-filled, arts-laden Saturday. Performance at 3:30. And don’t worry—we will take a lunch break. Materials included.

Saturday, 6/11, 10:00am - 4:00pm • Art Room 9 & Third Floor Auditorium

Members: $65 • Nonmembers: $87

Daytime Chorale (M20)

directed by Thom Baker • ages teen to adult

Singers of all ages and levels of experience are welcome in this non-auditioned chorus. Repertoire, primarily classical, will be chosen to match and gently challenge the participants’ skills, as will regular ear training and sight reading practice. For start-up purposes, the spring term will be offered free of charge!

Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00pm • Third Floor Auditorium

8 classes, 4/26-6/14 » No charge (Registration required)

plus the return of an old favorite!!

Jazz Improv Group (M05)

taught by Neal Massa • ages 12 to 15

This group will focus on the fundamentals of jazz improvisation and is open to all instrumentalists who have a basic knowledge of their instrument. Working with the blues and standard jazz repertoire, each player will solo regularly and build an understanding of jazz theory through practice. The basics of scales, modes, harmony and rhythm will be incorporated. We will give an informal concert at the end of the term.

Thursday, 4:00pm - 5:15pm • Third Floor Auditorium

8 classes, 4/28-6/16 » Members: $100 • Nonmembers: $134

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CSMA is a non-profit organization whose programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
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News from the Community School of Music and Arts
330 E.Martin Luther King Jr. / State St., Ithaca NY
607.272.1474 csma-ithaca.org

Spring is here at last!

At CSMA our "celebration" begins with a week full of special day-time arts activities for kids ages 6-9 during spring recess, followed by a new term of classes in music, visual arts, dance, theatre, and languages. All at downtown Ithaca's Community School of Music and Arts, now celebrating 50 years of serving arts education and support to our community!!

Artsbreak: next week!

when school is out…CSMA is in! Spring Artsbreak is Mon – Fri, Apr 18–22 from 9:00 am-5:15 pm.

Join us for one day or all week! THERE ARE STILL SPACES AVAILABLE, BUT THEY ARE GOING FAST!!

• Children should bring a bag lunch.

• A daily snack is provided.

• Pick up your child anytime between 3:00 and 5:15 pm

• doors open at 8:45

• instruction from 9:15-3:00

• supervised after-care til 5:15 included

Cost: $45 per day (CSMA members) • $60 per day (nonmembers)

preregistration will guarantee your spot!

Each day has a special theme!!

Mon 4.18: Creature Feature

Tues 4.19: City & Country

Wed 4.20: Circus!

Thur 4.21: Castles & Dragons

Fri 4.22: Journey to the East

For more information or to register call CSMA at 272-1474 or stop in.

A Brand New Ensemble at CSMA: Daytime Chorale (and it's free and open to all teens & adults)

Included in our spring term is a new singing group for those who can't make an evening commitment, but have daytime free and want to sing under the directed by a professional vocalist!!

directed by Thom Baker • ages teen to adult

Singers of all ages and levels of experience are welcome in this non-auditioned chorus. Repertoire, primarily classical, will be chosen to match and gently challenge the participants’ skills, as will regular ear training and sight reading practice. For start-up purposes, the spring term will be offered free of charge!

Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00pm • Third Floor Auditorium

8 classes, 4/26-6/14 » No charge (Registration required) - please call 272-1474 or
register online

New Term Starts Monday April 25!!

Classes start the week of April 25 and run into late June; you have a choice of 1 time workshops, or classes that run anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks. Classes for all ages!! Dance, Visual Arts, Music and Theatre. REGISTER NOW ONLINE at csma-ithaca.org for the Spring Term. Get out ahead of the pack and don't get closed out. It's a great time to stretch those creative muscles!

Courses include these exciting brand new offerings:

Exploring the Masters (A21)

taught by Sophie Hood • ages 9 to 11

Discover and explore the drawing and painting techniques of master artists such as Picasso, Monet and Kahlo. We will look closely at their pictures and then work in the manner of each artist. You will learn some art history and practice a range of styles and techniques. Materials included.

Wednesday, 4:00pm-5:15pm • Art Room 9

4 classes, 5/4-5/25 » Members: $60 • Nonmembers: $80

My Favorite Things (A51)

taught by Karen Klee-Atlin • ages teen to adult

Develop your skills of observation, composition and drawing techniques using your own keepsakes for a sustained and detailed still-life drawing. Students will arrange a personal and portable still-life box to focus on the careful rendering of light, shadow and texture of their favorite things.

Tuesday, 6:00pm-8:00pm • Art Studio 10

5 classes, 5/3-5/31 » Members: $100 • Nonmembers: $134

Op Art! (A71)

taught by Karen Kucharski • ages teen to adult

Create Op Art! Learn simple yet powerful techniques to create eye-dazzling illusions and effects. Students will create at least one Op Art image per week using markers or colored pencils. Open to all levels of drawing experience.

Thursday, 5:30pm-7:30pm • Art Room 9

4 classes, 5/5-5/26 » Members: $80 • Nonmembers: $107

plus the return of an old favorite!!

Jazz Improv Group (M05)

taught by Neal Massa • ages 12 to 15

This group will focus on the fundamentals of jazz improvisation and is open to all instrumentalists who have a basic knowledge of their instrument. Working with the blues and standard jazz repertoire, each player will solo regularly and build an understanding of jazz theory through practice. The basics of scales, modes, harmony and rhythm will be incorporated. We will give an informal concert at the end of the term.

Thursday, 4:00pm - 5:15pm • Third Floor Auditorium

8 classes, 4/28-6/16 » Members: $100 • Nonmembers: $134

IN THE GALLERY: From the Studio: Work by CSMA Students

Get a first-hand look at work done in recent CSMA Art classes. Through April 29.

CSMA is a non-profit organization whose programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
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Dear Friends- Does the combo of great music and supporting issues of social justice sound like a great summer thing to do?? Well- join us for MUSIC FOR A SEASON, MUSIC FOR A REASON.....and help spread the word to folks in your email community to create a great new tradition of music and social justice work!!!! Our Summer Concert (below) on July 29th....Our Fall Concert on 9/11 featuring Sim Redmond...our Winter concert in January to feature Joe Crookston..check it out!!!

In peace- ceili murphy <ceilimuse@gmail.com>

Music for a Season-Music for a Reason

Fundraiser Concert!!!!

July 29th 2011 7:30 - 10:00pm

at

CSMA

330 East State St. Ithaca, NY

sponsored by

The First Unitarian Church of Ithaca’s

Social Justice Council

Answer the Muse Cabaret originals, popular covers and musical journeys

Jai Hari Meyerhoff, Luane Davis and Ceili Murphy

Jan Nigro Trio original music

With Alice Saltonstall and Lisa Frank

Rosie Rocca Trio R&B/Jazz/ Blues stylings of iconic tunes

With Ceili Murphy and friends

SummerSing choral Music from around the world

An Ithaca Community Chorus, a relaxed yet robust choir

which meets each summer to enjoy singing music

Sally Ramirez and Alex Specker jazz, sambas, and bossa novas

Proceeds to Benefit

Community School of Music and Art

and Pastors for Peace

$10.00 suggested donation
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First Friday Chamber Music

'Dvorak in the New World'
Fri Feb 3 @ 8 pm
3rd Floor Performance Space
Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA)
330 E. Martin Luther King Jr. / State St.
Ithaca, NY

Featuring musicians:

Angela Comprone, violin
Timothy Ball, violin
Jaime Kibbelsbeck, viola
Joseph Prusch, viola
Diana Geiger, cello

playing selections from:

Op. 75a "Drobnosti" (trio)
Op. 96 "American" (quartet #12)
Op. 97 "American" (quintet #3)

In honor of the 120th anniversary of Dvorak's arrival in America, CSMA is proud to present a chamber music concert of works Dvorak composed in America, with a special emphasis on Dvorak's own instrument, the viola.

The "American" quartet is well known, but much more rarely performed is Dvorak's wonderful 'American" quintet, scored for two violas.The Drobnosti trio was began before Dvorak's American sojourn and finished after, but the composer actually suppressed it during his lifetime. It was first performed in 1938, after being discovered in Dvorak's notes. It is heavily influenced by American idioms.

Both violists are members of CSMA's private instruction faculty; all five have been affiliated with Ithaca College. Violinist Comprone plays with the alt-country band "Not from Wisconsin"; Ball is familiar to followers of Traonach, while cellist Geiger is the new director of the Ithaca Community Orchestra.

An $8 donation is suggested at the door (no one turned away). Donations support CSMA's educational programs and scholarships.
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Joni Mitchell Tribute Returns to CSMA Saturday February 18

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and eight time Grammy winner, including for Lifetime Achievement, folk and jazz artist extraordinaire Joni Mitchell may have officially retired from the music biz to pursue life as a painter, but her legions of fans and artists influenced by her are unending.

Downtown Ithaca’s Community School of Music and Arts is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, to be held in the 3rd Floor Performance Space, Saturday, February 18 from 7 to 10 pm. A donation of $10 is requested to benefit CSMA’s educational programs and scholarships.

Organizer Joe Gaylord promises a delightful evening of covers and interpretations of Joni’s vast repertoire, featuring a number of folk, jazz and other musicians from Ithaca and beyond. A raffle of rare Joni recordings will also be held. Teachers visiting for Ithaca’s Winter Recess who attend the concert will receive a free raffle ticket!

“It’s the perfect way to wind up a day downtown after the 14th Annual Great Chili Cook-off, and to celebrate Winter Recess” says Gaylord.

Scheduled artists include: Amelia Burns, Janet Cotraccia, Joe Gaylord, Mary Kane, Colleen Kattau & Some Guys, Jody Kessler, Ron Kristy, Erika Lundahl, Susan Lytle, Molly Macmillan, Sue Tierney McNamara, Eric Miller & Christine Evans, New Roots Chorus, Tom Peters & Ben Wells, Joe Ryan & Bev Fitzpatrick, Susan Terwilliger, and Maggie Whitehead.

A leader in community arts education and cultural programming for 50 years, CSMA offers year-round instruction in visual arts, music, dance, theatre, and language arts, and presents performances, gallery exhibitions, and events in its spacious downtown facility located one block east of the Ithaca Commons at 330 E. Martin Luther King Jr / State Street.

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News and events from the Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca NY
csma-ithaca.org 607.272.1474
Happy Spring!

it's time for…
Spring Term Enrollment at CSMA

Spring term begins Mon April 16 and runs through Friday June 22. Over 40 classes, workshops and ensembles for all ages in dance, theater, visual arts and music. Go to our online course catalog or head to csma-ithaca.org to register now!

Check out some of our new course titles:

Play Cre-ACT-tion (ages 8 to 12)
Suzuki Method of Acting (ages 18 and up)
Group Improvisations in Dance (teens & adults)

Plus our usual rich range of offerings in dance for both kids & adults (ballet, tap, hip-hop and belly dancing), an array of painting & drawing courses (preschool art, basic drawing and artist books for the kids; instruction in oils, watercolor, basic drawing, figure drawing and landscape painting for adults), private music lessons, clarinet ensemble, recorder ensemble, jazz improv, and more!
April Artsbreak

The spring public school break is less than three weeks away already! Doing a “stay-cation?” Have kids ages 6 to 9? They'll love our day-long multi-disciplinary arts camps. Music, dance, visual arts and theatre classes with demos and performances. Each day has its own theme. Register for any number of days. Programs from 9 am to 3 pm with optional after care until 5:15 pm.
Monday thru Friday, 4/9-4/13
Per Day: Members: $45 • NonMembers: $60

Our February Arts Break filled right up (we have a maximum of 22 participants a day!) So don't delay. Call the office now!(607.272.1474)!

…and how about your summer plans?
Summer Arts Camps for Kids & Teens
Arts All Around You

For ages 6-9
8 separate week-long programs: July 9–Aug 31
Coordinated by Theresa Souchet, PhD

Arts All Around You provides rich and varied arts exposure to young children as well as time for recreation, free play and outings. Each week includes classes in art, music, dance and theatre, taught by experienced teachers, as well as recreational activities, demos and performances by local artists, and field trips to local museums, theatres and parks. Each week of AAAY will have its own theme. Typical themes are: the ever popular Castles & Dragons, Journey Down the Nile, Creature Feature and Arts Around the World.

Optional after care from 3-5:15 pm is included in the cost. Register for any number of weeks.
Cost per week: Members: $200 Non-members: $267
(Individual membership for one student is $55/year Family membership is $90/year.)
Summer Jazz Institute

for ages 11–18
June 25–29, 9am – 3 pm

Jazz Institute is a five-day intensive open to all instrumentalists who have a basic knowledge of their instrument (usually a minimum of 1-2 years playing it). All levels of experience with improvisation are welcome. Ensembles will be formed according to the abilities of the students.

The week includes two band rehearsals each day, special focus workshops in various aspects of jazz including ear-training and general improvisation skills, and demo/performances by guest artists. The emphasis is on building an understanding of jazz theory through practice. CSMA faculty member, Neal Massa and other local jazz musicians will lead the rehearsals and workshops. The week ends with a concert on Friday afternoon.

Members: $200 Non-members: $267
Early registration helps us provide the best experience.Please register or call to express interest by June 4.
Star Search returns in August!

for ages 10–16
Mon–Fri / 9 am – 2 pm
plus a public performance on the 2nd Friday @ 7:30 pm

Challenge your strengths and strengthen your weaknesses! The learning process is the main focus of Star Search. Every student sings, dances and acts while we put on an entire, original musical in 10 days! Taught by a team of three: script writer and musical director, Doreen Alsen, acting coach and stage director, Holly Adams and dance coach and choreographer, Elizabeth Livesay.

Two 2-week intensive programs with performances on the final Friday evenings.
Aug 6–17 CSI: Macbeth
Aug 20–31 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ER
Members: $360 Non-members: $480 (for 2-week session)

now in the gallery
Seeking Balance. Recent Works by Marian Van Soest

Abstract paintings in oil, ink, and watercolor by Marian Van Soest. When retirement loomed, Van Soest took up painting as a way of assuring creative engagement for as long as possible. She says of her paintings, “I especially enjoy working with color, line, and shape to produce good design. My work has gradually become more abstract as I probe more deeply into what keeps art, and life, in balance.”
On view March 2 – March 30, 2012

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Ithaca Children’s Choir Spring Concert Remembers Jack Gallagher

The Ithaca Children’s Choir will hold its annual spring concert in the Ford Hall Auditorium in the Whalen Center for Music on the Ithaca College Campus on Tuesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m.

The concert will be called “Remember.” The Chorale will sing a piece called “remember” written by Jack Gallagher and arranged by Sarah Beckwith. The members of the Ithaca Children’s Choir remember the powerful presence of this extraordinary young man who would have been graduating from high school this spring. There are many seniors in ICC, and they have chosen to sing this piece in celebration of Jack’s life.

Tickets are $6 each or $20 for a family of four or more, and are available at CSMA and at the door.

The Chorale will also be singing “Adiemus,” one of the favorite pieces from past years. Juniors and seniors will be singing “Faithful Over a Few Things.” The rest of the program will include selections from a wide variety of genres and styles, including the Young Men’s performance of “Libertatum,” a composition that the ensemble sang at the premiere performance in New York City several years ago.

A program of the Community School of Music and Arts, the Ithaca Children’s Choir is completing its 26th year under the artistic direction of Janet Galván. This ensemble has been dedicated to multicultural music from its beginnings. One of the missions of the ensemble has been to build bridges of understanding through music and to try to create communication with people throughout the community. Earlier this year the Ithaca Children’s Choir sang in the Community concert, “Sing A New Song.”

Galván states that “The members of this ensemble have always come from many different schools throughout the community and as far away as Pennsylvania. Many lasting friendships have grown through their weekly rehearsals for many years. Many of the students who go on to college (whether music majors or not) sing leading roles in musicals and are accepted into the most advanced college and university ensembles. The students learn skills that they can use for the rest of their lives, but most importantly, they find the joy of singing with others to create something beautiful.”

The Children’s Choir is also one of a very few choirs throughout the nation chosen to participate in “Radio Radiance,” broadcasting a performance of new works on national public radio.

Galván adds, “There is a place for every child who wants to sing.” At the concert, the audience will hear the Training Choir, the Senior Choir, the Choraliers, the Chorale, and the Young Men of Ithaca Chorus. Ages range from 7 years old to 19.

Dr. Galván is one of the nation’s leading conductors of singers of all ages. Recently, she conducted a master class for conductors at the National Conference for Children’s Choir Directors. She also conducted festivals in North Carolina, Hawaii, New Jersey, Nevada, California, Connecticut, California, Georgia, and New York. She was on the conducting faculty of the Carnegie Hall Workshop, Transient Glory.

A leader in community arts education and cultural programming for over 50 years, CSMA offers year-round instruction in visual arts, music, dance, theatre, and language arts, and presents performances, gallery exhibitions, and events in its spacious downtown facility located one block east of the Ithaca Commons at 330 E. Martin Luther King Jr. / State Street.

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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Happy Equinox from the Community School of Music and Arts!

Our first round of classes began last week, and the office has been hopping with new student registrations. But don't worry, there are still new classes starting this week, and several others will still take students!
Fall 2012 Classes Still Enrolling

To register go to our online course catalog or stop by the school at 330 E. Martin Luther King Jr St. (1 block east of the Commons). You can also register by phone (607.272.1474). Our office hours are Mon-Thur from 10-6 and Fri from 9-5.

Classes with openings for kids

Irish Tin Whistle (starts Thur 10/4)
Recorder
Tap
Pre-school Art (starts Oct 20)
Basic Drawing (starts Tue 9/25)
Cartooning (starts Thur 9/27)
Children’s Theatre (starts Fri 9/28)

Classes for just teens in

Jazz Ensemble (two levels: starts this Thursday, 9/27)

Classes for teens & adults in

Ballet
Tap
Belly Dancing
Irish Tin Whistle (starts Thur 10/4)
Recorder
Drawing
Painting (Acrylics & Oils)

…and special workshops: for the kids, StoryDance with Zajal (Sat Oct 20 and/or Sat Nov 17)

Look for our beautiful print catalog around town or pick one up at CSMA!
October Brings 5th Annual Arts for All Marathon: Get Involved Now!

Look for our new weekly Marathon e-newsletter later this week!

You take your body to the gym, the pool, or out to run, but where do you take your artistic self? This October, CSMA invites you to get your creative side (back) in shape while supporting arts education for everyone!

Tons of artists and businesses have already signed up for this year's Marathon—now's the time to make sure you're involved! The Arts for All Marathon is our signature fundraising event benefiting educational programs, with a focus on need-based scholarships. Throughout October, local artists, performers, and writers undertake creative projects and benefit events that raise funds for CSMA through donations honoring their efforts. Not to forget, our fabulous online auction!

To sign up go send an email to marathon@csma-ithaca.org. More info online at ArtsforAllMarathon.org.

4 great ways to participate:
GALLERY SHOW: EXHIBIT YOUR WORK!
Selected visual artists (or groups) each hang a benefit mini-show (deadline for submissions has passed; don't miss the grand opening on First Friday, October 5!)
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE: PUT ON A SHOW!
Organize a performance and collect donations at the door.
This month: plan your event. Schedule space at CSMA if you wish & spread the word.
CREATIVE PROJECT: CHALLENGE YOURSELF!
Do a project or set a personal goal for 26.2 days and enlist friends to 'sponsor' you (like in a swim-a-thon or bike-a-thon).
This month: plan your project and tell your friends.
ONLINE AUCTION: DONATE GOODS & SERVICES!
Donate artwork, literature, music, goods, or services to our online auction. Great exposure for you!
This month: bring your auction items to CSMA (we ask you call ahead if possible, 272-1474).

Copyright © 2012 CSMA, All rights reserved.
News and events from the Community School of Music and Arts.
CSMA is a non-profit organization whose programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Our mailing address is:
330 E. State St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
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Calendar of CSMA Arts for All Marathon Events, October 2-28, 2012

more info online at ArtsForAllMarathon.org

note: more events will be added throughout the marathon

5th Annual CSMA Arts for All Marathon

October 2-28, 2012

ongoing events

Oct 2-28

Marathon Online Auction

Oct 5-28

Gallery Exhibition: ‘Four Running Feet’

Juried Marathon Show Legacy Foundation Gallery

featuring Ben & Otto Beer • Nicole Monique Carrier-Titti • Laurie Conrad • Cornell Ceramics Studio • Marina Delaney • Frances Fawcett & Margaret Nelson • Lauren Goodnow & Samantha Underwood • Karen James • Ileen Kaplan • Carol LaBorie • Terry Plater • Nancy Ridenour • Michael Sampson

Oct 5-28

Gallery: Auction Art on display

Legacy Foundation and Beverly Livesay Galleries

art on view from the marathon online auction (final bids due Sun Oct 28 @ 6 pm)

Fridays (Oct 5, 12, 19 & 26)

Floppy Hour at Lot 10

free improv comedy, donations for Healthy Food for All & CSMA through October; culminating in a Celebrity Improv Jam Oct 26 at 7 pm, in which local celebrities will hook up with the ComedyFlops troupe!

one-time events

Fri Oct 5: 5–8 pm

First Friday: Gallery Opening: 4 Running Feet

Featuring

Vision Dance Collective @ 5:30 (15 mins.)

‘Venus in Transit’—a live Butoh performance by artist Mandy Caughey from 6:30 to 7 pm

Fri Oct 5: 7:30 pm

First Friday Concert: Angus Godwin, baritone
with William Cowdery, Piano & Thom Baker, Tenor

Songs of Fauré, Handel, Mozart, Britten folk-songs, spirituals, and Bizet’s Pearl Fishers duet

sponsor: Ithaca Sertoma 3rd Floor Performance Space ($8 suggested donation)

Sat Oct 13: 2 pm

Music Share

Come hear performances by CSMA Students & Faculty 3rd Floor Performance Space

Sun Oct 14: 3 pm

The Big Toot

a recorder orchestra concert with Gertrude Vrabel & Friends 3rd Floor Performance Space

Sun Oct 21: 3 pm

Theatre Incognita presents A Wilde Tea

a concert staging of The Importance of Being Earnest served with high tea

starring Arthur Bicknell • Brett Bossard • Bob Finley • Masa Gibson • Ross Haarstad • Rachel Hockett • Elizabeth Livesay • Kristin Sad

3rd Floor Performance Space $10 advance (Ticket Center Ithaca) / $15 at door

Friday Oct 26: 6 to 8 pm

Floppy Hour/Celebrity Improv Jam at Lot 10

Tonight's improv will culminating in a Celebrity Improv Jam Oct 26 at 7 pm, in which local celebrities will hook up with the ComedyFlops troupe! Check our website as celebrities are announced!

Fri Oct 26: 9 pm

Ecstatic Dance Halloween Ball

3rd Floor Performance Space

Sat Oct 27: 8 pm

Gram Parsons Route 66 Hitchhiker’s Ball

with The Burns Sisters • Johnny Dowd & the Tin Teardrops with special guest Amy Puryear • Juge Greenspun • Luke Gustafson • Simm and Unitt • Park Doing • The Common Railers & more

3rd Floor Performance Space ($10-$15 donation) costumes welcome!

Sun Oct 28: 6 pm

Online Auction Closes
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"The Duties and Philosophies of Thirteen Trees"

Greetings Friends, Family, Colleagues, Students, and Acquaintances,

Some of you may recall that I wrote last year around this time with a request. The Community School of Music and Arts in Ithaca that has been my teaching home for some years now is once again hosting the Arts for All Marathon.

I took it as an opportunity last year to step from behind the violin, and write poetry, which has been an avocation of mine for most of my life.
Last year, it wound up being a year for Haiku. ......27 Haiku. (One for each day of the Marathon).

This year, not Haiku. This year:
"The Duties and Philosophies of Thirteen Trees"
These are short poems reflecting various views of the trees of this part of New York.
A friend and colleague at the school, Greg Tomezsko will be illustrating. He teaches anatomical drawing here, and is a very fine painter.

I invite any or all of you to contribute whatever amount seems appropriate. This is the website: http://artsforallmarathon.org/donate.php
Much like last year, I'll be sending out the completed project at the beginning of November. I'm not sure whether it will be by email or in print. This has yet to be determined, but if you have a preference, please do let me know. Please also reference my name in the memo area of the donation, or send me an email to let me know you've donated. Otherwise, I'll not know that I should send you poetry.

I thank you all very much for your attention, and your support,

Bill Hurley

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CSMA Launches Sunday Concert Series with April 14 and May 5 Offerings

The Community School of Music and Arts in downtown Ithaca greets the spring with music, as it launches its brand new series of CSMA Sunday Concerts, sponsored by the Ithaca Sertoma Club.

On Sunday, April 14 at 2 pm, CSMA faculty members William Hurley, Christopher Morgan Loy, and Matthew Ocone join forces to present music of Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and de Falla, as well as Christopher Morgan Loy.

Loy will play three of his own works for piano: Voices of the Woods; In Memorium: Jamie Cannon and Homage to Steven Stucky. Hurley (violin) & Loy join forces for Schubert’s Sonatina in G Minor. Hurley and Ocone will play the Canzonetta from Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as arranged for violin and guitar by Allen Krantz plus selected songs from Sept Chanson Populaires Espagnols by Manuel de Falla. Donation requested at the door.

Three weeks later, Sunday May 5 at 2 pm, the Fingerlakes Flutes will play their Spring Concert at CSMA as a special benefit for the school. This professional flute choir features seven flautists on a variety of flutes. Their program includes works by Mozart, Debussy, Bartok and more. As a tribute to Cinqo de Mayo, they also will play Caliendo’s La Milonga. And as a special highlight, a flute choir version of Mussogorsky’s ever-popular Pictures at An Exhibition. Tickets for this special concert are $10 for adults and $5 for students.

A leader in community arts education and cultural programming for over 50 years, CSMA offers year-round instruction in visual arts, music, dance, theatre, film, and language arts, as well as presenting performances, gallery exhibitions, and events in their spacious downtown facility located one block east of the Ithaca Commons.

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Jump Start Your Songwriting
a workshop with Anna Coogan
Sat April 27 • 10 am to 1 pm (new times)
for teens to adults
at the Community School of Music and Arts, downtown Ithaca
fee: $30 members • $40 nonmembers

to register call CSMA at 607.272.1474
(or stop by our office at 330 E State St - 1 block east of the Commons)

Whether you are a veteran songwriter or just getting started, this half-day workshop will focus your creative energy and help you clarify your songwriting process. From setting a weekly writing schedule to learning to collaborate, to basic music theory, lyrics and melody, this workshop will remove some of the mystery from writing and get you down to business. You will leave with a new song and a focused plan for writing more!

about Anna Coogan:

With three record releases, five European tours and hundreds of shows across the US (many done all by Greyhound Bus) in the last three years, Anna Coogan’s fierce work ethic is matched by her boundless creative energy and the shear joys she takes in performing. A former opera singer and field biologist, Anna takes her audience on a poignant and often emotional journey.

more at http://annacoogan.com/

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