MCMC Middlebury Community Music Center will be hosting a Chamber Music Play-In as part of the ACMP Association of Chamber Music Players Worldwide Play-In Weekend. The The weekend is an annual celebration of the joy of chamber music. This grassroots event unites people of all ages and abilities by their common love of chamber
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Attached is the weekly practice chart! Practice Chart
Many of my students are beginning to read music by the time they are in the middle of book one. Around this time, I encourage students to learn the duet harmony part for Twinkle and start working on the Tonalization exercise. Attached is a copy of Tonalization and the Twinkle Harmony. Tonalization and Twinkle Harmony
This is a checklist to assist parents monitoring new student progress. Bowing (feet together, lean over look at toes, 5 count- hippopotamus) Bow Hold connecting dots on fingers to dots on bow check for bent thumb curved pinkie Shaking hands Mississippi Hot Dog (or Dirty Doggie Scrub Scrub) Run Pony, Run Pony Tricycle, Tricycle Motorcycle,
These are a few rough recorded samples Solo Violin: All of me (John Legend cover) Thousand Years (Christina Perri Cover) In a Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington
One of my favorite Middlebury traditions is the Messiah sing at 2pm the Sunday before Christmas the the Middlebury Congregational Church. Jeff Rehbach conducts a small orchestra and a chorus of a few hundred(!). A few superstar singers do some solos. It is relaxed. No rehearsals, the audience is mostly the chorus and the
The Addison will offer a holiday program at Project Independence in Middlebury, Vermont on Tuesday, December 8th at 10 AM. The program will include carols and the Corelli Christmas Concerto arranged for string quartet. Performers will include Emily Sunderman, Helen Wright, Joy Pile, and Tom Dunne. The concert is free.
Jessica Allen, Emily Sunderman, and Sadie Brightman will offer a concert featuring works by J.S. Bach and Amy Beach on Thursday, December 3rd at 12:15 at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church! Bring a bag lunch (really) and help yourself to a snack in the back of the church (really!) during the 1/2 hour free concert. And if you
The Addison String Quartet will play a concert on Sunday, January 17th, 2016 at 3PM at Eastview. The Addison String Quartet players will be Emily Sunderman, Carol Harden, Molly Bidwell, and Carole Fenn. The program will feature Mozart op 464, “The Drum”, and Haydn Op 64 Number 5, “The Lark”. The concert is free and open
Once a month on The second Wednesday of the month at 6PM, MCMC transforms into a music salon. Students and teachers alike share the music they have worked and polished for other students and teachers and supporters. Performing is a practice in itself and being in an audience is another practice. When performing, new discoveries about