Saturdays in June, Mark Marston will present Pre-Twinkle Guitar: Readying Families for Success! The course will provide a foundation in classical guitar playing and the Philosophy of the Suzuki Method, first brought to the United States in the late 1950’s…

On Saturday the 12th at 12:00 pm, you can perform your polished piece in the June Serenade hosted by Julia Solomon! Serenade’s offer a great opportunity to get feedback on your polished piece and overall performance skills and present one…

It’s Woman Crush Wednesay! Today, we are highlighting the career of English composer, keyboardist, conductor, and pop musician Anne Dudley! Ms. Dudley has worked as a film composer and also was a member of the band Art of Noise. Dudley has…

It’s a special Friday Face this week! Today, May 7, 2021, marks the 188th anniversary of composer Johannes Brahms! birth. Born in Hamburg, Germany, to a free-lance musician and devoted mother, as a teenager he played piano in the St…

How is it that two students surpassed expectations and performed long programs of music even more expressively than previously practiced? They took time every day during the month or more before the recital to settle in with the pieces they…

Steady progress is being made by the repeat Serenade performers who jumped in with Mark Marston on Saturday, April 24. Students tested their nerves and enjoyed extra time to announce and play as many pieces as they chose. All students…

Congratulations to Rochelle Agnew, Violin Faculty at Center for Young Musicians! Her application was chosen from candidates around the world for the new course “Communicating Honor for Diversity”, which aims to improve the communication skills of each participant, where ever…

It’s time for Friday Face! This week, we are celebrating the career of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate! Mr. Tate is a Chickasaw pianist and composer. His works have been performed by numerous major orchestras including Washington, DC; San Francisco, Detroit, Minneapolis,…

Welcome to Craft Your Music’s first official Woman Crush Wednesday post! For our first edition, we are celebrating Ms. Caroline Shaw! Ms. Shaw is an violinist, singer and composer. In 2013, Ms. Shaw became the youngest winner of the Pulitzer…

So you own an electric guitar and amp or are fixated on getting them into your hands really, really soon? What to do next when there isn’t enough time in your weekly classical lessons to go into the distinctive techniques…

Chris Sforza and the violin group have had a great time making music together these past few months. Students played games to review and strengthen technique developed by the Suzuki literature, performed the “working” and “polished” pieces as solos for…