Open Performance Classes

At the end of each semester, the Open Performance Class for pianists gives parents a glimpse into the special hour we spend together each month during the school year.

Our Performance Classes provide an opportunity for students to prepare music for performance in front of their peers, readying them for more formal performance situations and building confidence and performance skills along the way. At these classes, some works are still “in progress,” but every performance opportunity brings learning, even if the piece has not been polished to perfection!

Remember, the Open Performance Class is a class, not a recital. Due to the nature of the class, it is open to parents or guardians only! Please do not bring neighbors, friends, aunts, uncles, etc. They may attend our Formal Recital in March.

RSVP as to which class you prefer.

There are 2 classes. 10-11am and 11am-12pm. We will begin promptly at 10:00 am.
If you are attending the 11:00 class, please wait until the first class has concluded before entering the hall.

Make Up Lessons

…will be given to students who missed a lesson during the semester. Students scheduled for a make-up lesson will come at their regularly scheduled time, unless notified otherwise. Please remember, each student is entitled to one make up lesson per semester.

As always, please contact us with questions or concerns!

News Flash!

• This year's Rosa Parks Awards Ceremony "looked like the parade of the Cherry Valley Music Students!" reports a parent.
• M.S. received Outstanding Achievement Awards in Honors English, US History and Science and was "all A" for three years in middle school.
• N.K. received the president's Education Award, the Outstanding Achievement Award for Computer Applications and Honor Roll.

Congratulations!

Open Performance Class Reminder

• This class is intended for students and their parents or guardians and will be held at:
  Church of the Latter Day Saints, 17700 Old Baltimore Road, Olney, MD | Directions
• Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 10:30 am
• Dress is casual, but be mindful that we will be in the church sanctuary.

• J.K., bass guitar, accepted as Music Major to Salisbury University, Fall 2011
• T.A., piano and percussion, won the Archdiocese scholarship and received the "John H. Mitchell Founder's Scholarship for Musical Excellence" plaque. April 2011.
• J.P., piano/composition, Class of 2012, participant in the 2010 and 2011 Cleveland Institute of Music Young Composers Program
• E.P., piano, Class of 2010, accepted to Tufts, Middlebury and William & Mary
• H.D., guitar, Class of 2010, Montgomery College, Music Major
• A.V., piano, Class of 2008, Catholic University, Piano Major

We love hearing these stories!

Fun News

From January 1, 2001 to January 1, 2011, CherryValleyMusic.com had over 150,000 visitors.

A former Cherry Valley Music student contacted us from Hollywood, CA where he is designing video games professionally. He said, "I still play piano for fun and music studies have helped me in designing theme songs for my games."