Community Music School hosts open house Nov. 2 at Livingston Center
Contact: Christina Chapple
10/25/06
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Community Music School will host an open house at the Livingston Literacy and Technology Center on Nov. 2 to showcase the musical resources CMS offers to area residents.
Scheduled from 6-8 p.m. at the new center, located on Hwy. 190 in Walker, the open house will feature a recital by CMS ensembles and star students, refreshments, tours of the center’s CMS facilities, and the opportunity for residents to register for spring 2007 music lessons.
CMS Director Kenneth Boulton said there will be a special 20 percent registration discount for families attending the open house.
The Community Music School offers private instruction on all instruments and voice to students of all ages and levels of experience. Tuition includes group theory classes, ensemble opportunities, masterclass coaching sessions with Southeastern music professors, and a variety of performance programs.
CMS lessons are taught by Southeastern music faculty and students at Southeastern’s Pottle Music Building and the university’s St. Tammany Center near Mandeville. When Southeastern partnered with the Livingston Parish School Board on the new Livingston Literacy and Technology Center, facilities for CMS were incorporated into the center’s design.
“Beginning in February, CMS will offer music lessons at the Livingston Center in our top four instrumental areas – strings, voice, piano and guitar,” Boulton said. “Lessons in other instruments will be offered as requested.”
“I have been most impressed with the enthusiastic support offered by the entire Livingston Parish school district and in particular by Joan Gunter, Southeastern's director at the Livingston Center,” Boulton said. “I look forward to a splendid collaboration with them and am delighted to extend Southeastern's musical resources to such a sizeable and deserving segment of our southeast Louisiana community."
At Thursday’s open house, Boulton said area residents will be treated to a preview of the quality of instruction offered through CMS.
“Two of our top student ensembles – the Select Women’s Choir directed by Amy Prats and the CMS Spring Ensemble directed by Jivka Jeleva – will perform along with a dozen of our best students,” Boulton said.
He said the Southeastern Guitar Ensemble, which includes three CMS instructors, will also perform. Members are CMS instructors Matthew Aguilar, Matthew Spears and David Bryan and Gabe Alack.
CMS solo performers will include violinists Hannah Tate, Shad Stout, Ashley Johansen, Elizabeta Pirosca, and Tessa Fletcher; vocal students Meghan Wagner and Erin Holloway; pianists Sarah Bertrand, Karen Nershi, and Elizabeth Weathersby; guitarist Hilary Carter; and trumpeter John Olinde.
For additional information about the Community Music School, including tuition and other fees, visit www.selu.edu/cms. Information is also available through Gunter at the Livingston Center, 225-665-3303, livingston@selu.edu, or the CMS office, 985-549-5502 or cms@selu.edu.
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