Posts Tagged ‘Oak Ridge’

Recital February 7, 2010

♫ Friday, February 12th, 2010

Michael Raines, Melanie Fann, Matthias Brown, Peter Podar, Kelsey Ridenour, Meagan Kessell and Alex Sample, students of Nemeth; and Mayuri Jagadish, Kris Sammons and Emily Cottrell, students of Lisa Griggs

Piano students of Rudolph Nemeth and vocal students of Lisa Griggs appeared in a Music Arts recital on Sunday, February 7. The event, which started at 2 pm, took place at the West Village Christian Church on Robertsville Road.

Performing were Michael Raines, Melanie Fann, Matthias Brown, Peter Podar, Kelsey Ridenour, Meagan Kessell and Alex Sample, students of Nemeth; and Mayuri Jagadish, Kris Sammons and Emily Cottrell, students of Lisa Griggs.

An intermission quiz, titled “What’s that Sound,” asked students to identify a wide range of instruments, and correct answers were rewarded with small prizes. In addition, Kelsey Ridenour won a Music Arts sheet music bag, and Alex Sample won a flying disk.

Hosts for the reception following the well-attended performance were Karen Earle and Kris Sammons.

Music Arts, formed in 1983, with a faculty of twenty professional musicians, offers instruction in band and orchestral instruments, piano, voice, guitar and mandolin. The school presents frequent recitals so students can perform when they’re at their peak. A nonprofit organization, the school offers scholarships to qualifying students of all ages.


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Donate to the Scholarship Fund Music Arts Fund Drive

♫ Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Please consider adding a few dollars to your next payment to help support our scholarship fund. We have a number of kids needing some assistance paying for lessons, and every dollar helps! This is a good deed that can make an impact, and it helps our local economy, too!

Music Arts Fund Drive Mailing

Music Arts Fund Drive Mailing

Piano instructor Rudolph Nemeth, foreground, along with Music Arts president Gerald Scott, vocal instructor Lisa Griggs, and trumpet instructor Warren Clark, help put the annual Fund Drive mailing together.  They’re counting on your generosity, along with other residents and businesses in Oak Ridge, to help make sure that scholarships are available.

A donation of $25 will list you as a Patron on our recital programs.  Giving $50 to $99 makes you a Benefactor, with Mentor at $100 to $199, and $200 or more puts you on top as a Grantor.

And don’t forget – we’re a government registered nonprofit.  Your donation is fully Tax Deductible!



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♫ Posted in Fall Quarter 2009 | No Comments »

Cello Instructor Jeanine Wilkinson at Grant Park Music Festival

♫ Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Jeanine Wilkinson

Jeanine Wilkinson

This summer Jeanine Wilkinson will be working as the General Management Intern for the Grant Park Music Festival.

The festival is held in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park and is celebrating its 75th season.

One of the projects that Jeanine is currently working on is to create a community engagement program where groups of students can come to open rehearsals, with a tour of the Pavilion given by one of the docents.


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♫ Posted in Summer Quarter 2009 | No Comments »

Caroling Brass

♫ Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Music Arts trumpets and lower brass visited nursing homes, library and Kroger a couple of days before Christmas.


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♫ Posted in Spring Quarter 2009 | No Comments »

Welcome Don Childress, Guitar

♫ Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Although younger than other Music Arts instructors, the music school’s latest addition to the faculty is brimming with talent, enthusiasm and playing experience.

Don Childress

Don Childress

Don Childress, who sports the nickname “Duck,” recently graduated from Bearden High School and has as his life’s goal to be a professional musician and teacher.

A guitarist who’s familiar with a wide range of music styles, Don especially enjoys rock, jazz, bluegrass, country and blues. He’s lead guitarist and vocalist for two Knoxville bands and keeps busy performing.

Don’s hope, in teaching, is to pass along his love of music. “I think it’s good to pass music around and share it with everybody,” he emphasizes. “Everyone deserves a chance to learn.” He doesn’t put age limits on the students he’ll accept.

At lessons with new students, Don prefers to first see what they already know. He thinks it’s important to also find out what their goals are. Do they want to learn just chords, or learn to read melodies? “If they can sit still for scales and music theory, I’d be happy to help them with that, too” he grins.

As a musician who loves his guitar and making music, Don was inspired to play guitar because his father had a guitar. “Dad taught me some chords, and it was ‘away we go’ from then on,” Don says, adding “The bottom line is that I always want my students to have fun. If they’re not having fun, then they’re wasting their time and their money.”


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♫ Posted in Winter Quarter 2008 | No Comments »