C-blast - March 2019
Important Dates
March 3, 2019 ACMP Play-In sponsored by CMS Preparatory Program 5-8 p.m.

March 18 - 23, 2019 CMS Spring Break (except Music for Little Mozarts classes)

March 20, 2019 Master Class with Maestro Gilbert Varga 6-8 p.m.

March 23, 2019 iPhone Drone Orchestra Workshops with Niloufar Nourbakhsh 10:00 a.m.
March 23, 2019 Habits of Highly Successful Composers with David Werfelman 1:00 p.m.
March 23, 2019 Emerging Composers Concert 3:00 p.m.

March 26, 2019 Kindermusik Foundations Village 2 Rhythm of My Day classes begin

March 30, 2019 Spring Faculty Concert 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 3 between 5:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

The CMS will host up to 15 chamber groups on  Sunday, March 3rd between 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Participants should minimally be early intermediate readers and have their teachers’ approval for participation. Up to five chamber groups will be playing each hour starting at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in the CMS Center. All groups will have at least one CMS Preparatory Program student or ACMP adult amateur player to act as group leader. Open to strings, non-transposing winds, piano. For more information, click here.

To participate, fill out this online form or email Vera Parkin at veraparkin83@webster.edu
Maestro Gilbert Varga returns to CMS for Master Class

Wednesday, March 20th 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Maestro Gilbert Varga returns for his fourth visit to the CMS for a Master Class sponsored by the CMS Preparatory Program on March 20th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the CMS Concert Hall.

Maestro Varga previously visited the CMS in 2008, 2010 and 2016. He will hear advanced CMS Preparatory Program students performing the first movements of the Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Op. 34, the Debussy String Quartet in g minor Op. 10., and the Pavel Haas String Quartet No. 3.

The Master Class is FREE and open to the public to observe. For more information call 314-968-5939. Special thanks to our partners at the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Young Composers Competition Weekend Events
Saturday, March 23, 2019
CMS Center at Webster University

10:00 a.m.  The iPhone Drone Orchestra  with Guest Composer Nilou Nourbakhsh
Nilou will join forces with the audience members and competition winners to make a graphic score by drawing melodies and outlining colorful blocks of harmonies for interpretation through a collective improvisation as an iPhone Drone Orchestra.

1:00 p.m.  Habits of the Highly Successful Composer  with Webster University's David Werfelmann

3:00 p.m.  Emerging Composers Concert  at the CMS Concert Hall, 535 Garden Ave. Webster Groves, MO 63119

Concert Repertoire:
"DuetThing" by Yusei Hata, 16
"Paradise Lost: This Pendant World" by Caroline Bragg, 15
"Blimunda Songs" by  Paul Novak, 20
"Harja" by Jenny Yao, 18
Piano Quartet by Nathaniel Heyder, 19
FIXED HbeaRt by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Guest Composer

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
FREE PARKING is available in the Garden Plaza Parking Garage at 554 Garden Ave. Webster Groves, MO 63119

For additional information call 314-968-5939.

Announcements
Happy Retirement!

Congratulations to Leigh Anne Huckaby, Building Representative for the CMS Center on her retirement! Leigh Anne has been the CMS Building Representative for almost 11 years. She scheduled teaching studios at 3 locations, rehearsal halls and the CMS concert hall, coordinated and supervised the instrument and equipment inventory, and set-up all orchestra rehearsals and concerts and Suzuki Saturdays. The CMS Center is a busy place and is home to the Webster University Music Department and other Webster University events in addition to the Community Music School so Leigh Anne worked with many departments across campus.

Prior to joining CMS, Leigh Anne was Production Manager for Opera Theatre St. Louis. In fact, she worked all over the country stage managing opera for multiple opera companies. For the past several years she has worked with Webster University Fine Arts Department assisting the Stage Management class and she has mentored and trained numerous work study students.

We'll miss you, Leigh Anne!
2019 Summer Programs Brochures
2019 Summer Programs Brochures have been mailed to the homes of all currently enrolled CMS families. If you didn't get one or would like to share CMS with a friend or family member, you can pick one up in the lobby of the CMS Center, at the Strauss Center in Chesterfield or at the Old Orchard location. The brochure and application are also available online at www.webster.edu/cms-summer.
Join the CMS Staff!

The Community Music School will soon have two key staff positions open, the  Building Representative  currently held by Leigh Anne Huckaby and the  Ensembles Representative currently held by Hannah Flo.
 
The  CMS (Building) Representative  will be open as of March 25, 2019. So we are anxious to find outstanding candidates for this position. Briefly, the full-time position is responsible for scheduling teaching studios at 3 locations, rehearsal halls and the CMS concert hall; instrument and equipment inventory; set-up all of orchestra rehearsals and concerts, Suzuki Saturdays; and works closely with the Department of Music in terms of building scheduling as well as many University departments and the community.
 
The CMS  Ensembles Representative  position will be available in mid-May.  This is a part-time job supporting all 4 CMS orchestras, Jazz and Percussion Ensembles, as well as assisting with the Preparatory Program and the String Orchestra Camp.  
 
To apply for these positions, go to:  webster.peopleadmin.com
CMS Representative – Posting S0602
CMS Ensembles Representative – Posting S0604
CMS Advisory Board Member Larry Katzenstein Conducts St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

CMS Advisory Board member Larry Katzenstein will conduct the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performing the Wolf-Ferrari Overture to The Secret of Susanna and the Franck Symphony in D Minor on Tuesday, April 9th at 8:00 p.m. Please respond to RSVP@slso.org or 314-286-4101.
Classic 107.3 announces date for 2019 Gala featuring Leonard Slatkin, Olga Kern, Vladislav Kern and Marlo Thomas

Classic 107.3, “The Voice for the Arts in St. Louis”, will host its biennial fundraising Gala on Tuesday, April 30 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. 

“We are thrilled that Leonard Slatkin is once again willing to share his love of music to benefit Classic 107.3,” said Donna Wilkinson. “All of these artists are generously donating their services because they believe in the importance of a community-based radio station that serves as the voice for all the arts in our region, and we are so grateful.”

For more information go to www.rafstl.org .
Opportunities
St. Paul String Quartet Competition
Applications Deadline: March 1, 2019
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Stringwood Chamber Music Festival
Applications Due: March 15, 2019
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Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory
Early Bird Application Discount: $300 if submitted by March 15, 2019
Click here for more information

Music House International
Audition Deadline: March 20, 2019
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St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra 2019-2020 Auditions
Application Deadline: March 29, 2019
Click here for more information.

AMI Violin Competition
Registration Deadline: April 6, 2019
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Barlow Prize Competition
Application Deadline: June 1, 2019
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Check out the Guitar Exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center January 19 - April 14, 2019. Click Here for more information.
Kudos
CMS Faculty member Gary Lee , viola played viola da gamba in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in conjunction with the St. Charles County Symphony Orchestra concert on January 27 at Dardenne Presbyterian Church and then again in conjunction with Town & Country Symphony Orchestra on February 10 at Parkway United Church of Christ.
Concerts in St. Louis
Arianna String Quartet
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Bach Society
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Cathedral Concerts
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Chamber Music Society
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Chamber Project St. Louis
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Gateway Festival Orchestra
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Jazz St. Louis
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The Kingsbury Ensemble
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Metropolitan Orchestra of St. Louis
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New Music Circle
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Sheldon Concert Hall
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St. Louis Chamber Chorus
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St. Louis Classical Guitar
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St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
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Town & Country Symphony
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UMSL Touhill Performing Arts Center
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Washington University Department of Music
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Webster University Department of Music
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If you like new music...
Alarm Will Sound
 March 1, 7:45pm,
Sheldon Concert Hall -
This large and engaging ensemble of young performers and composers never disappoints!

Third Coast Percussion
March 2, 7:30pm,
560 Music Center - Exciting new works by Steve Reich, Glenn Kotche and six other composers.

HEARding Cats Collective
March 9 , 8:00pm, Kranzberg Arts Ctr. -
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Live sound synthesis by one of the most stylistically broad-ranging artists of our time!

Chamber Project St. Louis
March 9, 7:30pm,
Missouri History Museum
Music by such masterful composers as Florence Price, Caroline Shaw and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, plus a newly commissioned work by Stephanie Berg.
New Music Circle
March 16, 8:00pm,
Xavier Hall, SLU -
The exploratory composer and flutist, Nicole Mitchell, combines forces with poet Haki Madhubuti and musicians to present an evening of powerful and relevant new work!
More info:  newmusiccircle.org

Oliver Lake - alto sax. & poetry; Greg Mills - piano; George Sams - trumpet; Antonio & Kirven Douthit-Boyd  -  dancers
March 22, 8:00pm,
Xavier Hall, SLU -
Esteemed veterans of new music and the art of improvisation combine forces! -
More info and to join on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/events/343723336475057/
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Community Music School of Webster University | 314-968-5939 
 
Our Locations:
CMS Center (headquarters), 535 Garden Ave., Webster Groves, MO 63119
Strauss Center (in Faust Park), 14941 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63017
Holy Communion (University City), 7401 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130 


The Community Music School is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and is a certified member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. The Community Music School receives assistance from the Arts and Education Council of Greater Saint Louis.
 
Thank you to the many individual donors, alumni, and parents who support the Community Music School programs through annual gifts.  
Community Music School of Webster University | 314-968-5939 | cms@webster.edu| webster.edu/cms