Pianist Kevin McGinty will give recital

Please join us at ANMS on Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 4:00 pm for a recital by pianist Kevin McGinty. The concert is free and a reception is held afterwards. This is a great event for families. Certificate Program candidates will get a head start on their requirements by attending this concert and writing a review.

Mr. McGinty has chosen to perform works by Mendelssohn, Liszt, Haydn and Brahms.

Give the gift of MUSIC!

All Newton Music School offers the best music lessons for young and old and everyone in between! The teachers are highly qualified, very talented and most play in orchestras, ensembles and bands! If you or someone you know has been thinking of taking lessons-guitar-piano-strings-winds-It's a great gift and very reasonable. Call ANMS at 617-527-4553 to talk to our Department Coordinators. We can find you the right time and teacher. Music is for All!

Cool Stuff at the ANMS Music Marketplace

Every year ANMS celebrates the holiday season with special treats! Enjoy a cookie on the way to your lesson or as a reward after a good one. And look for cool stuff at the Music Marketplace every day from Tuesday, December 1-23. Tee shirts, bags, stuffed animals and more! All purchases benefit ANMS.

Amper & Hodgkinson Four Hand Piano

Join us at ANMS on Sunday November 22, 2009 at 4 pm when we we welcome Leslie Amper & Randall Hodgkinson in a wonderful program of works for Four Hand Piano. (Mozart, Faure, Mendelssohn, Schubert). For Tickets and Info please call 617-527-4553.

CoN BRIo Performance Luncheon Series

This Friday, November 13 at 11 am, Pianist Ross Petot will discuss The Great American Songbook with examples he will perform accompanied by Kim Petot on vocals. CoN BRIo at ANMS is a wonderful venue where people can meet and socialize around music during the daytime. The hour long performance is followed by lunch catered by Bakers Best. Tickets $20 include lunch. Please call for more information and to reserve: 617-527-4553 ext. 106.

ANMS Summer Creative Arts Program

It's not too early to plan for summer!Our wonderful summer creative arts program for boys & girls 5 to 8 years old will be accepting applications beginning November 30th. Two 2 week sessions are offered this year during the month of July. Details coming soon.

Great American Songs featuring Ross Petot, piano & Kim Petot, vocals

Upcoming on Friday November 13 at 11 am ANMS faculty member Ross Petot will guide us through the Great American Songbook. Ross, assisted by his wife Kim, have put together examples of many familiar songs by composers such as Gershwin and Arlen. The hour long program is followed by lunch catered by Bakers Best.

CoN BRIo is a favorite Friday morning music series at ANMS. It is held five times each season. Individual tickets are $20 and include lunch. Please join us! Do call to reserve: 617-527-4553 ext 106.

Laura Sanders, Soprano & James Busby, Piano perform in two venues

Laura and James have collaborated before. They have chosen works by Purcell, Handel, WOlf, Vaughn Williams and Messiaen.

They will perform at ANMS on Friday, November 6 at 8 pm and at Newton Free LIbrary on Sunday, November 8 at 2 pm. Both concerts are free.

Laura Sanders' Boston area chamber music performances include: concerts in King's Chapel, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Museum of Our National Heritage, Brandeis University, St. Paul's Cathedral (Episcopal),The Harvard Musical Association, The Herter Center, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Lasell College, The Newton Senior Center, and The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

James Busby, is in demand as a vocal coach, collaborative pianist, and organist throughout the Northeast. Recent performances include appearances with singers at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood and Weil recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, where he performed song cycles by Ned Rorem and Scott Wheeler with the composers in attendance.

Review

The Mockingbird Trio was handsomely welcomed by their audience last Sunday at the Newton Free Library! The contemporary pieces were intriguing and uplifting as the trio celebrated the voices of nature.

THE MOCKINGBIRD TRIO at NEWTON FREE LIBRARY

On Sunday, October 25 at 2 pm ANMS Faculty member Scott Woolweaver, viola will perform at the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street in Newton Centre with Elizabeth Anker, Contralto and John McDonald, Piano. As THE MOCKING BIRD TRIO the group will perform contemporary works on the theme of Birds: "Backyard Birder" by Francine Trester, "Fall of the Sparrow" by John McDonald, "A Wren" by Howard Frazin and works by Janice Giteck, Elizabeth Anker and Rebecca Sacks. This is a FREE concert. This concert is sponsored by the Aronson Foundation.

Piano teacher Patricia Smith honored

Sunday, October 18th was the occasion for much musical celebration at ANMS. At 3 pm students, friends and colleagues gathered to hear Mr. Robert Muse and his wife Mary formally establish the Muse Family Scholarship Fund in honor of Patricia Smith. Mr. Muse dedicated the fund to Pat for her outstanding teaching and praised her for encouraging him to play. He cited teaching as a most important vehicle for passing knowledge and culture to the next generation.

At 4 pm the audience was treated to the wonderful performance of Violist Kim Kashkashian in an All-Schumann program. Mr. Peter Nagy was her pianist. The duo provided a most complete afternoon of musical enjoyment for all.

Music Explorers Trial Class

ANMS Early Childhood Education Coordinator, Kim Petot will be holding a series of free Music Explorers "trial classes" September 10,11,12 . This is an opportunity for parent and child to attend a class prior to registration for the 2009-2010 academic year. Attending families who register following the trial class will be receiving a free class.

Trial class dates:
Thursday 9/10 - 2, 3, 4 year olds and Xylophone
Friday 9/11 - 2, 3 & 4 year olds
Saturday 9/12 - 2, 3, 4 year olds and Xylophone

Music Explorers 2009-2010 regular class start dates:
Monday 9/14 - Keyboard I & II
Wednesday 9/9 - Keyboard I
Friday 9/11 - Keyboard I
Thursday 9/17 - 2, 3, 4 year olds, and Xylophone
Friday 9/18 - 2, 3, 4 year olds
Saturday 9/19 - 2, 3, 4 year olds, and Xylophone

Actor Singer Class Auditions

The ACTOR SINGER for students ages 14-18

Laura Backley and Michael Becker bring their vast knowledge of vocal skills and audition techniques to this class. If you are a singer studying voice and are looking to grow as a performer, this setting will give you the tools to succeed.

An audition will be held in the fall TBA. The first Actor Singer class of the 2009-2010 semester is Sept. 8 at 5:00 pm. Call the ANMS office (617 527 4553) to schedule an appointment. A faculty member will follow up with information on what to bring to the audition

Faculty: Laura Backley, singer. Michael Becker, piano
Tuition: $550 for 30 one hour sessions

Summer Creative Arts Program

The Summer Creative Arts Program begins June 29! Openings in both sessions! Call today.

Boys and girls ages 5-8 years old will enjoy exploring art, music, movement and drama.

Through the Creative Arts Program, ANMS Early Childhood Development Director and Music Teacher, Kim Petot introduces children to the arts, cultivates individual expression, encourages group participation and provides a supportive nurturing environment.

Monday-Friday 9:00am-2:30pm

Two Week Sessions:
Session I June 29-July 10
Session II July 13-24

Fees:
2 wk. session $875
4 wk. session $1,6000

Call Kim Petot at 617.527.4553 ext. 103

ANMS Alum Constantine Finehouse performs on the Wolf Series

ANMS Alum Constantine Finehouse will perform on the Andrew Wolf Concert Series March 7, 2010.

It’s been a long journey from his native St. Petersburg Russia to Café St. Petersburg, Newton for 30 year-old pianist, Constantine Finehouse. A journey Finehouse calculated each step of the way.

Even before immigrating to the US at age 13, Finehouse devoted his life to becoming a career musician. While living in Newton, Finehouse studied piano at the All Newton Music School with Fred Wanger. Through Wanger, Finehouse landed his first professional playing job as accompanist for a Newton ballet studio. The rest of the Finehouse’s young story – although not quite history – includes studies at the New England Conservatory, Julliard, Yale, CD recording, and some impressive collaborations.

Tickets on Sale in September 2009.

You've Got a Friend With ANMS

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New Website is here

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