Change of Date!!!
(Per so many of your requests regarding Rosh Hashanah a & Yom Kippur dates & that so many MCPS schools have extended their distribution dates
 to much later in September, we have moved our start date.)


FALL SEMESTER BEGINS SEPTEMBER 20th!


All of the class descriptions have been updated with the correct class information regarding class times, days and fees.  Go to Classes/Class Descriptions to find the perfect class for your family, then go to Schedule to check out which classes have openings.

New for 2010/11:
  1. Earlier "Imagine That !" class offerings
  2. Earlier "Glockenspiel Class" class offerings
  3. Basic Guitar Skills component added as standard to all keyboard classes
  4. Cynthia's Cello Studio is open again for beginning & intermediate students of all ages.  In the past we did have a very popular and successful cello choir for children and for adults (30 adults! making beautiful cello music).
  5. Academic year extended - now 32 weeks (as so many of you have requested).


Reminder: 

  1. 1.  The best mode of communication is still via email:  thecenterformusic@comcast.net.  I realize that is sometimes not as satisfying as a phone conversation but our office staff is very limited.


  1. 2.  A free class trial is always available.  We really want you to see and experience a real live class.  Just let us know (via email) when you would like to visit.

  2. 3.  No matter what the state of the economy or politics, there is nothing as beneficial for your children and family as living and learning music.

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For your musical enlightenment - a Jest, a Joke, a Poem or maybe a Quote

          Crotchet:  The English term for a quarter-note.  Singers who perform too many of them are said to become crotchety.-David Barber

         "Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune." -Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)  Russian-born American composer

There once was a pianist named Jacques,
Toured the world, winning fame, playing Bach.
But he was, while in Java,
Engulfed in fresh lava,
And now he is into Hard Rock.
by Morton Stimler

But now seriously:

          "Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it."     
            - Politics, Aristotle (335-322 B.C.)
     






          


    All classes are held at our location at 5221 River Road, Bethesda MD 20816 in the Security Public Storage Building Complex.  Turn into the lane with the big YELLOW//RED Security Public Storage sign (opposite the McDonalds) & drive slowly, 5PMH (there are cameras) all the way to the parking just before the big iron gate.  Look for the flags and banners on your left.  There we are!


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    Communication via email is the best and preferred mode of contact.

    Email address:  thecenterformusic@comcast.net

    CHANGE of P.O.Box number:  new number - P.O.Box 342072, Bethesda MD 20827


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    NEW OPEN REGISTRATION - ongoing registration  year round.

      Go to REGISTER for details.

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    Our GREENING efforts:  We are making our contribution by more internet

    communication and marketing and by asking you to help spread the news about

    our classes through your neighborhood list serve, school newsletters,

    community bulletin boards, and just word of mouth.  Thank you in advance.

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    IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS:

          How is The Music Center different from other places who offer music classes and lessons?  

       Why choose The Music Center?

      

       1.We are not a large, impersonal center.  Our classes are not "over-booked" or large.  

       2.We do our very utmost to make sure that our space is very clean and bright, comfortable and child safe.

       3.Students do not wear nametags because everyone is known at sight by name. 

       4.The teachers are highly trained professionals whose focus is first and foremost on the students. 

     

     

         

     

                   Why Music Classes for Children and Babies?                 

              (click to see YOUTUBE video, then  click to return to here)

      This video was a labor of love and also a MFA project.  Thank You  Olia.

              (At the time of the shooting, Cynthia was recovering from a long bout of pnuenomia. 

                           She is fully recovered now and hopefully doesn't look so tired. )