Registration opens for fall Goshen College Community School of the Arts offerings

GOSHEN, Ind. – The Goshen College Community School of the Arts (CSA) is now accepting registrations from community members for participation in its fall semester musical offerings. The registration deadline is Aug. 25 and lessons are scheduled to begin the week of Aug. 31.

Musical opportunities include:

• Private and Suzuki instruction in violin, viola and cello through the CSA String Academy, directed by Rosalyn Troiano. String students also can participate in Allegro and Vivace Strings ensembles.

• Students interested in beginning or continuing piano lessons for age 7 and older may contact Piano Program Director Anna Bauer at (574) 535-7869. Piano lessons are also offered for students with special needs, taught by specially trained instructor Christine Thögersen.

• Voice lessons for students age 13 and up with Sandy Hill.

• Pipe organ instruction for youth and adults with Christine Thögersen. Pre-college organ students also can join the CSA Organ Club, which meets several times each year to interact with guest organists and attend organ concerts and sites of interest.

• Lessons on other instruments may be arranged.

• Kindermusik® music enrichment classes for children birth through age seven with instructor Jenny Campagna.

• New Horizons String Orchestra for adults, directed by Brook Bennett

• Two community children's choirs – Rejoice, for grades 3-5 directed by Rosemary Rupp; and Shout for Joy, for grades 4-6 led by Sandy Hill. Choral auditions will be held Aug. 24 and 25 in the Goshen College Music Center; call (574) 535-7361 for more information or to schedule an audition.

• Voices-n-Harmony Gospel Choir – a praise & worship choir that is open to Goshen College students, staff and community members.

• As a bonus, CSA students and immediate family members may attend many events at the Music Center for free that others pay admission to attend. A list of eligible concerts is available in the Music Center's main office.

Goshen College has a long tradition of preparatory programs in piano and violin for pre-college community youth. Soon after the completion of the Goshen College Music Center, these programs and other initiatives were combined to establish the Community School of the Arts in the fall of 2003. The CSA provides quality arts education and performance experiences for people of all ages, abilities and economic circumstances. Currently there are more than 300 families enrolled in CSA. The CSA is committed to finding ways for deserving students to study music, offering need-based scholarships awarded on a sliding scale through the Acorn Scholarship Program.

Registrations are being accepted through Aug. 25 for participation, with lessons scheduled to begin the week of Aug. 31. Schedules are based upon two 16-week semesters. For more information or to request a brochure of CSA music offerings, call the Goshen College Music Center Main Office at (574) 535-7361. 

– By Dustin George Miller

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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