| Settlement Music School: Taiko Drumming and Voice Classes for Young Singers Settlement Music School, at its six branches throughout the Philadelphia region, is now registering students for its 2008-2009 season. Individual instruction begins on Sept. 4 and is offered to all ages and abilities in piano and organ, all string, brass, woodwind, percussion, and fingerboard instruments. Class instruction begins on Sept. 22 and includes Suzuki violin, cello, piano, guitar; ballet, jazz and modern dance; Taiko drumming, Fundamentals of Music, percussion ensembles, Children's Music Workshop; troubadour harp, an orchestra program including the Trowbridge Chamber Orchestra; the Joseph and Marie Field Chamber Music Program and the Gleeksman-Kohn Children's Choir. Financial assistance is offered to students 18 and under, based on family income and size. Since 1908, more than 300,000 people have benefited from Settlement Music School. The largest community school of the arts in the United States, Settlement provides students at six locations in two states with high-quality instruction and activity in music, dance and the related arts, regardless of age, ability, race or financial circumstances. The school awards close to $2 million in financial aid each year. They are the largest employer of musicians in the Philadelphia region. Settlement Music School is celebrating its centennial year with a yearlong roster of concerts, activities and events. For more information, including news about Pennsylvania's governor announcing a $3 million grant to Settlement Music School for a new Willow Grove branch, visit www.smsmusic.org. Call the following branches for additional details about fall classes: Mary Louise Curtis Branch 416 Queen Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: 215-320-2600 Jenkintown Music School Branch 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown, PA 19046 Phone: 215-320-2630 Germantown Branch 6128 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19144 Phone: 215-320-2610 West Philadelphia Branch 4910 Wynnefield Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131 Phone: 215-320-2640 Kardon-Northeast Branch 3745 Clarendon Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19114 Phone: 215-320-2620 Camden School of Musical Arts Branch 531-535 Market Street (across from City Hall) Camden, NJ 08102 Phone: 856-541-6375/215-320-2660 |
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