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 0810
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Phone: 856-541-6375/215-320-2660
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