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Announcements If you wish to contact us you may If we have to cancel classes due to inclement weather, there will be a message on our answering McLean, Virginia Saturday, June 11, 2011 CONGRATULATIONS! To our talented Yamaha students who were selected to play their Original winning compositions in the NFMC Junior Day Winners Circle!
The Haunted House: Isaac Chase (age 9): Third Place Winner: Class I Describing a Kitten: Abby Geron (Age 9) First Place Winner: Class I Danse: Sabina German (age 11) Incentive Award Winner: Class II Coming Home: Ryan Barry (age 13): Second Place Winner: Class III Piano: Ryan Barry Sax: Aaron Kuzel Drums: Mari Motsenbocker Finale: Mari Motsenbocker (age 18): Third Place Winner: Class IV Manderley: Juliana Vossenberg (age 16): Second Place Winner: Class IV The 87th annual celebration of National Music Week was May 1-8, 2011. Congratulations to our Yamaha students who were winners in the
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs JUNIOR COMPOSERS CONTEST 2011 CLASS I CLASS III CLASS IV CONGRATULATIONS TO Yamaha Junior Original Concert Auditions was held on Sunday, November 14, 2010. Fredericksburg Yamaha Music students presented a continuous music program from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. on the sidewalk in front of our school. About 140 students ages 3 - adult entertained the shoppers and crowds of parents and friends. The weather was a balmy 70 degress...lots of sun. A perfect musical day!
The 13th Annual Jazz, Rags and Blues Festival
Congratulations to our Yamaha students who were winners in the CLASS I CLASS II CLASS III CLASS IV VMTA Ryan Barry performed his original composition The Sneaky Bank Robber at the Virginia Music Teachers Association Fall Convention held at Shenandoah University in Winchester On November 7, 2008
Benjamin Brosche won a full scholarship to the Yamaha Music Education System Music Camp held at Biola University on July 23 - 27, 2008. He performed his original composition Gettin' the Low Down Patrick McClure performed Benjamin Brosche was a hit at the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Convention He was then invited to make a recording to be sent to the International JOC Committee in Japan. This event took place April 12-15 in Buena Park, California at the Yamaha Corporation of America Headquarters. Music Teachers National Association Composition Competition BENJAMIN BROSCHE Congratulations! to Ben on his outstanding performances at the NAMM Convention! As you may know Ben was selected for this event as a result of his JOC entry in 2005. He has been placed in the Yamaha International Junior Original Concert Program. Yamaha sent professional musicians to his house in November, December, and January to instruct and rehearse with him. When we got to California there were more rehearsals at the YCA headquarters. And then the performance at NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants.) This year’s convention hosted 87,000 people – the largest convention ever held at the Anaheim Convention center. I was invited to luncheon with the heads of the IJOC Foundation from Japan They expressed their delight with Ben’s piece and performance. While we were in California, Ben was also chosen to record his composition to be entered in the JOC auditions for Japan. Ben’s co-performers and instructors include: M B Gordy – percussionist. For the past 18 years he has been involved with the Yamaha Education Division as a clinician and education consultant. He was a percussionist with the Doobey Brothers and has played in numbers film scores including Scary Movie, Wonder Boys, Country Bears, Men in Black, Spider Man, Terminator 3, X-Men, TV credits include The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, American Dream, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, He has performed with LA Philharmonic, and the National Symphony, Pop and rock credits include Frank Zappa, Three Dog Night, John Tesh, Lion King and many, many others Steve Pandis - bassist: Movie credits include his performance in A Mighty Wind. Steve recorded numerous blues albums including his Buddy Guy Blues album. He performs with various bands in the LA area. A recent review of the Steve Pandis band: “The evening started with a few easy tempo dance tunes & from the start things gelled very quickly with our guest Bassist, Steve Pandis. This Cat plays so well it just amazed each of us up on stage the entire evening. He took everything we threw at him & up'd it to the next level.” Keith Felch – alto sax and woodwinds: performs with numerous jazz bands in the LA area including Orange County Jazz Band and the Line Jazz Quartet. He is the author of the book Chord/Scale Mastery, an new and exciting approach to jazz improvisation, stemming from over 25 years of private lesson instruction. (He presented Ben with a copy )
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