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Returning Students 2010 Our fall classes begin on Tuesday, September 6, 2010 Dates for fall 2010
JOC AUDITIONS Will be held in the Library Auditorium Friday, November 12: 5:00 – to 9:00 pm Saturday, November 13: 9:00 am - 11:30 am
DRMI OPEN HOUSE Sunday, November 14
JAZZ RAGS BLUES FESTIVAL At the University Of Mary Washington Saturday November 20 PRIVATE LESSON CHRISTMAS RECITALS Congratulations to our JOC trophy winners!
. These students were selected by the Yamaha Corporation of America for their outstanding compositions: First Place: Samuel Martin and Micayah Upshaw Congratulations to our Yamaha students who were winners in the
CLASS I CLASS III CLASS IV The 19th Annual Downtown Retail Merchants Holiday Open House
Yamaha Junior Original Concert Auditions
were held on Monday November 16, 2009 at the Rappahannock Regional Library. Sixty eight students from the Fredericksburg Yamaha Music School presented their original works in a recital setting. The event was video taped so that the performances can be rated in California by a panel of judges. Also CD's were recorded for each student. The musical compositions included solos and ensembles. The ensembles included music for piano and vocalist, violin, guitar, clarinet, saxophone, etc. One number was accompanied by poetry. The performers ranged in age from 5 - 15. The audiences were amazed at the creativity of the participants as well as their polished performances.
The 12th Annual Jazz, Rags and Blues Festival was held at the University of Mary Washington on November 21, 2009. This event was sponsored by the Rappahannock Music Society, a member of the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs. Fredericksburg Yamaha Music School entered over 125 students in this event. Each participant received a blue rosette ribbon and a certificate.
Our Annual Christmas Recital featuring music for the holiday season was held on December 16, 2009 at the Rappahannock Regional Library. This event was for former Yamaha students who are no longer enrolled in a Yamaha class, but are still taking lessons at our school. About 60 students participated in the three recitals putting one and all in a Merry Christmas mood.
The 87th annual celebration of National Music Week was held May 3 - 10, 2010 Yamaha Music School had 50 performers in the Music in the Library Lobby program on Monday May 3, 2010 from 5:45 - 8:30. All of the performers are recipients of a Gold Cup this year.
The National Music Week song and poster display was in the library on the Lewis Street side. We had over 189 entries on display for the entire month of May
The Rappahannock Music Society Sonata/Sonatina Festival was held at the University of Mary Washington on Saturday March 6, 2010. 127 students from our school participated!
The Virginia Federation of Music Clubs Junior Music Festival was held in Manassas on Saturday, February 27, 2010. Our school had 200 entries in this event.
Congratulations! Jacqueline Holtzhauer on receiving a 75 point gold cup in Piano Solo/Concerto We are very proud of your outstanding achievement
Benjamin Brosche and Paula Motsenbocker performed their original compositions at the National Yamaha JOC held at Farleigh Dickinson College in Teaneck New Jersey on May 4, 2009 Their teachers are Nackie Steinbach and Elin Havrilla
Congratulations! Juliana Vossenberg First Place winner National Federation of Music Clubs Angie Greer Music in Poetry Contest Juliana wrote a poem about the Greek goddess Persephone and composed music to accompany it
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