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June 10, 2013 

 


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2013-14 Priority Registration for Current Students 
Save $75 by Registering for Next Year by June 15
 

The 2013-14 priority registration period for current students is open until June 15. During the priority period, students may register for the full-year lessons, reserving their current lesson day and time. The only payment required is the $40 yearly registration fee. Students receive a $2/lesson discount over 2013-14 tuition rates. Students signing up for summer lessons at the same time will get the discount for those lessons as well. Please call the office at 206-526-8443 and register today!  

 

Registration is also open for our summer classes. View summer offerings here.    

 

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Do you think Music Center is totally awesome? Then take a few moments to nominate us for Red Tricycle's Totally Awesome Awards! Here's how it works: Parents nominate their favorite products and businesses during the nomination period, which runs from June 3, 2013 through June 22, 2013. On July 1, 2013 the finalists in each category will be announced and then the real fun begins. Parents will vote for the nominated businesses in each category. Last year we made it to the finals, and this year we want to win! Click here to nominate us! Thanks so much for your support!
 
 
Congratulations, Leander! Winner of the National Gold Medal from the Royal Conservatory Music Development Program  
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The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program congratulates 12-year-old Seattle resident Leander van der Fen, who earned a National Gold Medal for scoring the top mark in the country on his Level 2 Clarinet assessment in the academic year ending in August 2012. Leander's teacher is Monica Hernandez at the Music Center of the Northwest.

 

"A National Gold Medal is an exceptional achievement - the result of a student's hard work, dedication, and talent - and a testament to the skill and creativity of the recipient," says Angela Elster, Vice President, Academic, The Royal Conservatory. "Medalists represent a national standard of music achievement upheld by support from teachers and parents of music students across America."

 

National Gold Medals are awarded each academic year (September 1 to August 31) to Music Development Program students in Preparatory A and B and Levels 1 to 10 who achieve the highest standard of excellence in the United States. Eligible candidates must score at least 80% on their assessment and must have completed the co-requisite theory requirements for their respective level and discipline. Fifty-one students earned National Gold Medals, five of whom are residents of Washington State.

 

In addition to recognizing the top scorers in The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program, National Gold Medals honor music teachers across the United States for the time and effort put into training the next generation of great artists.

 

The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program provides a recognized national standard of success in music study from beginner to advanced levels. It inspires excellence through individual student assessments that are central to the program while also supporting teachers with high-quality and innovative resources. The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program allows students to measure and celebrate accomplishment and track their progress across the country. All students and teachers across the United States are invited to participate. To learn more, please visit www.musicdevelopmentprogram.org/ 

 

Congratulations, Leander, from all of us at Music Center!  

 

Student Corner

Music Center's new Ensemble in Residence, Centerpiece, will play at the Wedgewood Community Festival on July 13.

Congratulations to all students who performed on our June 1 recital- it was a fantastic performance! View pictures from the recital here.

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Faculty Corner

Executive Director Michael Alstad had a great time directing the Around the Sound Band on their recent trip to the Ladner Band Festival in British Columbia. View a video of their performance here!
  

Saxophone instructor Fran Lukas will perform with La Banda Gozona on June 30th at the Guelaguetza at 2:30 pm and on July 7 at 12:00 pm.

 

Guitar instructor David Shere will perform jazz standards with vocalist Mikala Tarker in The Seattle Playwrights' Collective presentation of "Mating Games" at the Annex Theatre June 7 - 22, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 pm.

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