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August 1, 2019 |

The Music Village: Building Community Through Music

TMV would like to wish all students and educators a safe and happy start to the new school year!

Registration is now open for private music lessons, group youth classes, infant and pre-school programs, and more. Check our website at themusicvillage.org for a full list of music classes.

In this issue:
  • Girls Rock Michiana recap
  • Common Denominators - a STEM to STEAM Program
  • New session of Music For me! starts this month
  • Special guest at Art Beat
  • New youth Intro to Rock program starting this fall
  • Rock School 101 live performance
  • TMV Benefit Concert Series
  • S. Michigan St. road work continues
2019 Girls Rock Michiana Recap
Thanks to all the rock'n campers, instructors, and volunteers who helped make this year's GRM camp a huge success!

A special thank you to our sponsors:
  • University of Notre Dame
  • ND Gender Studies Program
  • Martin's Supermarkets
  • Bruno's Pizza (downtown)
  • Chicory Cafe
  • Pegg's
  • Edible Arrangements
  • South Bend Brew Werks
  • SJCPL
  • Apollo Productions
  • South Bend Massage, LLC
  • Live 99.9/Sunny 101.5
  • Greg Downes
  • Jim Leep
  • Mark Bradford
  • Anonymous


Check out more photo's on https://www.facebook.com/GirlsRockMichiana/


Rock on, ladies, and we will see you at next year's camp!
Common Denominators
A Unique Instrument-Building, STEM & Music Workshop

Does your child enjoy hands-on, creative activities like model building and music making? Enroll them in Common Denominators – a unique instrument-building and music-making STEAM workshop!

Common Denominators is a highly innovative learning program that deeply integrates STEM and music. Students progress through a design and discovery process, developing key S cience, T echnology, E ngineering and M ath skills through the lens and structure of music.

Students will explore acoustics and instrument-building via kits from South Bend Woodworks, then work towards a performance of their own composition. Along the way, students will learn about combined STEM/music properties such as pitch, vibration and timbre while participating in an ensemble environment promoting teamwork, social skills, and community engagement.

The program fosters creativity via an innovative, flexible curriculum with built-in evaluative tools.


  • Two Saturdays: September 14th and 21st
  • 1 to 5 p.m
  • Program is capped at 30 students
  • 3rd-5th grades
  • $150 registration fee, includes both days (8 hours), snacks, take-home instrument
  • Program will be held at The Music Village
Children and Youth Classes
New session of Music For me! starts in soon. Registration is limited so don't wait to sign up! Early bird pricing ends August 9th.

Music For me! is an exploratory music class for children, ages infant - 5 years.

“As a parent, I appreciated her pace in the classes—varying activities and transitioning smoothly from one song or activity to the next, while maintaining a methodical structure to the time as well. I loved seeing how our little guy (and his baby brother!) learn simple rhythms, use different items for making music, and carry home lessons in turn taking, story time listening, and exploring new things. And, of course, fun and age appropriate songs that our toddler continues to sing all the time! We are always on the lookout for great facilitators and creative teacher figures and Miss Wendy did not disappoint!”

For more information, click here.
Coming this fall - Intro to Rock !

But wait, doesn't TMV already have a Rock School 101 program?

We're so glad you asked! Unlike Rock School 101, Intro to Rock is for kids who haven't necessarily had music lessons but are eager to play music with their peers. Students will explore rock band instruments (guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, voice), learn how to play songs, and learn how to play together in a band.

If interested in this class, please email Michele: [email protected]
ArtBeat 2019

We've got something special planned for ArtBeat this year!

The Music Village, in collaboration with Jim Leep, are proud to present the Polyphony Marimba Band from New Mexico.

The Polyphony band will be sharing the stage between 2 - 4pm along with our Jammers and Children Music Specialist, Wendelyn Daly.

Click here for more about Art Beat.
Rock School 101


The Music Village's Rock School 101 class will be performing at Potawatomi Zoo's annual Roars & Pours event on August 23rd! For more information about this event, check out the Zoo's website.
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To enroll in the next
session of Rock School
101, click here .

 Next 8 week session starts
on August 28th!
The Music Village Benefit Concert Series Returns
Join us Friday, October 25th for an evening of acoustic guitar mastery with a dash of comedy, as TMV proudly presents Richard Gilewitz in concert.

The Music Village is breaking down the barriers between artist and audience by hosting this concert series in an intimate, relaxed, face-to-face setting.

Join us for this casual-yet-elegant evening in TMV's main room, and help us continue our mission of Building Community Through Music. Proceeds from ticket sales will support TMV community outreach programs.

Tickets for this fall themed benefit concert are $50 per person and include one alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink and a wide variety of hors d'oeuvres. Additional beer and spirits will be available for purchase from South Bend Brew Werks.

To pre-order tickets, please email Michele: [email protected]
Tuesday Night Jam Sessions!

TMV Tuesday night Acoustic Jams are open to everyone at no charge. Jams are every Tuesday from 6:00 - 8:30pm

Regardless of skill level and experience, all are invited to join in, make new friends and great music.
 
Don't have an instrument? No problem - you can borrow one of ours!

Want to see the Jammers in action? You can find them at the following locations:

August 2nd - First Friday DTSB Bus Run (literally playing on the bus!) 6 - 8pm
August 17th - Art Beat, time TBD
August 18th - Willow Creek Church, time TBD
August 24th - Farmers Market, 10 - 12:30
August 26th - Battell Park, 4:30 - 6pm

For updates and schedules, like the jammers Facebook page
South Michigan St. & Western Ave. Road Work and Access to TMV


Construction is nearing it's end but S. Michigan St. and Western Ave. are currently closed.

During this time, TMV's entrance continues to be on Western Ave. Parking is available all day behind the Bankruptcy Court (entrance on the east side of Main St.) or in the library employee parking lot after 5pm.
Misc.
  • Are you missing something? TMV's lost and found is overflowing. Stop in or give us a call if you think you've left something behind.
  • We are looking for TMV memorabilia for our scrapbooking project. If you have anything you'd like to donate to record TMV's history, please contact Connie at [email protected].
Interested in sponsoring one of the many programs The Music Village offers? Contact Josh at [email protected]
The Music Village| themusicvillage.org