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Fall Program Updates
COMING SOON! Registration for winter art and spring music classes opens Nov. 8.
As the weather gets cooler, warm up with creativity at CSMA! Try a new music class or explore one of our single-day art workshops for children, families and adults. The next family art and music workshop is Dec.16th!
Have a song in your heart? Our excellent private music lesson program is also ready to welcome you. Students can register anytime throughout the fall session and tuition will be prorated.
November Events
Paper Weaving: Integration and Decay
Now-Dec. 3
Artist Reception: Saturday, Nov. 4 (5-7 pm)
Mohr Gallery
CSMA is pleased to present “Paper Weaving: Integration and Decay” featuring the work of Bay Area artist and architect Libby Raab. Along with running her architecture studio, she works with photo and paper weaving as an exploration of colors, textures and patterns. Raab believes that, like architecture, weaving is a form of spatial expression and material experimentation
Saturday, Nov. 4
7:30 pm Tateuchi Hall – FREE
Reviews describe Axel Schmitt as “a great pianistic talent” and an “artist of mature, extremely rich ability of expression.” He will perform the complete second book of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” a compendium of 48 Preludes and Fugues in all major and minor keys. This concert will conclude Schmitt’s performance of the complete “Old and New Testament” of piano repertoire.
Saturday, Nov. 18
7:30 pm Tateuchi Hall – FREE
Clerestory is the Bay Area’s singer-led, all-male vocal chamber ensemble. Founded in 2006, its members, including CSMA’s own Von Bringhurst, are veterans of San Francisco’s finest professional vocal groups. The ensemble has been featured on NPR and on San Francisco’s KDFC. Clerestory’s performance will consider love in its many forms, with music from multiple centuries, languages, and viewpoints.
CSMA Staff News
Welcome Amanda Lochun
CSMA is pleased to welcome Amanda Lochun as our new Senior Accountant. Amanda joins our finance department and we are thrilled to have her. Welcome Amanda!
Welcome Jehlia Kalinnez Arriola
Jehlia Kalinnez Arriola joins the CSMA team as our new Private Lesson and Events Coordinator. Our Music School is happy to have her aboard. Welcome Jehila!
Meet Our New Music School Program Coordinator
Congratulations to our new Senior Music School Program Coordinator Denise Flatness. Denise previously served as the music school’s Private Lesson Coordinator. Congrats on your promotion!
Join Us for our Family Art and Music Workshop
Art is always more fun when experienced together. Join us for our Winter Fun Art and Music Family Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 16.
Our family workshops let students try out a new art experience while introducing them to new skills. Each session brings a new selection of fun and creativity for both adult and child. Register today!
Thank You For Supporting CSMA
Thank you for supporting CSMA’s annual gala. It was a very special evening as we honored the Nevens family and raised money to provide music and art education to all. Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $277,000, which will go towards providing school program subsidies and financial aid for students who would otherwise have no access to the arts. Thank you for making a difference in your community.
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