~ Music enriches the soul of a community ~

A sample of our newly expanded programs:

Chamber Music Camp

* For the first time we offered a summer camp where students of band instruments studied together with students of stringed instruments. The culmination was a great sound in a public concert that gave the kids the experience of creating music with their peers.

Vocal and Choral Skills for Adult Singers

* This class gave summer and year-round choral singers an opportunity to delve into vocal technique and learn how to access their best sound.

Workshop for Pre-School Teachers

* Susan Salidor, an award-winning singer and songwriter from Chicago, visited Nantucket once again and supplemented her popular Circle Time Music Classes for young children with a workshop for twelve teachers to learn how to construct the perfect music class.

Ukulele Class

* To build on the teacher workshop, Executive Director Mollie Glazer taught a beginning ukulele class to nine pre-school teachers. They now have the tools to play a simple instrument while teaching songs to their young students.

“Mondays at the Methodist”

* A series of noontime concerts featured students and faculty from our school. Programs included: Mollie Glazer and former student Ethan Philbrick performed on two cellos; Chamber Music Camp students and faculty presented music of Handel, Beethoven and others; students taking summer lessons also performed their pieces.

Youth Benefit Concert

* River Bennett, a 16-year-old NCMC/Nantucket School of Music student studying cello and guitar, produced an evening concert of his peers to benefit the African Children’s Choir and the restoration of the Appleton Organ at the Methodist Church. More than 250 people attended this inspiring concert.

Sherburne Commons Concerts

* Beginning this past June, our students and faculty visit Sherburne Commons, Nantucket’s Senior Living Community, once a month to perform for the residents.

Sophie Davies and Isaiah Williams performing for

residents of Sherburne Commons

NCMC/Nantucket School of Music Faculty:

Piano: Robert Behrman, Carolyn Butler,

Joe Dudzinski, Marcia Hempel,

Dr. Tinka Knopf de Esteban

Guitar: Andy Bullington, Jason Sullivan

Violin: Cherie Cseley, Arman Ghazaryan

Cello: Mollie Glazer, Jing Li

Bass: Erik Wendelken

Voice: Laura Gallagher Byrne, Joe Dudzinski,

Greta Feeney, Caleb Whelden

Oboe: Jonathan Thayer

Flute: Dorothy B. Thompson

Clarinet: Joelle Bouchard

Chorus: Joe Dudzinski, Barbara Elder,

Dr. Gerry Mack

Orchestra: Cherie Cseley

Jazz Bands: Erik Wendelken