Appalachian’s Community Music School opens online registration Aug. 3

Posted July 28, 2015 at 12:36 p.m.

BOONE—The Community Music School (CMS) at Appalachian State University will hold online registration for all lessons Monday, Aug. 3 through Thursday, Aug. 13. Late registration, Aug. 14-15, will incur a $50 late registration fee.

The Community Music School provides non-credit music instruction for youth and adults in the local community as well as surrounding Western North Carolina counties. Instructors include faculty and students from Appalachian and performing artists with teaching expertise who provide outstanding musical training.

Director of CMS Laura Chu Stokes said, “In addition to instruction in violin, viola, cello, flute, trumpet, piano (individual and group) and Suzuki or traditional guitar, we’re excited to share new offerings including clarinet and trombone lessons, general music for homeschoolers and world drumming.”

The Appalachian Youth Chorale, a community youth choir comprised of third through eighth grade students with unchanged voices, is also continuing after a successful inaugural year.

Dr. William Pelto, dean of Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music, added, “The Community Music School provides all students, regardless of age or expertise, with opportunities to explore the lifelong skill of making music and to carry forward the joy that is music to their families and community. Music continues to be a vital art form, especially here in the High Country, and the CMS ensures its future development through exploration by our community’s citizens.”

Information including instructors, rates, policies and more is available at http://music.appstate.edu/about/community-music-school. Contact at stokeslc@appstate.edu for further information.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, affordable education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.