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Westminster
Conservatory Opens Bucks County Extensions
Recital Will Feature Conservatory Faculty
(Princeton, N.J. August 24, 2005) Westminster Conservatory, the community music school of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, will offer music instruction at two new Bucks County extensions beginning in September. The extensions will be at St. Frances Cabrini School in Fairless Hills and St. Ignatius of Antioch School.
Each extension
will offer private instruction in piano, organ, voice, violin, viola,
Suzuki violin, cello, flute, clarinet and saxophone. They will also
offer group voice lessons for pre-teens and teens and piano explorations,
a group piano class.
The Fairless Hills extension will be open Wednesday and Thursday, and
the Yardley extension will be open on Tuesday and Saturday. Classes
will begin the week of September 12. To register, call the Westminster
Conservatory main office in Princeton at 609-921-7104 ext. 8260.
In addition to the Bucks County extensions and the main office on the
Westminster Choir College campus in Princeton, Westminster Conservatory
also offers programs in New Jersey at Princeton Academy in Princeton,
St. Ann's School in Lawrenceville, N.J. and Crossroads School South
in South Brunswick.
"Westminster Conservatory's programs are grounded in the belief
that music has the capacity to touch people and to change lives,"
says Executive Director Scott Hoerl. "We strive to provide excellence
in music instruction to both amateur and professional musicians to promote
the appreciation and performance of music within the community. We are
delighted to have the opportunity to share our mission with Bucks County
through our two new extensions."
To celebrate the opening of the Bucks County extensions, Westminster
Conservatory will present a recital by faculty members at the Lower
Makefield Township Building on Sunday, September 18 at 3:00 p.m. The
program will include jazz for piano and saxophone, four-hands piano
music, works for cello and flute, and musical theater selections. Solo
pianists Marvin Rosen and Clipper Erickson will perform music of Estonian
composers and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. A meet-the-artists reception
will follow the performance. Admission is free.
The Lower Makefield Township Building is at 1100 Edgewood Road in Lower
Makefield. For more information about the recital or about classes at
Westminster Conservatory call 609-921-7104 ext. 8260 or go to the Westminster
Web site at http://westminster.rider.edu.
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Photo caption: Helping to announce the opening of Westminster Conservatory's Bucks County branches at St. Frances Cabrini School in Fairless Hills and St. Ignatius of Antioch School in Yardley in September are (from left Conservatory students Sarah Vite, Tommy Vite and Amanda Vite. Behind them are St. Ignatius Principal Liz Morton and Westminster Conservatory Executive Director Scott Hoerl. To register for lessons or for more information, call Westminster Conservatory's main office at 609-921-7104 ext. 8260.