Community Music
The Community Music Department of the School of Music at Puget Sound is a year-round program which provides non-credit musical instruction to students of all ages and skill levels. Community Music offers opportunities for those who aspire to careers in music as well as for those who seek musical instruction purely for artistic fulfillment. Motivation and interest are the only entrance requirements.
- Member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
- Member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas
- Licensed Kindermusik Educator
Community Music Programs
Community Music provides a wide variety of programs including both individual instruction and group activities. Programs are structured to allow students to participate at their own levels.
- Private Lessons
- Chamber Music (Registration Form)
- Suzuki Method
- Kindermusik (Registration Form)
- Musical Theater (Registration Form)
- Summer Brass Camp
- Adult Beginning Piano Class
- Harp Ensemble (Registration Form)
Community Music Faculty
Central to the success of Community Music is an outstanding faculty of professional educators. The department proudly brings together the area's finest teachers and artists. Many Community Music instructors also serve as University of Puget Sound professors and affiliate artists.
Strings
- Tim Christie, violin
- Betty Ellsworth, Suzuki violin
- Kendal Freyer, viola
- Rhonda Marsh, violin
- Joyce Ramee, viola and violin
- Doug Rice, guitar
- Maria Sampen, violin
- Stephen Schermer, string bass
- Miriam Shames, cello
- Janet Utterback-Peck, violin
- Jennifer Kovarovic, Suzuki violin
- Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel, cello
- Pat Wooster, harp
Percussion
- Amy Putnam
- Elliott Snyder
Keyboard
- Joseph Adam, organ
- Tatiana Benbalit, piano
- Jacqueline Block, Suzuki piano and Suzuki teacher trainer
- Ryan Burns, jazz piano
- Elizabeth Gettel
- Duane Hulbert, piano
- Kaity Igari, piano
- Erica Minneman, class piano
- Benjamin Smith, Suzuki piano
- Tim Strong, piano
- Larisa Zhukovskaya, piano
Woodwinds
- Noelle Burns, oboe
- Karla Flygare, flute
- Kristen Murphy, flute
- Jennifer Nelson, clarinet
- Paul Rafanelli, bassoon
- Florie Rothenberg, clarinet
- Laura Werner, flute
- Fred Winkler, saxophone, chamber music coordinator
Brass
- Rodger Burnett, French horn
- Danielle Lemieux, French horn
- Ryan Schultz, low brass
- Judson Scott, trumpet
Voice
- Ryan Bede
- Elizabeth Gettel
- Christina Kowalski
- Charles Stephens
Chamber Music
- Lawrence Bradley
- Tim Christie
- Kate Mondragon
- Florie Rothenberg
- Miriam Shames
- Erik Steighner
- Janet Utterback-Peck
- Fred Winkler, Coordinator
Musical Theater
- Elizabeth Gettel
- Stacey Johnson
Kindermusik
- Lindley Schmitt
Community Music Students
Community Music currently serves over 500 students weekly through classes and lessons. Our student body is very diverse. Participation is open to all persons regardless of age, gender, race, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or aptitude. Our youngest Kindermusik student is 18 months old and our oldest student is 92 years young. Our students also represent a broad geographic area. Some Community Music students are neighbors who walk to campus; some are Puget Sound students who live on campus, while others commute distances that require two hours or more.
Registration
Students may register in person or by mail. Need-based financial aid is available for all Community Music programs. Please contact our office to receive registration forms or to request a financial aid application.
