Community Music

MISSION:

The Community Music Department in the School of Music nurtures musical talent in students of all ages and abilities. Fostering excellence and life-long learning, Community Music recognizes the creativity and musical potential in every individual and honors aspirations both grand and small.

Welcome to the Community Music website. We are a year-round program providing non-credit musical instruction to people from throughout the Puget Sound region. We connect members of the community with exceptional instructors in a musically vibrant college setting. Motivation and interest are the only entrance requirements.

Member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education
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 (registration form)
Chamber Music (summer registration form)
Musical Theater (summer day camp registration form)
Puget Sound Brass Camp - Summer 2012: June 26-30 (online registration; enter 61097)
Suzuki Violin, Suzuki Piano, Suzuki Cello
Group Piano for Children
Adult Beginning Piano Class
Kindermusik
Harp Ensemble

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 Puget Sound professors and affiliate artists.

Strings

Kerry Bollinger, viola
Robyn Burns, Suzuki violin and fiddle
Tim Christie, violin
Betty Ellsworth, Suzuki violin
Gayane Grigoryan, Suzuki violin
Shiang-Yin Lee, cello
Rhonda Marsh, violin
Joyce Ramee, viola and violin
David Requiro, cello
Doug Rice, guitar
Maria Sampen, violin
Stephen Schermer, string bass
Janet Utterback-Peck, violin
Pat Wooster, harp

Percussion

Keyboard

Joseph Adam, organ and harpsichord
Tatiana Benbalit, piano
Jacqueline Block, Suzuki piano and Suzuki teacher trainer
Thomas Crouch, piano
Elizabeth Gettel, piano and children's group piano
Duane Hulbert, piano
Erica Minneman, adult piano class
Benjamin Smith, Suzuki piano
Tanya Stambuk, piano
Tim Strong, piano
Larisa Zhukovskaya, piano

Woodwinds

Noelle Burns, oboe
Karla Flygare, flute
Kristen Murphy, flute
Jennifer Nelson, clarinet
Elizabeth Paterson, bassoon
Paul Rafanelli, bassoon
Florie Rothenberg, clarinet
Erik Steighner, saxophone
Laura Werner, flute
Fred Winkler, saxophone, chamber music coordinator

Brass

Rodger Burnett, French horn
Laura Erskine, trumpet
Danielle Lemieux, French horn
Ryan Schultz, low brass
Judson Scott, trumpet

Voice

Chamber Music

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.