MusicWorks lessons available

Arts Place is currently accepting registrations for the winter/spring semester of MusicWorks lessons for students and adults at its facilities in Portland, Indiana and St. Marys, Ohio. Registration brochures are available at Arts Place, 131 East Walnut Street in Portland, and The Collective Center at 138 East Spring Street in St. Marys. Electronic versions of the registration brochure and scholarship form are available online at www.artsland.org. For more information contact Arts Place at 260-726-4809 or 419-394-0707.
Classes begin Jan. 25 and continue through May 21, 2010. All classes meet weekly at Arts Place, with the exception of violin for Auglaize County, which meets at Wright State University Lake Campus. Priority registration for the semester ends Jan. 15, 2010. After that date, students will be accepted on a space-available basis. Scholarships are available based on financial need. Scholarship requests must be received by Jan. 15, 2010.
A number of new MusicWorks opportunities are being offered this spring. In collaboration with Jay County Civic Theatre, the Stateline Singers will perform as the children’s chorus in the spring production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. The opportunity will include 10 weeks of musical and voice instruction for students in grades 3-8.
This spring in Portland a new Community Band will meet weekly from late May through the end of June and culminate in a performance on July 4. For the first time, Arts Place will also offer violin instruction in Ohio. Ben Leybovich of the Lima Symphony Orchestra will travel to Wright State University once a week to instruct students ages 4 and up.
Group lessons are offered in Portland for Stateline Singers youth choir, Eastern Breeze Flute Ensemble, Distant Thunder and Distant Rumble Percussion Ensembles, Brassissimo! brass ensemble, Brown Paper Sax saxophone ensemble, East Walnut Street Strings, and Vox Altus Adult Choir. Group lessons are optional for students who sign up for individual lessons.
For additional information about these or other educational programs, please contact Arts Place, Inc., 260-726-4809, by email at heidib@artsland.org, or visit our website at www.artsland.org.