East End Arts will be presenting The New Horizons Band program, the first of its kind on the East End of Long Island. This program provides adults ages “50 or better” who have little or no instrumental experience with the opportunity to learn new skills and/or advance their skills and play concert band music in an ensemble.
The New Horizons Band program was founded 25 years ago by Professor Roy Ernst, the Music Education Department Chair at Eastman School of Music, one of the top music schools in the United States. The New Horizons Bands program has grown to over 215 groups, more than 9,000 participants across the world on three continents, and sponsors numerous summer band camps in North America.
Professor Ernst says, “playing music in groups supports good mental and physical health, besides being an unending source of joy.”
The program begins on Wednesday, February 3,2016. Fifteen weeks of rehearsals will take place every Wednesday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Peconic Community Center located at 970 Peconic Lane in Peconic. The music director will soon be announced.
Tuition is a $100 monthly fee per participant. Advance registration is required and is managed by the East End Arts School, located at 141 E. Main Street, Riverhead, NY. For more information and to register, visit the website page here.
Students may bring their own instruments or rent from Music & Arts in Riverhead, which will be presenting a “petting zoo” meeting to try out various instruments in January 2016. The date of the information meeting will be announced.
For more information, contact Diane Giardi, Education Director at the East End Arts School: 631-369-2171 or dgiardi@eastendarts.org.
East End Arts, established in 1972, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit arts organization, and operates a School of the Arts, an Art Gallery, and presents a variety of events and programs to promote the arts year-round. Proceeds from all events, sales, classes, donations, and memberships benefits the mission and commitment to building and enriching our community through the arts by way of education, support, advocacy, and inspiration.
Source: Press release issued by East End Arts dated December 2, 2015
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