Limestone's Community Music School Enrollment Now Open

For the fifth straight year, the Community Music School at Limestone College is offering quality music instruction to students of all ages.

Enrollment is now open for the program which offers private lessons in piano, brass, percussion, woodwinds, guitar, drumming, and voice.  Lessons are available from members of the Limestone music faculty as well as upper class music students at Limestone.

“We’re so excited to once again be able to offer these types of classes to students throughout Cherokee County, and elsewhere,” said Dr. Gena Poovey, the Chairperson of the Department of Music. “We are committed to cultivating and promoting music appreciation in our community. Our mission is to enrich the lives of individuals by offering quality music instruction to people of all ages.”

“Through private music lessons, opportunities for performance, and a college concert series, our goal is to contribute to the cultural life of the community that we serve,” Dr. Poovey continued. “It is our hope that we will provide a positive and encouraging environment for all students and create learning experiences that will foster and develop a lifelong love of music.”

In most cases, Limestone’s Community Music School lessons are held in the Carroll School of Fine Arts building on campus.

The cost of four monthly 30-minute sessions is $88 with a professional music educator, or $48 with a student instructor. There is also a one-time enrollment fee of $44 and $24, respectively.  The enrollment fee serves as payment for the last two sessions.

Dr. Poovey noted that a fundraising event is in the planning stages, and proceeds will fund partial scholarships to qualifying students.

Pam Turnage, a Gaffney native, serves as the Director of Limestone’s CMS program.

“Prior to the Community Music School being established in 2011, parents who were interested in music for their children often had to travel out of town,” explained Turnage.  “I can’t say enough about Kindermusik and what early integration of music into a child’s life can do for that child in all aspects of their development.”

The Community Music School staff includes Tim Blackwell, Mark Burrell, Aimee Gans, Dr. Chip Hill, David Hoges, Dr. Poovey, Turnage, and Collin Smith.

For more information about how to apply, email pturnage@limestone.edu. The registration application can also be found at http://my.limestone.edu/academics/music/community-music-school/1177. 

2015 SPRING RECITAL
The Community Music School holds a recital for its students each spring.  The most recent one held this past May attracted an audience of nearly 100 people who attended the recital and the reception that followed. 

Teachers of the student performers included Dr. Poovey, Ms. Turnage, Mr. Collin Smith, Mr. David Hodges, and Mr. Wayne Hobbs. 

Students participating in the recital included (by order of performance): Rudy Wood, Tucker Zimmerman, Sarah Gentry, Jordan Mathis, Eleanor Kearse, Grace Wylie, Drew Greene, Bo Bratton, Alea Bolin, Michelle Gaurriello, Chancey McCurry, and Hunter Tabor-Zimmerman. Another CMS student, Patrick Phillips, was unable to perform.