Denise Brown Voice/Piano Lessons

Spring Recital 2026 was a grand success! I love these students and their desire to learn!

This Wednesday is the start of Lent, known as Ash Wednesday. Drop in and see us to receive your ashes between one of these times!

The “Aha!” moment when the notation for all the Cs on the keyboard makes sense! Yes!!!!
AND- this young man answered the 2 music questions correctly today for his team at the Academic Bowl! He is an awesome all-around student!

I really love what I do. It’s a great combination when adding that joy to students with beautiful hearts who truly want to learn and work hard. Sometimes we have to come up with creative ways and tools to get through the difficult concepts. “We never give up- we can do hard things!”

Up next, we bring you Awake the Harp​ by Franz Joseph Haydn (1723-1809) Inspired by the success of Handel’s oratorios in England, Haydn composed Die Schöpfung (The Creation) based on text from the book of Genesis and Milton’s Paradise Lost. This chorus begins with a series of declamatory homophonic bursts before giving way to a magnificent fugue. We can wait to share it with you 🎶 Fall concert tickets: https://link.cvchorus.com/fall-2025-tickets #classicalmusic #choralmusic #awaketheharp #haydn

Introducing the fifth piece in our repertoire
See What Love Hath the Father​​Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

This chorus is from Mendelssohn’s first oratorio, St. Paul, Op. 36. The music is characteristically sweet and gentle: a reflective moment in the larger, more dramatic oratorio.

Tickets: https://link.cvchorus.com/fall-2025-tickets
(linked in our bio)

Our fall program continues with
On Wings of Song​
Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)

With composition degrees from Brown University and the Hartt School of Music, Gwyneth Walker has composed over 400 commissioned works for a broad array of musical genres. The central image of this song is one of the soul rising on the wings of a dove.

Fall concert tickets: https://link.cvchorus.com/fall-2025-tickets (linked in bio)

Our next selection is
They Are Mother​
Jennifer Lucy Cook (b. 1988)

Jennifer Lucy Cook specializes in music for the stage and screen, choral music, and pop songwriting. She conceives of every piece from a dramatic, narrative-driven perspective. Her lyrics for They Are Mother embody the energy of the feminine divine that is present in any gender, pairing a grounded Mother Nature with a joyous playful being that generates a creative spark in each of us.

We hope to see you at our fall concert!
Tickets: https://link.cvchorus.com/fall-2025-tickets (linked in bio)

Next up is
Fly Away​
by Bruce W. Tippette (b. 1985)

Composer, performer, and educator Bruce Tippette holds degrees in music composition/theory and music education from Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His output includes works for chorus, band, orchestra, handbells, solos and small ensembles, as well as music for dance and film. He composed five pieces as part of an experimental collaboration with Cirque du Soleil and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Fall concert tickets: https://link.cvchorus.com/fall-2025-tickets (linked in bio)