Mason Community Arts Academy

[December Newsletter] Congratulations to our Winter 2022 Recital & Showcase Performers

[December Newsletter] Congratulations to our Winter 2022 Recital & Showcase Performers

[December Newsletter] Congratulations to our Winter 2022 Recital & Showcase Performers Congratulations to our Winter 2022 Music Recital & Showcase participants for a wonderful performance weekend. We thank the College of Visual and Performing Arts for allowing us to use their spaces in the deLaski Performing Arts building.

The Academy will be closed for Winter Break starting Sunday, December 18 and will reopen Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

We wish our students, parents, faculty, and staff a restful holiday season!

Congratulations to our Winter 2022 Music Recital participants and their instructors for a wonderful performance weekend. Thank you to the Dewberry School of Music for providing spaces for our students. 🎼

Spring private music registration is open! Students should speak with their instructors to confirm their spring schedule. 🎶

Join us this Spring for our guitar and ukulele classes for kids and adults! Guitar Foundations for ages 9-12 is taught by our teaching artist, Brian Slaymaker.

Guitar teaching artist Glen McCarthy teaches adult guitar and ukulele and ukulele for teens ages 13-17.

Register to learn to play one of the world's most played instrument! https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/music-classes/

Our Violin Supplemental Holiday Celebration Class will be having their final performance on Saturday December 17 at the City of Fairfax Regional Library 🎼🎻

Free and open to the public!

Join us again for violin and other music/art/theater classes this Spring! Register now: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/classes/

Registration for our Spring Acting Showcases opens this Wednesday, December 7!

View our spring offerings here: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/acting/

[December Newsletter] New Classes Added!

[December Newsletter] New Classes Added!

[December Newsletter] New Classes Added! Our Acting/Theater programs are now live on our website; registration opens on Wednesday, December 7. Our showcase programs give student actors the opportunity to receive top-level training as they work in an ensemble with their peers towards a final performance. Our Spring Showcase will be inspired...

In this season of giving, we appreciate the donations received through our Instruments in the Attic (IiA) program! IiA recycles used instruments donated by generous community members to music programs and students in need – locally, nationally, and internationally.

Thanks to our wonderful collaborations with Day Violins LLC, Mason Bands, and other generous supporters, we are able to provide music education experiences to those who might not otherwise have them.

Donate your instrument today: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/outreach/instrument-donation/

Thank you to everyone who has supported MCAA through donations to the Elizabeth Curtis Excellence Fund, and our Play it Forward campaign!

We're sincerely grateful for the opportunity to provide arts education to families in need of assistance on this Giving Tuesday and throughout the year: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/outreach/reasons-to-give

Our Violin Teaching Artist, Claire Allen, instructs our youngest students on the basics of the violin.

Spring violin classes are now open for registration. Register for our art and music classes now: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/classes/

Our Piano Teaching Artist, Dr. Ina Mirtcheva Blevins, teaches our Piano Class for Seniors ages 55+.

Spring Classes are now open, register today! https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/music-classes/

We hope everyone had a great time at this past Saturday’s Art Showcase. We’re very proud of the work done by our students through the guidance of their teachers and assistance from the Saturday staff.

Spring 2023 art and music classes are now open for registration! https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/classes/

Acting/theater classes will be announced soon.

Spring Classes are now open for registration! For ages 4-adult. View our music and visual arts programs here: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/classes/

Acting/Theater classes will be announced soon!

[November Newsletter] Spring Clases Now Open

[November Newsletter] Spring Clases Now Open

[November Newsletter] Spring Clases Now Open Our Spring Music and Visual Art programs are now open for registration! Our robust schedule includes programs for ages 4-18 plus adults.

The Mason Bands invite our audiences to spread the gift of music by donating your unused instrument to the Mason Community Arts Academy's "Instruments in the Attic Program."

Representatives will be in attendance at all Mason Bands concerts to take in your instrument and provide a receipt of donation. Even Dr. Lake, Director of Concert Bands, is donating his TROMBONE!

Upcoming Concerts:
Nov. 21, 2022, Symphonic Band (8:00pm)
Dec. 1, 2022, Wind Symphony Band (8:00pm)

Join us this Saturday for our Fall Art Showcase, featuring work from this Fall's Art Adventures, Foundations, and Explorations class! 🎨👩‍🎨🧑

Photos from Acting for Young People's post

MCAA and Moving Story are excited to announce the Moving Story Musical Theater Intensive workshop hosted this January 🎭💃

In this two day workshop, students and performers ages 15-20 will have the opportunity to partake in musical theater professional development, including vocal master classes, Broadway choreography, a special Q&A session with Rachel Bay Jones, and more! 🎤🎵🩰

Register now as spots are limited! Students receive a discount, email [email protected] for more info.

https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/acting/musical-theater-dance-intensive/

College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University
George Mason University School of Dance George Mason University School of Theater

The Washington Balalaika Society presents "A Musical Journey Around the World," featuring classical, folk, jazz and Broadway pieces arranged for folk instruments. Our musicianship and piano teaching artist Radina Dosseva will be playing. 🎹

🌍 The program will transport you to Armenia, Hungary, Spain, and Brazil.

🎼 You'll visit the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe via medleys of Jewish folksongs, several Eastern European and Greek folk dances, and American-style jazz!

🎫 Tickets: www.balalaika.org

Join us again in Summer 2023 for our Conducting Symposium held July 17-21, 2023. This year we will feature two tracks, Band and Orchestral. Led by Soo Han and William L. Lake Jr.

Click here for more information on registration options and repertiore:
http://masonacademy.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Conducting-Symposium-2023-Handout-1.pdf

More information on Summer 2023 will be available in early spring.

MCAA and the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music are thrilled to announce the inaugural Mason Summer Band Camp 2023 held June 19-23 at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. 🗓

Wind, Brass, and Percussionists from grades 6-12 are invited to spend a week of music making featuring a Junior High and Senior High Band, opportunities for private lessons with Mason faculty, and THE GREEN MACHINE EXPERIENCE! Students have the option to enroll as a Day Camper or Overnight Residential Camper! 🎼

Registration opens January 15, 2023! We look forward to great music making, fun, and many memories this summer at the Mason Summer Band Camp! 🎶

For More Information email [email protected].

College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University George Mason University William L. Lake Jr.

Photos from Acting for Young People's post

This past Saturday, students from our Foundations of Drawing course focused on figure drawing ✍️👥🧍‍♀️

Spring classes will soon be announced on our social media and our newsletter! Sign up here: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/newsletter/

[November Newsletter] Moving Story Musical Theater Intensive

[November Newsletter] Musical Theater Intensive Workshop with Top Broadway and Theatre Professionals

[November Newsletter] Moving Story Musical Theater Intensive This January, Mason Community Arts Academy and Moving Story welcome experienced students and performers ages 15-20 to participate in the Moving Story Musical Theater Intensive.

👻🎃 Join us for Halloween at MCAA!

Beginning tomorrow, Oct 24 to Oct 31, stop by Unit A-5 for candy and to have your picture taken for our next newsletter/social media. 🍭📸

[October Newsletter] Halloween at MCAA

[October Newsletter] Halloween at MCAA

[October Newsletter] Halloween at MCAA Stop by our main office in Unit A-5, Tuesday October 25 through Monday October 31, in your Halloween Costumes for candy, and to have your picture be featured in our next newsletter/social media.

Ivy has been with MCAA for several years, taking violin and composition private lessons. Ivy is currently studying with MCAA’s piano and theory/composition teaching artist, Dr. Radina Dosseva.

She has also participated in our Acting for Young People workshops, and Summer Music Production and Music Composition camps.

https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/congratulations-ivy-xu/

🎼 Get the experience of a Mason music student for a day! Led by Mason Music Ambassadors, Shadow Days feature opportunities to attend classes, watch and participate in ensemble rehearsals, meet faculty and current students, tour our facilities, learn about the audition process, and much more. All students are welcome to attend.

Register now: https://music.gmu.edu/shadow-days/

Tonight! 🎺🎷🎶

Tickets: https://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/mason-jazz-ensemble

Mason Jazz Ensemble Concert tonight at 8 pm in Harris Theatre!

The Washington Balalaika Society presents "A Musical Journey Around the World," featuring classical, folk, jazz and Broadway pieces arranged for folk instruments. Our musicianship and piano teaching artist Radina Dosseva will be playing. 🎹

🌍 The program will transport you to Armenia, Hungary, Spain, and Brazil.

🎼 You'll visit the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe via medleys of Jewish folksongs, several Eastern European and Greek folk dances, and American-style jazz!

🎫 Tickets: www.balalaika.org

Don't miss our final violin program for the Fall: Holiday Celebration! For ages 5-14.

This class is the perfect supplement to private lessons for imaginative young violinists! Celebrate the season in this holiday music themed class! Students will learn a variety of holiday music from Christmas, Hanukkah, and secular traditions.

Register now: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/music-classes/violin-supplemental-holiday/

🎼 In partnership with MCAA, Mason's Director of Concert Bands, Dr. William L. Lake, Jr. has sparked a partnership with MCAA's Instruments in the Attic Program by initiating an Instrument Drive to be held at each of the Mason band concerts this year, beginning with his inaugural concert as Director of Concert Bands on 10/17.

🎻 Instruments can be dropped off at the MCAA table in the Center for The Arts lobby prior to each of these concerts, beginning at 7pm.

🎸 A representative from MCAA will be there to facilitate donations and to answer any questions you may have.

More information here: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/instruments-in-the-attic-instrument-drive/

This Monday! Come learn the basics of guitar with our private music lessons and summer group class instructor, Brian Slaymaker 🎼

Less than two weeks away! ✨

Join us Mondays starting October 17 for our beginner guitar class for students ages 9-12.

Students will learn guitar notation forms, how to play melodies, and strum chords. 🎼

Register now: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/music-classes/beginner-guitar-kids/

Register now for our one day Improv Workshop for ages 5-9 & 10-14, held Friday, November 11! 🎭

Students will build confidence in performance and how to create comedy live on stage! This workshop focuses on the importance of improv and the rules that go into acting without a script. And of course, students will learn through lots of fun games!

Register now: https://masonacademy.gmu.edu/acting/schools-out-improv-workshop/

Our Summer Percussion instructor Ben Tufts, & Friends, Present “Key Women” a fundraiser to raise money for the Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund.

This year's event is called Key Women, a celebration of music written by famous women of the piano. Top local musicians will cover songs by Carole King, Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys and Lady Gaga.

For all ages!

Buy tickets now: https://www.jamminjava.com/shows/ben-tufts-friends-present-key-women/

[October Newsletter] Only a Few Classes Left in Our Fall Programming

October Newsletter] Only a Few Classes Left in Our Fall Programming!

[October Newsletter] Only a Few Classes Left in Our Fall Programming As we move into the second half of our Fall programming, just a few classes remain open for registration! Stay tuned for our Spring program announcement in November.