25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA SHOWCASE CONCERT

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Cumberland Valley School of Music presents the 25^th Anniversary Gala Showcase Concert, Saturday, November 1, 7:30pm at the Capitol Theatre in Chambersburg. The concert will feature more than 100 performers including present and former faculty members, students, alumni, and members of the community. The program offers classical, jazz, opera, Broadway and popular music.
 
Highlights include Andrew Carpenter, CVSM alumnus and recent $10,000 prize winner of Maryland Live vocal contest. Andrew will be accompanied by Elizabeth Salter Stahl. The Showcase Choir, will be conducted by CVSM Alumna, Meredith Bowen, a recent finalist for the American Prize in Choral Conducting. Another celebrated alumna and CVSM voice teacher, Elisabeth Turchi, will perform Mozart’s sparkling “Alleluia” and Corey Evan Rotz will sing selections from “Man of La Mancha”.   The CVSM Community Symphonic Band, under the direction of Tim Gotwald, will play a rousing composition of “Rejouissance” and The Community String Orchestra, under the direction of Herm Hopple, will perform the popular, “St. Paul’s Finale”.   The Jazz Quartet, featuring former CVSM Executive Director Andrew Sussman (piano); Herm Hopple (bass); Tim Gotwald (flute); and Sam Hepfer (drums), will perform. Members of the CVSM Voice and Drama Camp will sing excerpts from Disney’s blockbuster, “Frozen” and the CVSM youth choir, The Cumberbunds, will sing popular selections under the direction of Jeffrey Noll and accompanied by Diane Reinert. Piano teacher Brian Helman will perform with student Frank Heberlig. 
 
CVSM will present founding teacher, Susan Whitelock, with the BRAVISSIMA Award. In music performances when an artist performs particularly well, audience members may shout “Bravo” or “Brava.”  In the Italian when something is even better – an “issimo” is added for extra emphasis.  So it is with this award BRAVISSIMA!   Susan is one of the original faculty members and has continued to teach early childhood education classes from when the school opened in 1990. She is retiring in December. A reception will follow.
 
Patron tickets are $35 each (preferred seating and a listing in the program); Advance Tickets are $17; $20 at the door; Students K-12, $10.  Tickets can be purchased by calling CVSM at (717) 261–1220 or online: www.cvsmusic.org.  Cumberland Valley School of Music is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. CVSM offers instruction in piano, voice, guitar and nearly all band and orchestral instruments. More than fifty professional instructors cover a wide variety of music styles from classical to traditional country. CVSM can accommodate all levels of study, from beginners to advanced students of all ages.