Summer Recital Sign Ups Open!

Alex Stanton • April 18, 2024

Sign ups are officially open for our Summer Recitals!

As a reminder, each teacher is assigned to one or two 45 minute sessions during the first two weeks of June. Students can sign up by using the link below, or let us know here and we can help get you signed up.

A few more reminders about recitals:

Participation is free but we also collect donations to our Scholarship Fund. You can add a donation to your check out, or we take cash at the door, thank you for your contributions!
Each session is about 45 minutes, will feature 12–15 students and we expect between 40–60 people in attendance. Friends and family are welcome, if you’d like to bring more than 4 family members just please let us know so we can plan seating etc.
If you can’t make it to your instructor’s sessions and would still like to perform let us know! We want to make sure everyone who wants to gets a chance.
Adults are welcome to perform in the normal sessions with their instructor, or in the special BYOB adults only session! Not all instructors will be in attendance for the adult sessions, so please discuss with them so you know if they’ll be there.
Normally scheduled lessons and programs are ongoing during some of the earlier recital times, so please be aware when coming and going during the recitals.

We are here to help with any of your recital related inquiries (and all others of course), please let us know. We can’t wait for this year’s performances!!

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