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Rock School bands perform in September!
Rock School bands will entertain the crowds at the Maple Shade Sidewalk sale on Saturday, September 6th between 11 a.m. and noon and Family Fun Day in Moorestown on Sunday, September 21st. All three bands will be performing; Circumstance, Dead By Dawn and Thirteenth Floor. Song selections range from the Beatles to Black Sabbath with modern songs from Maroon 5 and Sarah Bareilles. Come on out and cheer your favorite band while singing and dancing along!

What's Buzzing in the Rock School?
Since its inception in February two bands have formed, Circumstance are: Katherine Brown (lead vocals), Edward Gelernt (keyboards, vocals) and Gabrielle Townsend (drums, vocals). Circumstance have already performed twice to audiences eager for more! Thirteenth Floor are: Ian Douglas (drums, vocals), Lindsey Krier (lead vocals) and Jared Wisniewski (keyboards, vocals). Thirteenth Floor have a performance under their belts and recently welcomed Amelia on guitar. Amelia Moore joined Thirteenth Floor in June and has already learned most of their repertoire! She comes to the band with a passion to play and is a quick study as the band's new guitar-slinger. Thirteenth Floor welcomes Amelia and looks forward to showcasing the fiery element she brings to the band - ROCK ON! A new band is now forming consisting of Kevin Burns (drums), Scott Burns (keyboards) and Leo Hornung (guitar). ROCK SCHOOL is always looking for talented musicians who want to play in a band and have fun.

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Adams Music Conservatory presents Fundamentals of Music 101 course!
This class is designed to provide students with fundamental written and aural music skills. It approaches the subject from both the theoretical and practical perspective, giving students a working knowledge of the language of music. Students will acquire skills that will enable them to read, write, and, interpret music. This involves the study of notation, intervals, scales, transposition, keys, tonality and harmonic syntax.

Each class will be divided between lecture time and in-class work. There will also be a series of take-home assignments, which are intended to develop particular skills and diagnose deficiencies. Four quizzes and a final test will be given in order to evaluate student progress and understanding of material.

Start Date: August 25^th , 2008

Fee: $150.00 plus Registration Fee of $21.00 (new students only)

Days & Times:

Monday 7:30-9:30pm

Total fee includes 8 weeks of classes, Instructional Book, Manuscript Pad and a Certification for Successful Completion of the course.

Adams Music Conservatory partners with Cooper Hospital!
Nathan Frantz The Adams Music Conservatory will sponsor a six-week Musical Arts Series in May & June at Cooper Hospital in Camden, NJ. Each Wednesday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. starting on May 7th students and teachers will take turns performing in the main lobby of the hospital. The Conservatory was selected by the hospital to create a musical arts program to entertain while bringing warmth and culture to the visitors. We are proud to showcase the talents of our students and faculty and look forward to a musical spring!

Sing with the Choir at the Adams Music Conservatory!
Join a singing ensemble have fun improving your voice while singing with a group! Children and adults are welcome to enroll. Musical selections will range from Classical to Pop and just about anything in between. Whether you’re a beginning crooner or vocal veteran you’ll receive training in harmony, arrangement and voice conditioning & strengthening. Performances will be scheduled throughout the year. Raise your voice in song to entertain yourself and others!

Days & Times:

Tuesdays 8:00-9:00pm

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Adams Music Conservatory presents Solo Jazz Guitar 101 course!
The purpose of the course is to enable the intermediate to advanced guitarist to spontaneously create chord/melody arrangements in the jazz idiom. The course will include 12 scales, 12 arpeggios and 3-chord families-all, which will be studied in 12 keys. Also featured will be 12 chord/melody arrangements of jazz standards, which will provide the basis for the student to create his own arrangements. The course is reading and theory intensive.

Fee: $240.00 plus one time Registration Fee ($21.00 per family)

Days & Times:

Monday 8:30-10:00pm

Total fee includes 12 weeks of classes, Instructional Book, Manuscript Pad and a Certification for Successful Completion of the course.

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Adams Music Conservatory grants a musical dream in 2008!
Izabela Adams decided in December to grant one year of free voice or piano lessons to a deserving candidate between six and sixteen years of age. We’re proud to announce that thirteen year old Tricia Gardner, a Maple Shade native, is the recipient of the first Adams Music Conservatory Musical Dream Scholarship! Tricia won the essay contest, which was part of the qualifications and interviewed strongly showing love, appreciation and commitment to her vocal studies. She will receive vocal and music theory lessons during 2008 and plans on becoming a professional vocalist on Broadway in the future. We are very excited to offer this possibility to Tricia and will continue to grant a similar musical dream each year to a deserving candidate!