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MTMS has been investing in our community since we were established. It’s more than just music, though we do love music! Our charity of choice is GRIN – Gahanna Residents In Need.

We have two upcoming opportunities to help GRIN through MTMS. First, we have Lesson Samplers in November that will benefit GRIN. Second, we 0have our Winter Benefit Concert on February 1 where the entrance fee is one non-perishable food item for GRIN.

November Lesson Samplers are a great gift during the upcoming season. Give your loved ones a sampler and 50% goes to GRIN. Lesson Samplers are focused on a single instrument, a four-week course with one 40-minute lesson and lab session each week. A sampler is a great way to explore lessons for the first time or a new instrument. Bonus, if you continue lessons afterward we will waive the enrollment fee.

Another cool thing about a Lesson Sampler is that you can get it as a gift certificate for your favorite musician-in-training. The gift certificate can be redeemed on any instrument.

The Winter Benefit Concert will be held on 1 February. Students must sign up starting 2 January. All the non-perishable food items donated for attending the concert will be donated to GRIN. Earlier this year we donated 184.5 pounds of food! Plus it’s an amazing concert of our students showing off their skills and love of music.

Join us for both of these events and know we’re supporting our local community as well as our students’ music. We can’t wait to see you.

Every month, the music lab teachers select a theme for the Music Technology and Learning Lab. Students explore the theme in the Music History, Composition, and Listening Stations during their scheduled music lessons. The topic for the month of October is Jazz.

Jazz began with African American musicians in the early 1900s. Despite some less reputable beginnings, this mix of European, Latin, and African American musical styles led to many of the popular music genres today, like R&B and rock and roll. Jazz is an American classical music genre.

As you can hear, jazz music creates complicated melodies and rhythms. It’s difficult to define but you learn to know it when you hear it. It also has heavy lean into improvisation and syncopation, which leads to its unique sounds. Because of those two qualities, jazz isn’t meant to be read on a page of music but experienced live.

The ‘Roaring 20s,’ also known as the Jazz Age, are long past, but jazz is still very alive and very American. Below is the playlist for our students to learn more about jazz.

Thank you everyone for making this Winter Benefit Concert a success. Michelle dropped off the donated items at GRIN (Gahanna Residents In Need) today. The final haul was 184.5 pounds of food!

Great job, students, for your performances! You make the music come to life. We can’t wait to enjoy your next performance event.

• 12/24/22-1/1/23 – Winter Break 2022
• 1/14/2023 – Winter Benefit Concert
• 4/3-4/8/2023 – Spring Break
• 4/28-4/30/2023 – Spring Recitals
• 5/27-5/29/2023 – Memorial Day Weekend (closed Sat+Mon)
• 7/3-7/8/2023 – Summer Break
• 7/29/2023 – Videos due for Summer YouTube
• 10/27-10/29/2023 Halloween Parties
• 11/20-11/25/2023 – Thanksgiving Break
• 12/25/2023-1/1/24 – Winter Break 2023

If you’ve ever wanted to plan ahead, this is next year’s schedule of when we’re off and when we’re having recitals. It’s exciting to know what’s coming in the new year- plan to be here where the music doesn’t stop.