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Atlanta's Peggy Still School Excels in International Music Exams
Students lead Georgia, the world in Fall 2011 ABRSM exams. - December 16, 2011 - The North Fulton School of Music
People’s Music School Earns Top Sun Shine Project Grant
The Chicago Sun-Times Charity Trust Award Will Help the School Reach Hundreds More Inner-City Children with Free Music Education - December 13, 2011 - People's Music School
California Contemporary Ballet Overcomes Casting Obstacles to Present 14th Season of “The Snow Queen” Ballet
Los Angeles Area Dance Company Produces Original Ballet; Guest Performer from Hungary Added to Cast - December 12, 2011 - California DanceArts
Pro Makeup School Offers New Part Time Makeup Courses
Geared towards time challenged makeup students & professionals, the new part time makeup courses from The School of Pro Makeup offer greater flexibility. - December 04, 2011 - The School of Professional Makeup
New Piano + Holistic Therapy Sessions with the Creator of Piano-Yoga®, GéNIA
The Piano-Yoga® School is now offering Piano + Holistic Therapy Sessions at Steinway Hall. Learn how looking after body and mind can enhance your piano playing. - December 04, 2011 - Piano-Yoga®
Georgia Dance Theatre Presents The Nutcracker Ballet
Full-Scale Production in Peachtree City, Top Ten Place for Families, December 10th and 11th - December 03, 2011 - Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts
duCret School of Art - Light Shines on a Local Art Community
duCret School of Art, founded in 1926, whose faculty and board members consist of notable and world recognized art professionals has steadily been thrust in the spotlight during the year, as students and faculty have broken ground in the entertainment field. - December 02, 2011 - duCret School of Art
Global P.E.C. Academy Launches Highly Anticipated CPECP Certification Program December 2, 2011, Creating a New Lineage of World Leaders and Professionals
New CPECP Certification Program by Global P.E.C. Academy Launches to Create a New Lineage of World Leaders and Professionals - December 02, 2011 - Global P.E.C. Academy
The Art Institute of California - Sunnyvale Observes Day With(out) Art World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011
The Art Institute of California Sunnyvale in partnership with Visual AIDS is observing Day With(out) Art by screening Untitled a film by Jim Hodges, Encke King, and Carlos Marques da Cruz. The Art Institute of California-Sunnyvale joins over 55 major museums, arts organizations, community groups and colleges throughout the United States presenting simultaneous, free public screenings of Untitled on December 1, 2011, which is also World AIDS Day. - November 30, 2011 - The Art Institute of California—Sunnyvale
Connecticut Concert Ballet Announces 2011 Nutcracker Season Performances
Connecticut Concert Ballet continues a 37-year tradition with its announcement of performances of the full-length Nutcracker in the Hartford, CT area with guest artists from Ballet Hispanico, Mario I. Espinoza and Kimberly Van Woesik, and from Chicago, Darren McIntyre and Jennifer Grapes, most recently with the Milwaukee Ballet. - November 27, 2011 - Connecticut Concert Ballet
duCret School of Art’s 85th Year Celebration Year Starts Off with a Bang
Kicking off Fall Semester, duCret School of Art has been briming with exciting media opportunities that will extend well into Spring. Honorary awards, Art shows, TV shows & Film events are just part of the duCret school-year mix. - November 20, 2011 - duCret School of Art
Sparta New Jersey Musician Embarks on World Tour
20 year old multi-instrumentalist Jordan Lawlor from Sparta, NJ, a former student of Bill Wright’s Guitar Studio, has just embarked on a major world tour as guitarist, bassist, keyboardist and vocalist with the band M83 in support of their latest album “Hurry Up, We’re... - November 20, 2011 - Bill Wright School Of Music
Atlanta's Peggy Still School of Music Under New Ownership
Local Alpharetta businessman and music school founder team up for future success and growth. - November 18, 2011 - The North Fulton School of Music
A Solo Exhibition of Functional Ceramic Art by Jon Puzzuoli
Tim Coffey’s Photography in Downtown Stamford will host, ceramic artist Jon Puzzuoli to exhibit and sell his functional pottery artwork. The exhibit opens December 2nd, 2011, continuing through December 4th, 2011. Exhibition Dates: December 2 – 4, 2011 Friday: 5pm-8:30pm (Open... - November 15, 2011 - Lakeside Pottery Studio
Handel’s Messiah: Part of Hyde Park’s Culture
Popular one-night-only event ushers in the holiday season on the University of Chicago campus. - November 03, 2011 - University of Chicago Department of Music
3rd Piano-Yoga® Retreat - 13th November 2011 at Steinway Hall, London
A piano method for the 21st century… Created by Russian virtuoso pianist GéNIA, the Piano-Yoga® method offers a unique system of piano playing which combines the fundamentals of the Russian piano school with principles from Eastern philosophy and yoga, utilising aspects of movement, gravity and breathing to create a more natural and organic approach to piano playing, performing and teaching. - October 29, 2011 - Piano-Yoga®
Bill Wright's Music Studio, Announces Registration for the Fall 2011 Semester
Bill Wright’s Music Studio offering music instruction for children and adults in Sparta, Sussex county, NJ announces registration for the fall 2011 semester. The following programs are available Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Ukulele, Banjo, Mandolin, Violin & Rock Band. All lessons... - October 26, 2011 - Bill Wright School Of Music
National Academy Museum Holds Day-Long Symposium on Artist Will Barnet
Symposium speakers and panelists include art historians, curators and artists. A special highlight features film screening of Will Barnet: Tracing the Soul of the Work by Dale Schierholt. - October 22, 2011 - National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts
Local Art School Honored - Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art: American Artist’s Top 10 Art Schools
The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) was named one of American Artist’s Top 10 Art Schools. In the November 2011 article, Pursuing The Classical Dream: The American Artist Guide to Art Schools, LAAFA is one of the select schools worldwide that have established reputable practices... - October 14, 2011 - Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art
Art Education in Schools Gets a Boost from New Scholarship Program
More than 5,000 students in 85 schools are participating in the Art in Action Visual Arts Scholarship Program for the school year 2011-12. The arts encourage critical thinking and creativity and help solve educational problems. - October 10, 2011 - Art in Action
A Free Musical and Storybook Event
A free musical and storybook event for music teachers, classroom teachers, librarians and anyone who works with children. Learn from local composer and author, Audrey Smith, about her delightful musicals and charming read-a-long storybooks. Sing and read-along while watching live production... - October 06, 2011 - Ensemble Arts Academy
The National Franchise, School of Rock, is Now Open in West Broward
School of Rock West Broward to host Grand Opening Bash and fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida, on October 15, 2011 to celebrate the opening of its newest franchise location in Southwest Ranches, Florida. - October 05, 2011 - School of Rock Coral Springs & West Broward
Adult Classes at Urban Fire
Adults have found a new way to stay in shape and get their groove on in Port St. Lucie and Ft. Pierce by taking one of several adult dance and exercise classes offered at Urban Fire Dance Studio. - September 25, 2011 - Urban Fire Dance Studio
Golfers and Artists to Mingle at The duCret School of Art 85th Year Celebration
On Tuesday, October 4, from 6:30pm – 10:30 pm - NJ's oldest art institution, duCret School of Art celebrates it's 85th Year kick-off event at Suburban Golf Club in Union, NJ. There will be a special presentation honoring Swain Galleries, NJ's oldest art gallery, for their decades worth of service to the school and to the art world. - September 25, 2011 - duCret School of Art
Swain Galleries Presents "Feathers and Fur" - 2 Artists & 2 Pastel Art Demonstrations
On Saturday, September 24th from 1pm - 3pm, art and animal lovers alike will have the opportunity to query the pastel techniques of two highly regarded wildlife artists; Leslie Delgyer and Karen McCormack. - September 23, 2011 - duCret School of Art
University of Chicago Department of Music Welcomes Students Back to School with Annual Halloween Family Concert on Saturday, October 29
Hyde Park School of Dance Joins University Symphony Orchestra; “1001 Arabian Nights” Transports Listeners through a Kaleidoscope of Colorful Sounds - September 21, 2011 - University of Chicago Department of Music
Get the Kids Moving
Urban Fire Dance Studio offers new Get Movin’ for Kids classes. - September 15, 2011 - Urban Fire Dance Studio
Announcing Los Angeles Artistry Retreats
Corel Painter Master Karen Sperling announces new classes featuring art lessons and Corel Painter steps for turning portrait and landscape photos into painted works of art. - September 15, 2011 - Artistry
National Magazine Credits Chef Todd Mohr as “The Only Chef-Teacher In The World”
Mageirocophobia is the fear of cooking. Many people suffer from this condition, and MacLean’s Magazine has called upon North Carolina Chef Todd Mohr to shed light on the affliction. “Mohr may be the only chef-teacher in the world whose classes (at WebCookingClasses.com) are designed to... - September 08, 2011 - Chef Todd Mohr's Web Cooking Classes
NY's Vanaver Caravan First Foreign Group Ever Invited to India's Premier Folk Arts Festival
Unprecedented cross-cultural request spurs unique plan and innovative fundraising for accompanying documentary, workshop tour and new dance school paradigm. - September 06, 2011 - Big Medicine
West Broward, Get Ready to Rock
School of Rock to open a new franchise location in Southwest Ranches, Florida. - September 03, 2011 - School of Rock Coral Springs & West Broward
Announcing Karen Sperling’s Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 2: Landscapes
Corel Painter Master Karen Sperling debuts new instructional DVD featuring art lessons and Corel Painter steps for turning landscape photos into painted works of art. - September 01, 2011 - Artistry
Shaquille O'Neal Trades Basketball for Film Camera at New York Film Academy
Former basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal is completing a course in directing at New York Film Academy’s Universal Studios LA location. - August 18, 2011 - New York Film Academy
Tween Etiquette Seminar - (Ages 11-13) - San Diego and Temecula Area
The Magnolia School of Etiquette and Protocol will prepare your child with lessons they will use the rest of their lives. They will learn how to proceed with confidence in any social or dining situation. Each student will be provided a Personalized Training Manual to keep, a Certificate of Completion, and Group Photo. (Multiple candid photos are also provided). - August 18, 2011 - The Magnolia School of Etiquette
The Magnolia School of Etiquette - Teen Etiquette Seminar - San Diego and Temecula, CA Area
The Magnolia School of Etiquette and Protocol will prepare your teen with lessons they will use the rest of their life. They will learn to proceed with confidence in any social or dining situation. Class is limited to seven students. Focus is on individual attention, interaction with each other, and a beautifully presented table and Four Course Dinner for the group. - August 18, 2011 - The Magnolia School of Etiquette
Local Teen Musicians Give Live Radio Broadcast
Local teens give live radio broadcast at WNTI 91.9 radio station in Hackettstown, NJ during the stations live Bob Dylan program. Five students from Bill Wright’s Guitar Studio in Sparta, NJ performed live on air at WNTI radio station early Friday morning on July 29th. They played so well... - August 10, 2011 - Bill Wright School Of Music
National Academy Museum and School Reopen with Free Open House Weekend September 16 – 18, 2011
Free Exhibitions of Masterpieces of the 19th through 21st Centuries and Classes in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking Celebrate Vitality of New York’s Most Enduring Visual Arts Institution - July 29, 2011 - National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts
3 Steps for Violin and Viola Players to Eliminate Tendonitis, Stage Fright and Enjoy Playing Again
It is possible to eliminate tendonitis that afflict players, in very simple ways, knowing the 3 major causes of aches and pains and injuries and the 3 curative answers, the movements to do while playing. - July 24, 2011 - Monica Cuneo
San Diego Etiquette School Offers Holiday Etiquette Seminar
The Magnolia School of Etiquette - San Diego, CA; Sunday, November 13th, 2011 Adult Holiday Etiquette Seminar; Ages 21+ - Adult-5pm-7pm - Six Course Dinner at Francesca's Italian Kitchen - Temecula, CA; Investment: $200 Per Person; Limit - 14 - July 17, 2011 - The Magnolia School of Etiquette
Ambiance Digital Photography School Launches New Online Photography Lessons
Professional photographers come together to teach the art of photography to everyday people. "DSLR's are becoming much more affordable and user friendly and now you can take the skills learned at www.ambiancedigital.com and take professional grade pictures." -Daniel Watson, owner. The name of the company is the Ambiance Digital Photography School and you can visit their site and join to watch the video courses. There is a one time membership fee and you become a member for life. - July 10, 2011 - Ambiance Digital Photography School
California DanceArts Holds Annual Spring Open House in La Canada
Special Open House Weekend Events Included Spring Demonstration Concert - June 26, 2011 - California DanceArts
Allegro Music School Attends and Performs at the Vine and Art Festival
Allegro Music and Dance School participated in the Vine and Art show June 4th on Shell Blvd in Foster City. The students took the stage and had a successful and fun day demonstrating various pieces learned with the music school. Allegro regularly organizes events to provide their students with the opportunity to demonstrate the range of their abilities from their instrumental, dance and musical theory lessons. - June 11, 2011 - Allegro Music and Dance School
San Diego Etiquette School Offers Etiquette Summer Camp
The Magnolia School of Etiquette in San Diego, CA will offer Social and Dining Etiquette for 1st-5th graders through a fun summer camp in Temecula, CA this July 2011. - June 06, 2011 - The Magnolia School of Etiquette
Music Studio Now Accepting Students for Summer Rock Band Camp
Bill Wright's Guitar Studio is now accepting students for Summer Rock Band Camp. Camp starts June 27th for 7 weeks. - June 03, 2011 - Bill Wright School Of Music
Spring Season Brings About a Flurry of Activity for Students of DuCret
This Spring season was an exercise in juggling one great opportunity after another as duCret students managed to fit in amongst their class schedules; a trip to Rome, an Annual Spring Art Show, a Portfolio Presentation and a Graduation Ceremony. - May 25, 2011 - duCret School of Art
Scholarship Program to Strengthen Art Education in Elementary Schools
Art education is important for developing K-12 students' thinking and creative skills. This new program aims to bring a quality art education to students at a time of budget constraints in many school districts. - May 23, 2011 - Art in Action
In Fashion, is Green the New Black?
Fashion experts at The Art Institutes discuss green fashion and how you can go green by adding some recycled fashion into your own wardrobe. - May 18, 2011 - The Art Institutes
University of Chicago Department of Music Performs 19th-Century German and Italian Operatic Masterpieces at Annual Cathy Heifetz Memorial Concerts
Metropolitan Opera soprano Winifred Faix Brown and mezzo-soprano Jessye Wright are featured soloists with University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, University Chorus, and Motet Choir - May 11, 2011 - University of Chicago Department of Music
The Crucible Names Steven Young as New Executive Director
Artist and Businessman Has Long Ties to Arts Education Center. - May 11, 2011 - The Crucible
San Diego Etiquette Consultant Receives Certification from Prestigious American School of Protocol
Jonnie Fox Flanagan, Independent Etiquette Consultant and Founder and Director of The Magnolia School of Etiquette, a division of The Southern California Academy of Etiquette and Protocol, recently attended The American School of Protocol to continue education and better posture her company for business in the San Diego and Temecula, CA area. - May 10, 2011 - The Magnolia School of Etiquette