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CSS 2018 Festival
Festival in Three Rivers, California
Please Join Us for our 9th Annual Music Festival
Mark your calendar! We hope to see you at one or more of our exciting concerts in Three Rivers this May. Although the “Camp” component of CSS is at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the spirit of our exciting performances will continue to thrive in Three Rivers with a weekend extravaganza of performances.
World-class violinist Danielle Belen will be performing along with her esteemed CSS colleagues Elbert Tsai, violin, Lauren Chipman, viola, Vardan Gasparyan, cello, and Jennie Jung, piano. CSS student alumni will also join these fabulous musicians. Our tradition of excellence will continue, and we value your support more than ever!
The Music Festival will consist of two concerts, Friday at 7 pm and Sunday at 4 pm at the St. Anthony Retreat Main Chapel. You are also invited to an Open Rehearsal (Free) on Saturday morning from 10 am to Noon.
Advance Ticket Sales $15.00
$20 at the door
STRINGS SHOWCASE
Friday, May 11 - 7:00 pm - $15
CHAMBER MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA
Sunday, May 13 - 4:00 pm - $15
Festival in Three Rivers, California
Please Join Us for our 9th Annual Music Festival
Mark your calendar! We hope to see you at one or more of our exciting concerts in Three Rivers this May. Although the “Camp” component of CSS is at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the spirit of our exciting performances will continue to thrive in Three Rivers with a weekend extravaganza of performances.
World-class violinist Danielle Belen will be performing along with her esteemed CSS colleagues Elbert Tsai, violin, Lauren Chipman, viola, Vardan Gasparyan, cello, and Jennie Jung, piano. CSS student alumni will also join these fabulous musicians. Our tradition of excellence will continue, and we value your support more than ever!
The Music Festival will consist of two concerts, Friday at 7 pm and Sunday at 4 pm at the St. Anthony Retreat Main Chapel. You are also invited to an Open Rehearsal (Free) on Saturday morning from 10 am to Noon.
Advance Ticket Sales $15.00$20 at the door
STRINGS SHOWCASE
Friday, May 11 - 7:00 pm - $15
CHAMBER MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA
Sunday, May 13 - 4:00 pm - $15
| OPEN REHEARSAL - FREE Saturday, May 12 - 10:00 am - Noon CONCERTS AT: St. Anthony Retreat Main Chapel 43816 Sierra Dr., Three Rivers, CA |
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James Seligman Scholarship Fund
This weekend's concerts are dedicated to the memory of James Seligman. James truly embodied the spirit of artistic excellance and creativity that makes Three Rivers the culturally rich, unique community that it is.
In the true spirit of collaboration that he believed in as well as the constant stream of support our Three Rivers audiences have given to us over the years, we invite you to contribute to the James Seligman Scholarship Fund. The fund will provide for a full scholarship for a deserving student to attend Center Stage Strings for a life changing summer.
CSS-Camp - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Center Stage Strings 2017 is still resonating through the halls of the music school and throughout the town of Ann Arbor, which came out to support our fantastic students in over twenty performances, all free of charge to the community. The prize-winning Calidore String Quartet spent five incredibly inspiring days with our students, performing side-by-side with them after intensive rehearsals and coaching. You could feel the electricity in the room. Our students could see their future selves in these hard-working and humble musicians, and it was nothing short of extraordinary to see them lift themselves to levels of expression in their playing even they didn’t realize they were capable of. We are thrilled to announce that Calidore will be returning this coming summer for an even longer residency!
As always, there was time for a little R&R and you could find our CSS students churning in their kayaks along the Huron River, running a three-legged race or poking fun at the faculty on Skit Night.
Thank you for your support of this fine group of young artists who choose to devote their lives to music. This summer we had students from cities in Oregon, California, Oklahoma, Missouri, New York, Canada, Venezuela and more join together to make great music and find their full potential.
CSS cellist Pedro Sanchez (our 2018 poster musician) is originally from Venezuela and studies at the University of Michigan, where he is an active member of the Ivalas Quartet. This dynamic young quartet formed at Center Stage Strings as scholarship recipients last summer and is “one to watch” as they head towards national competitions and other summer residencies this coming year. We are very proud of them and all of our incredible CSS alums! You can keep up to date with many of our student success stories on our Center Stage Strings Facebook page.
Please consider giving to our Center Stage Strings Scholarship Fund. This past summer we awarded over $70,000 in the necessary financial aid and scholarships to bring students to Ann Arbor, changing many lives and creating the artists of tomorrow. CSS is a non-profit organization committed to raising scholarships for gifted and deserving students.
Thank you for your continued support.
Musically yours,
Danielle Belen
Artistic Director, Center Stage Strings
Associate Professor of Violin
School of Music, Theater, and Dance
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
Scholarships for Students
Help us build our Scholarship FundWe are proud to announce that this year was our strongest and most diverse applicant pool in our 9 year history of Center Stage Strings, outstanding in terms of level and enthusiasm. The applicants represented top students from across the country, as well as from South America and Asia.
Like any worthy venture, this comes with a price tag. Tuition for the institute is $4,300, which covers tuition, room and board. It is a competitive fee with other summer institutes of the same length, while offering more individual attention and performance opportunities.
Many of our CSS families simply cannot afford this fee, due to the financial demands of costly instruments, private lessons, and college audition tours, in addition to summer camp. We are well aware of these demands and never turn a deserving student away for financial reasons.
While some scholarship money is available through the MPulse Summer Institute, Center Stage Strings provides over $35,000 each summer to CSS Three Rivers Alumni, many of whom are from California.
Donations to our Scholarship Fund will make the difference for many of these deserving students to have a life-changing summer musical experience.
Like any worthy venture, this comes with a price tag. Tuition for the institute is $4,300, which covers tuition, room and board. It is a competitive fee with other summer institutes of the same length, while offering more individual attention and performance opportunities.
Many of our CSS families simply cannot afford this fee, due to the financial demands of costly instruments, private lessons, and college audition tours, in addition to summer camp. We are well aware of these demands and never turn a deserving student away for financial reasons.
While some scholarship money is available through the MPulse Summer Institute, Center Stage Strings provides over $35,000 each summer to CSS Three Rivers Alumni, many of whom are from California.
Donations to our Scholarship Fund will make the difference for many of these deserving students to have a life-changing summer musical experience.
| Please browse our website for information on the camp as well as concerts and master classes presented by world class guest artists. View high quality videos from the CSS Music Camp and Festival on the Center Stage Strings YouTube Channel. We'd love to hear from you if you have any questions or comments. Please visit our Contact Page. We are also on Facebook so you can become a friend of Center Stage Strings today! Center Stage Strings - In The News Photos from the 2015 Summer Camp in Three Rivers Center Stage Strings is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and your donations are 100% tax deductable. Your contributions will help make it possible for us to continue to provide this unique experience to deserving students. Donate Today. |
For further information, please email info@centerstagestrings.com