Press Release
The Music School of Delaware Presents an 85th Anniversary Showcase Spectacular
Showcase features performances by the Music School’s large ensembles including 250 musicians ages 6 to 90 at The Grand Opera House
4/22/2010
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(WILMINGTON, DEL.) April 22, 2010—The Music School of Delaware will “fill The Grand” with music at its 85th Anniversary Celebration & Showcase on June 3, 2010. Two hundred and fifty musicians ages 6 to 90, many of Delaware’s finest student and amateur musicians, will take center stage in this anniversary spectacular.
Honorary Hosts Senator & Mrs. Thomas R. Carper, Barbara Govatos & Julian Rodescu and Nancy Josephson & David Bromberg invite Music School friends, supporters and all of Delaware to attend this special event and celebrate the Music School's rich history as one of Delaware's original arts organizations.
“This is an exciting and rare opportunity to present a program featuring the Music School’s youth and adult ensembles in Delaware’s premier concert venue,” says President & CEO Kate M. Ransom. “We look forward to celebrating this milestone anniversary with our students, families, supporters and community members.”
The Music School’s large youth and adult chamber, choral and orchestral ensembles including the Suzuki Academy, Delaware Youth Orchestra, Delaware Youth Symphony, Wilmington Community Orchestra, Wilmington Youth Chorale, Delaware Children’s Chorus, Select Choral Ensemble and Delaware Women’s Chorus will perform jointly, individually and side-by-side. This fast-paced and exciting program format creates a one-of-a-kind music experience for the concertgoer.
The concert will feature exciting, compelling and challenging repertoire – from classical favorites to contemporary works. The first half of the concert will highlight the Music School’s distinguished choral ensembles performing works by well-known contemporary composers including Z. Randall Stroope, Eleanor Daley, Mary Goetze and the Music School’s own vocal/choral department head Michael Larkin. Following the intermission, the Music School’s accomplished orchestral ensembles will perform works by Merle J. Isaac, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns and Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as a joint performance of Clare Grundman’s “Second American Folk Rhapsody.” The program will close with a combined performance by all orchestral and choral ensembles of John Rutter’s “Look at the World” and Sy Miller & Jill Jackson’s “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”
If you go: 85th Anniversary Celebration & Showcase
Date: June 3, 2010
Time: Grand opens at 6:00 p.m., Pop-up Performances featuring Music School faculty and Honor Award students begin at 6:15 p.m. and Showcase begins at 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Grand Opera House, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington
Tickets: $85 Anniversary Ticket and $10 General Admission Tickets are available for purchase ONLY at the Music School May 1st through June 2nd. Anniversary ticket includes premium Showcase seating, Showcase DVD and a gift to the Music School in honor of its 85th Anniversary.
Parking: Garage parking is available at Colonial Parking's Hypark Garage located on Shipley Street between 9th and 10th Streets and at the Wilmington Parking Authority garage under the Double Tree Hotel located at 700 King Street.
For concert ticket information, please call 302-762-1132 or visit the Music School’s new website www.musicschoolofdelaware.org.
Contact: Tara Hurlebaus, 302-762-1132 ext. 18
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Founded in 1924, The Music School of Delaware reaches thousands of people from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland through its instructional programs and 75 public performances each year. The Music School is the only nationally accredited program of its kind in Delaware and is the only statewide accredited community music school in the nation. The Music School offers standard-setting instructional programs for all ages including the Early Childhood program, Suzuki Academy, private study and ensembles. A faculty of nearly 100 expert artists and educators are among the best-trained musicians in the country. Open to all, the school administers a financial assistance program to help ensure music excellence for everyone, regardless of financial means. The Music School offers programs at branch locations in Wilmington and Milford and at over 25 satellite and outreach locations in Kent, Sussex and New Castle counties. For more information, please call the Wilmington Branch at 302-762-1132, the Milford Branch at 302-422-2043 or visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org.
The Music School of Delaware is proud to be an active partner in the IN Wilmington Arts Campaign. 
Programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
