Department of Music

Community Music Center

• Note from the Director
• Course Information
• Benefits of Music Study
• Early Childhood Learning
• Adult Classes
• Learning Extension Opportunities
• Faculty
• Facilities/Location
• Policies
• Summer Music Programs
• Summer Theater Programs

Note from the Director

1. To provide quality music lessons to members of the Wabash Valley.
2. To provide age-appropriate and level-appropriate music instruction that will allow students to reach their musical performance potential.
3. To provide age-appropriate and level-appropriate theory instruction to allow students to better understand music.
4. To provide performance opportunities for all students, both formal and informal, to encourage more performance and to make performances less stressful.
5. To encourage students toward attendance at area musical events both at the university and in other venues.
6. To give university students the chance to do some guided teaching.

At the CMC we strive to give every student professional-quality music instruction. In addition, the CMC offers extras that you don't always get through other venues for music instruction. We offer 3 informal musicales and 1 formal recital every semester, to give students many opportunities to perform. We offer Saturday theory classes every spring that are free to any student in the CMC. We have community service projects, like giving a holiday recital to residents of a retirement home. We have social activities that involve the whole family, like marching in area parades and an end-of-year picnic. We want all of our families and teachers to feel like one community. And I hope you will take advantage of all the extras we offer.

-- Lynette Browne

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Course Information

• Beginning through Advanced
• Private and/or group instruction will be offered to all age groups
  • Piano
  • Strings
  • Voice
  • Guitar
  • All brass and woodwind instruments
  • Percussion

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Benefits of Music Study

Early music experiences enhance overall physical, emotional, language/cognitive, social, and musical development. Research has shown that prolonged involvement in music experiences enhances:

• abstract reasoning skills
• increases spatial awareness
• improves listening skills
• intensifies higher brain functions required for other academic activities

To sum it all up: MAKING MUSIC MAKES YOU SMARTER!

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Early Childhood Learning

• Musikgarten - an age-appropriate musical experience for children from brith to eight years of age which includes parental involvement. Please call 237-2739 or email Lynette Browne, Community Music Center Director, at Lynette.Browne@indstate.edu if you are interested in Musikgarten classes.

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Adult Classes

The Community Music Center offers beginning piano and voice classes for adults. Please contact the center for current class availability.

• Lynette Browne, Director (237-2739)
• Community Music Center voice mail (237-2739)

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Learning Extension Opportunities

The Community Music Center also offers:

• Monthly recital opportunities
• Saturday Theory Classes
• Participation in local festivals

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Faculty

Trained music instructors from ISU’s Department of Music and graduate students and upperclassmen who have satisfied certain course requirements teach the weekly 60-minute, 45-minute, or 30-minute lessons.

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Facilities/Location

Students benefit from the use of:

• Yamaha Clavinova Laboratory
• Acoustically and visually satisfying 200-seat recital hall with two nine-foot Steinway concert grand pianos
• Large teaching studios
• State-of-the-art MIDI Laboratory
• Listening Library with more than 25,000 recordings, performance tapes, and compact discs
• Piano Pedagogy Resource Library including over 6,000 piano teaching publications
• Musical Games Library including music games and rhythm instruments

All lessons and Community Music Center activities take place in the Center for Performing and Fine Arts and the Fine Arts Building on the campus of Indiana State University. All Musikgarten classes are held at ISU's University Hall, Room 114.

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Policies

Tuition is for enrollment for the entire semester. Semesters run simultaneously with Indiana State University calendar. For your convenience, tuition may be paid in a single sum each semester or in two equal payments.

Tuition does not include the cost of instrument rental or music purchase. Supplemental group lessons, master classes, etc. are given at the discretion of the instructor.

30-minute private lesson  $300.00
45-minute private lesson  $450.00
60-minute private lesson  $600.00

• Fall and Spring semesters follow the ISU academic calendar
• Families with more than one child enrolled in private lessons in the same semester will receive a $25 discount
• Enrollment in the Community Music Center is a semester long obligation. If it is necessary to withdraw from a course mid-semester, the student is still responsible for the second tuition payment.
• Students not displaying satisfactory progress from lack of practice or whose behavior and/or attitude are not conducive to progress may be dismissed from the program. A one-month trial period with notification will precede lesson termination.
• HOLIDAYS: Our academic schedule runs consistent with the ISU calendar. For this reason, we are unable to reschedule any lessons missed due to calendar holidays.
• All students are encouraged to perform in the Community Music Center recitals at the end of the term, selected local festivals, and monthly musicales.
• Students are expected to bring all books currently being used to their lesson. Lessons may be cut short if a student does not arrive with books or instrument.
• MISSED LESSONS: No make-up lessons will be given with the exception of sudden extreme weather conditions that may threaten the safety of a student. All lessons missed by the teacher will be rescheduled. If the private teacher cannot be contacted, please leave a message with Lynette Browne (812-237-2739). Event cancellations due to inclement weather will be announced on the outgoing message of the Community Music Center voice mail (812-237-2739).

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Summer Music Programs

• Music Lessons
  

• The ISU Community Music Center offers music lessons year-round to students of all ages. Summer is an especially good time for music lessons since schedules tend to be lighter allowing more time for lessons and practice. Summer is great time to try a new style on your existing instrument or try a new instrument! We offer 2 summer sessions:
  
  
• Summer I - May (4 lessons)

• 30-minute   $80.00
• 45-minute   $120.00
• 60-minute   $160.00

• Summer II - June/July (8 lessons)

• 30-minute   $160.00
• 45-minute   $240.00
• 60-minute   $320.00
  

Summer is flexible, and you can schedule your lessons around your vacations and summer camps.

• Music Day Camps
  

• We offer 3 different levels of music camps.
  
• Intermediate Piano Camp (ages 10-14 with 3-5 yrs. of study) July 5-9
• Early Level Piano Camp (ages 7-10 with 1-2 yrs. of study) July 19-23
• Music is Fun! Camp (ages 6-8 with no prior piano study) July 26-30


• Learning music through theory games, music ensembles, composer videos and playing the piano. All camps are 9 a.m. - noon Monday - Friday. Camp tuition is $100 for the week which includes all materials. Camps are held on the ISU campus in the Fine Arts Building Clavinova lab, room 316. Camps are led by Dr. Lynette Browne of the ISU music faculty.
• Music for Mommy and Me
  • June 28-July 2, 9-11 a.m. A camp for the littlest music-makers, ages 2-5, with a parent or caregiver. Come enjoy singing, dancing, and arts and crafts. All participants receive the Musikgarten summer Cycle of Seasons packet to keep and use at home. Come enjoy a week-long celebration of music and nature! Cost for the week is $130. Camp is held on the ISU campus and is led by Dr. Lynette Browne.

Call or email Lynette Browne at 812-237-2739 or Lynette.Browne@indstate.edu for more information.

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Summer Theater Programs

June 14-18 ~ 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m.  Fee: $125
Instructors: Lynette Browne and Sherrie Herner
(Enrollment limited to the first 12 registrations.)

One-week theatre arts camp designed for ages 6-8. This camp will introduce young participants to theatre basics through creative drama. Camp activities include: theater games; exercises in singing and movement; and theatre-related workshops. Camp will culminate with a staged showcase on Friday, June 18, at 4 p.m.

Camp will EITHER run 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m., Monday - Thursday. Friday's camp will be 12 noon - 4 p.m. Please mark if you have a preference on your registration form.

Registration deadline: Monday, May 17, but camp is expected to fill! Call or email Lynette Browne for registration materials at 812-237-2739 or Lynette.Browne@indstate.edu. A $25.00 non refundable deposit is required to reserve a camp spot.

"Theater Rocks!"

June 19, 21-25 ~ 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday.  Fee: $125
Instructors: Lynette Browne and Sherrie Herner
(Enrollment limited to the first 12 registrations.)

One - week theatre arts camp for ages 9 - 12. This camp is designed to instruct the young performer in theatre basics. Camp content includes: "acting on the stage" instruction, acting and improvisation games, and theatre - related workshops. All activities will be geared toward improving performance abilities. Camp will culminate with a staged showcase on Friday, June 25, at 4:00 p.m.

Camp will EITHER run 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m., Monday - Thursday. Friday's camp will be 12 noon - 4 p.m. Please mark if you have a preference on your registration form. Registration deadline: Monday, May 17, but camp is expected to fill. Call or email Lynette Browne for registration materials at 812-237-2739 or Lynette.Browne@indstate.edu. A $25 non - refundable deposit is required to reserve a camp spot.

"Theater Techniques for Teens"

July 26-30, 2010  Fee: $150

• Monday-Thursday 9-3 p.m. at Chauncey Rose Middle School gymnasium/stage, 1275 3rd Avenue
• Friday 1-7 p.m. at ISU Center for Performing and Fine Arts, corner of 7th Street and Chestnut
• Performance: Friday, 6:00 p.m. at ISU Center for Performing and Fine Arts
• Instructors: Sherrie Herner and Pat Wheeler
• (Enrollment is limited to the first 20 registrations.)

One-week theater arts camp for students ages 12-16. "All the world's a stage..." ...so come and be a player! Learn many aspects of theater in one jam-packed, fun-filled week!

During the week bring a lunch, learn acting techniques and dialogue, and enjoy theater games. Learn basic auditioning tips, practice stage voice and projection, learn stage movement and monologues. Then be a star and perform in a play for your family and friends on Friday evening!

Fee includes instruction, a theater notebook, a shirt, snacks and a pizza supper before the performance.

Registration deadline: Monday, July 12, but camp is expected to fill. Call or email Lynette Browne for registration materials at 812-237-2739 or Lynette.Browne@indstate.edu. A $25 non - refundable deposit is required to reserve a camp spot.