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CVSM
COMMUNITY STRING ORCHESTRA IS ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS FOR REHEARSALS STARTING
OCTOBER
The
CVSM Community String Orchestra is accepting new members.
Directed by Herm Hopple, the orchestra was created to allow busy people a
chance to play challenging music, so the fall schedule calls for only four
rehearsals and a concert. Participation
in the string orchestra is free of charge and open to all violin, viola, cello,
and string bass musicians who are comfortable playing in 3rd position
(first violin to 5th).
Conductor
Herm Hopple holds a B.S. in Music Education from
Susquehanna
University
and a Masters in Music Education from
Penn
State
University
. Recently retired as string
instructor and director of the Chambersburg Area School District Symphony after
30 years, Herm also taught for seven years in the Shamokin District prior to
coming to
Chambersburg
. He has played upright bass with
the Potomac Symphony and the Gettysburg College Community Orchestra and is
currently principal bass and section leader with the Shippensburg College
Community Orchestra. In addition,
Herm is well known for his work on electric and upright bass with the groups
Four Easy Pieces and the CVSM Jazz Quartet.
He also teaches bass at CVSM.
Rehearsals
for the new orchestra are scheduled for Tuesday evenings, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM,
October 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8 in Thomson Alumnae Chapel,
Wilson
College
, with the performance scheduled for Tuesday, November 15 at 8:00 PM at the same
location. Participation in the
orchestra and attendance at the concert are both free.
The concert will feature music by Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, Schubert,
and Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame).
The
Cumberland Valley School of Music is a non-profit certified member of the
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, with nearly 600 students and 53
faculty members at three locations – Chambersburg,
Waynesboro
, and Mercersburg. The school
offers individual instruction on all orchestral and band instruments as well as
voice, piano, and guitar and offers a wide variety of classes, workshops, camps,
and ensembles for students of all ages, from toddlers to adults.
For more information, call the Cumberland Valley School of Music at
(717)-261-1220
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