Cumberland Valley School of Music
2009/2010
Festival of Musicales Series
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The Cumberland Valley School of Music will again present a special series of four Musicales this year, each featuring a beautiful setting, culinary delights, excellent company, and superb music. Rooted in the European custom of Salon or Chamber concerts, CVSM musicales feature gatherings of a small number of musicians performing together in private homes or small venues. They promote an intimacy for both performer and listener that is rarely available in a larger concert hall setting. This year's festival spans the Cumberland Valley and will include a Saturday evening event, a Sunday brunch and two Sunday afternoon concerts.
Tickets for the musicales can be purchased individually for $45 per person, or at a
discount for the entire series at $165 per person, and are available by calling CVSM at (717) 261-1220.
“Stages
of Love” on Sunday, September 27th at 3:00 PM
— Wood Center, The Capitol Theatre
CVSM
Alumni Lindsay Shoap, soprano and
Colin Mew, tenor, will kick off our
series with Stages of Love, a story of a relationship told
through Broadway songs. The Shoap Law Office and Richard & Patricia Shoap,
parents of Musicale performer Lindsey Shoap, are hosting this event. Shoap and Mew are graduates of Vassar College and
currently reside in New York City where they are pursuing their craft- each
performing at various venues. They will be accompanied by
Brian Helman, CVSM
faculty member and accompanist extraordinaire! This musicale brings Lindsey
back to CVSM and the Capitol Theatre where she spent many hours as a child and
teen in numerous CVSM events and community theatre productions. It is fitting
that this musicale be presented at the Capitol in the Wood Center.
The second in this year's series is "Old Fashioned Christmas at Coldbrook Farm" on Saturday, December 5th at 7:00 PM. This holiday-themed Musicale is being hosted by Dr. Robert and Cindy Richards at their home in Chambersburg, PA. This historic home was built in 1792 by Judge James Riddle, the first president judge of Franklin County. The sense of history is palpable in this beautifully furnished house; it is not a museum, but rather a warm home alive with the charming family that lives there. The night will feature Victorian Carolers David Burkey, Krissy DiMercurio, David Forbes, & Mary McGinley. Also performing seasonal favorites is trombonist David Wenerd, joined by Andrew Sussman, piano and Herm Hopple, bass. A special guest appearance by Benjamin Franklin will tell us the history of this extraordinary home. In addition to our usual wine and hors d'oeuvres, Roy Pitz beer (a wonderful local microbrewery) will be served.
The third Musicale is "Beautiful Dreamer" on a Sunday, April 18th at 3:00 PM. Young and energetic couple, Zachary & Marissa Burt, have lovingly restored this 19th century Greencastle home. They have honored the heritage of the house but have incorporated a contemporary, vibrant sensibility. The home is filled with interesting artwork, much of it by Zach's mother, Roanoke artist Bonnie Burt. Time traveling singer, guitarist and storyteller, Roy Justice, will perform 19th century American songs focusing on Pennsylvania composer, Stephen Foster. Our host, Zachary Burt, will also perform at this musicale. Zach was a double major in college, majoring in both engineering and piano performance.
Roy Justice
The final musicale in this year's series is a "Jazz Brunch" on
Sunday, May 16th at 12:30 PM.
Andrew and Sally
Sussman’s new home is a beautiful classic rancher, formerly owned by Tom and
Yvonne MacBride, set high on Wynnecrest Hill in Waynesboro. It offers a gorgeous
outlook and is a perfect setting for a jazz brunch. Andrew, CVSM’s executive
director and a composer and jazz musician himself, has many friends and contacts
who are internationally acclaimed jazz artists. Two favorites are
Nancy Reed, vocals and
David Leonhardt, piano. They
have great facility as performers, work together very well as a duo, and really
connect with their audience. Jazz greats they have performed and recorded with
include David “Fathead” Newman, Phil Woods, Stan Getz, Bobby McFerrin, Benny
Carter, and Herbie Mann, to name just a few. Here they will be performing jazz
standards as well as several songs written by
Andrew Sussman
Musicale Tickets: Entire Series – $165 per person • Individual Musicale – $45 per person
For more information or to purchase tickets contact the Cumberland Valley School of Music at (717) 261-1220 or visit their website at www.cvsmusic.org.
Advance reservations for the Musicales is required. All proceeds help support the Cumberland Valley School of Music, a non-profit member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, teaching music and drama in Chambersburg, Waynesboro, and Mercersburg, PA and Hagerstown, MD.
