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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: CCMERS FEATURED IN “THE KING AND I” • PROFILES OF

OUR 2012 GRADUATES • A NIGHT OF MUSIC AT THE KENNEDY CENTER • & MORE!

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While I was brushing up my solfa skills in Kecskemét, Hungary last summer, I kept

thinking: “This place would be perfect for an International tour for CCM.” The Kodaly Institute in Kecskemét (located eighty-six kilometers south of Budapest) hosts a summer seminar for teachers of Kodály methodology to brush up skills and take pedagogic classes in a variety of “tracks” (piano performance, children’s choir direction, elementary school techniques, advanced choir conducting). Why not provide a resident children’s choir for the children’s choir track where teachers from all over the world could learn from watching a choir do their thing and why couldn’t that choir be created exclusively from students in CCM?! Over the past few months, I have been working with László Nemes, director of the Kodály Institute to turn this thought into a reality. László Nemes is delighted to welcome us as the Choir in Residence for the second week of the Institute’s summer seminar. His students (conductors who come from all over the world) will have the opportunity to conduct our students. Our students will have the opportunity to perform concerts and take Solfa classes. CCM will stay beyond the seminar to perform at the International Kodály Symposium which, as luck would have it, also is occuring in Kecskemét the week after the seminar ends! Because Budapest is so close, we will also be able to travel there, sight-see, and perform a concert in the city.There are so many wonderful things about Hungary! As recently as the 1980’s Hungary was a communist country. Regardless of political regime, the country has shown dedication to the creation and performance of classical music. Home

to Zoltán Kodály, composer and music educator, singing schools and music schools form the fabric of education for every child in Hungary. Kodály’s wife still serves to promote the work of her late husband. I had the chance to meet her last summer. I’m fairly certain she will attend CCM’s concert event. Though music education is beginning a deemphasization in modern Hungary the culture of classical music is a permanent fixture in the minds and hearts of Hungarians. Even in the small towns they pack concert halls. And most folks, even those outside the music profession, have a healthy respect for and working knowledge of the music of Kodály,

Liszt, and Bartok, and have more than rudimentary solfège skills. Music is everywhere in Hungary!While in Hungary, we will perform three concerts, visit the homes of Bartok and Kodály, swim in Budapest’s thermal baths, sight-see in Budapest and Kecskemét, take

solfa classes, meet the students from the Hungarian Radio Choir for a cultural exchange, and have a ton of fun all along the way.There is much more to be said about this trip but I hope you can begin to sense my excitement. The cost of the trip is currently being calculated. I am inviting older students from Lyric Choir and all of Concert Choir and recent graduates to participate in the Tour Choir. Additionally, parents, grandparents, siblings, and other friends and family may accompany us. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for families to experience and tour Hungary!Stay tuned for more exciting news soon to come your way. Let’s begin to dream about this incredible trip together!

—Alyson Shirk

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CCM’s 36th Anniversary Spring Concert took a

different form this year. When we learned that the Gordon Center was not available for our preferred weekend, The Bryn Mawr School welcomed us for a weekend of concerts. On Saturday, April 28th, students rehearsed and then celebrated each others’ accomplishments at an award ceremony, ate lunch, and performed a family concert. Students returned on Sunday to perform a formal concert which was recorded professionally.Before Mairee Pantzer moved to southern Maryland last year, she said she had always wanted to perform a concert about color. I thought it was a wonderfully fun idea and along with my own selections, programmed music Mairee suggested. The concert “Colorful World” featured songs with colors in the lyrics, evoking an emotion or feeling about that color. Using Centennial Hall, Bryn Mawr’s concert space, gave us even more ability to creatively stage the concert as we were able to use psych

lights to color a scrim behind the risers. With lighting design by Baltimore native Julia Bielefeld, the stage came alive visually. “Colorful World” also featured the colorful texture of large ensemble verses small ensemble singing, oldest voices in duet ( Jenna Williams and Mari Wetherington) paired with the youngest voices (Treble Choir), and many featured soloists throughout the concert.

Lyric Choir was pleased to premiere Baltimore composer and bassist Jonathan Jensen’s A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky as well as CCM graduate and recent Presidential Scholar Amna Hashmi’s revisioned Land of the Silver Birch. Amna composed this piece as a Solfa IV assignment during her last year in CCM. Both pieces were Lyric Choir favorites.

Perhaps the piece audience members talked to me the most about was Concert Choir’s performance of Moon River. It seems this song has a special place in the hearts of folk who grew up with the Breakfast At Tiffany’s graceful stylings. Concert Choir’s unbelievably long and carefully shaped phrases caused more than a few precious audience members to tear up with nostalgia.

—Alyson Shirk

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MOLLy BISHOpyears in CCM Seven Favorite CoMposers Stephen Hatfield and Jim Papoulis Favorite pieCes Sing On, Chile Con Carne, Oye, Can You Hear, Queen Jane, An American Anthem Favorite MeMory I had so many great moments in CCM! The tours in Hawaii and Niagara Falls were unforgettable, but also the retreats. The late night singing around the campfire and sleeping in the barn were by far some of the best moments. It was such a great opportunity to sing and grow closer to other strong musicians. aMbitions CCM has made a huge impact on my life, and I will continue to sing with my school madrigals. As far as life beyond high school, I don’t plan on doing anything with music in college but I know I will never forget what CCM has taught me. CoMMents CCM has really made a huge impact on my life. For seven years, I tried to work my busy schedule around every Wednesday and Saturday. It was hard but it was very worth it. CCM has been an unforgettable experience. I have made so many friends and have sung so many great songs. I will never forget the memories and the experiences that I have been able to be a part of through CCM. I am so thankful for Mrs. Alyson, Mrs. Mairee, Ms. Betty, and all my teachers for a fantastic seven years.

LIANA GARRETTyears in CCM Eight Favorite CoMposers Stephen Hatfield, Betty Bertaux, Zoltán Kodály Favorite pieCes I really love Roger Bobo Plays the Tuba, not because of the qualities of the song, but because of the fun I had both learning it and spontaneously singing it at random moments. I also love the fiery rhythms of Las Amarillas, the twisted harmonies of Cantemus, the beautiful starkness of Queen Jane, and the dancing melody of Noël Des Enfants Qui N’ont Plus de Maison. I love something about every song, really, but these were my favorites. Favorite MeMory I’ve got to say I really love those hours backstage during the first half of the Winter and Spring Concerts. We’ve spent months preparing for this event, panicking even, now there’s nothing to do but play card games, chat, and reflect on what a great year it’s been. Then we’re singing our songs, and we’re squished sideways on the risers between the other choirs for the finale, then we’re weaving through the ocean of people to get at least one cookie, and the semester’s done. But I relish the hour or so of quiet (more or less) before it’s all over. aMbition I honestly have no idea what I’m going to do in the future, but I know I will always sing. (I do have one ambition to join an a cappella group someday.) I might want to write soundtracks for a movie or a TV show —

capturing emotions in music is an art that constantly inspires me. For now, I’ll spend my time singing orchestral songs in solfege (just so I don’t lose touch) and banging around on the piano. I guess we’ll just take it from there. CoMMents Argh. This was, honestly, the hardest section to write. How do I comment on eight years of my life? Scratch that —how do I comment on my life, period? That’s what CCM was, my life. Wednesday afternoons, Saturday mornings, and the times in between. They consisted of practicing music, playing games (rarely), and learning theory, but it was more than that. CCM provided a community, of people like me. My friends understood what it was like to have three songs in your head at once, understood what it was like to spontaneously burst into song —and they’d join me! I think I took it for granted that musicians were all around me, because I miss that more than everything else. (I’ll miss the actual work later, I know. Not just yet.)

I guess the only thing I can say right now is —thanks. Thank you, CCM, for giving me the best gift I have ever received. Thank you for giving me music. I promise I will use it wisely.

COLLIN pOWERyears in CCM Six Favorite CoMposers J.S. Bach, Betty Bertaux, Zoltán Kodály, Lajos Bárdos, César Frank, Jim Papoulis, William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Benjamin Britten, G.F. Handel, Z. Randall Stroope, Michael Praetorius, Claude Debussy, Orlando di Lasso, Henry Purcell, John Rutter, Antonio Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart, John Williams, Léon Boëllman, Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina, Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Domenico Scarlatti, Joseph Haydn, Morten Lauridsen, Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppi Verdi, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Stainer, Arthur Sullivan, William Gilbert, Charles-Marie Widor, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Pavel Chesnokov, Gustav Holst, George Gershwin, Béla Bartók, Carl Orff, Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, Georges Bizet, and Giuseppi Baini. Favorite pieCes Day Break, For the Beauty of the Earth, Cantemus, Queen Jane, A Tisket A Tasket, Lux Aeterna, Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons, Ceremony of Carols, Come Ye Makers Of Song, Ave Maria, Cantate Domino, My Favorite Things, Sing On!, Here’s to Song, Pie Jesu, Oye, Bread Baking, Can You Hear, Chili Con Carne, Roger Bobo Plays the Tuba, My Favorite Things. Favorite MeMory My favorite memories are backstage fun with my friends at the Andre

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Rieu Concert, performing in the various operas and concerts, and the CCM retreats. aMbitions To major in music and continue singing throughout college and life.

SHAE RHINEHARTyears in CCM Eight Favorite CoMposers Paul Cardall, Isaac Shepard, Debussy, and Rupert Lang Favorite pieCes Cantate Domino, Wir Eilen (Bach), Chile Con Carne, Can You Hear, Queen Jane, Roger Bobo, Oye, This Old Man, Hatikva, Sing On, Gloria, Orpheus, Simple Song, Noel des enfants, Evening Song, An American Anthem, My Favorite Things, and Come go with me. Favorite MeMory I tried to pick only one memory and failed miserably, so some of my favorite memories, are the CCM retreats every year, performing at the White house, at the Blair house, at the Kennedy Center, and with Andre Rieu. But even more memorable than the performances was the bus rides up and back, the rehearsals, and time spent with friends. aMbitions I know that I want to major in fields relating to speech communications, international relations, journalism or pre-law in college, but I’m still trying to figure out exactly what it is that I want to go into. What I do know is that it’ll have to involve communicating with other people, and humanities such as English, history, liberal arts, etc. Music is a part of my life and will continue to be, as I grow older. Although I don’t plan on pursuing any musical career, I know that I will continue to sing in choirs, in the shower, in my bedroom, and in my life. It’s something solid that I will always have to hold onto, and that makes it priceless to me. CoMMents I honestly can’t imagine my life without CCM. It’s grown into my schedule irreversibly and there’s always going to be a 2 – 21⁄2 hour gap in my Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings which will give me the feeling that something is missing. Being a part of something like this doesn’t ever end, and I don’t think I’m ever going to be able to let go of chorus. Above all, however, I’m never going to be able to let go of the feeling CCM gives me. Every year I’ve spent in CCM, I’ve had at least one moment where I’ve gotten shivers from my arms to my toes and in that moment I know that I am completely and undeniably happy. Whether it happens while standing up on stage singing, bowing to applause after a song, or simply sitting around laughing with friends, I’ve felt this every year without fail, and I’ll never forget it. For this, and everything else, Thank you.

MARI WETHERINGTONMy name is Mari Wetherington, and I had the privilege to be involved with CCM for four years! In my time with this wonderful choir, I enjoyed performing pieces composed by Stephen Hatfield, to Bach, to the wonderful pieces arranged by the one and only Betty Bertaux. I can think of countless memories from over the years that make me smile, some of them being the friends I made, the amazing places and people I sang for, but my favorite, singing a duet with my best friend, and graduate, Jenna Williams! I still have my aspirations to become a Broadway star when I am older, but until then I will continue on the path that CCM has made for me!

Thank you Children’s Chorus of Maryland!

JENNA WILLIAMSyears in CCM Six Favorite CoMposers DEBUSSY, BRAHMS, CHOPIN—The three men that have kept me sane. Favorite pieCes Debussy –Noel des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison; Sing on; Chile Con Carne; Oye, An Evening Song, Queen Jane Favorite MeMory The Niagara Falls tour with some of the most amazing people I have ever met. It is such a great memory. I also have loved every retreat to Ms. Betty’s. My favorite memory this year was receiving my CCM Graduation Diploma with my Best Friend Mari. aMbitions I’d love to double major in Voice performance and another field that interests me. I plan to never stop singing. I have thought about Music Therapy. I hope to have the chance to perform with CCM again and never forget all my darlings in concert choir! <3 CoMMents To my Concert Choir—I love you all so much, you have made me smile so many times and I will miss you all so much. Some of my favorite memories in High School are with you guys. Don’t forget about me!

To Mari—Thank you for pushing me to become a stronger singer, thank you for all the fabulous duets and sing-along’s, but most of all thank you for always supporting me and being my best friend.

To CCM—I would be a very different person without CCM; I would not be nearly as passionate, talented, and professional. I will even miss Saturday mornings bright and early. CCM has created a whole new appreciation for music itself, thank you for changing my life.

CCM neWsLetter CreDitsDesigner Kathrine KuoContributors Meryem ahmadian, Julian Baron, Betty Bertaux, Molly Bishop, Ramona galey, liana garrett, Keith May, Collin Power, shae Rhinehart, alyson shirk, laurel Weijer, Mari Wetherington, Jenna Williamsphotographers Cindy lee, Wolfgang Justen, Renée Bishop, amelia schulereDitor andrea Burgoyne

CONCERT CHOIR RETREAT friday, august 31 – sunday, september 2

2012-2013 ORIENTATION DAy saturday, september 8

FIRST DAy OF CLASSES Wednesday, september 12

CONCERT CHOIR ORIENTATION MEETING FOR pARENTSsaturday, september 15

CRICkETS ORIENTATION MEETING FOR pARENTSsaturday, september 22

pARENT OpEN HOUSE (TENTATIvE)(Check your current schedule for details)saturday, October 6

pARENT MEETING (TENTATIvE)(Check your current schedule for details) Wednesday, October 10

2012 HOLIDAy CONCERT sunday, December 2

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CALL FOR A FUND RAISING COMMITTEE CHAIRI am reminded of a thought from one of

my favorite management gurus, Peter Drucker. He said, “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”One of those decisions was made last year by Ed Bishop, one of our CCM parents. Ed made the decision to head the Fund Raising Committee. He did a fantastic job of planning some successful events and starting us on a long-term plan for raising significant capital in coming years. Ed, deepest thanks from the Board of Directors for all you and your committee have accomplished, and good luck with your new business ventures.Unfortunately, for us, Ed has recently had some business callings that have caused him to change directions and he had to resign from the committee. So we are on the hunt for a volunteer—someone who will make that courageous decision to help lead CCM forward with finding sources of revenue so the school can continue its vital mission of music education.I understand busy schedules and life commitments, but I want to speak to

your passion for what the CCM program means for your children. No other music organization in the DC/Baltimore region has as comprehensive a program as CCM. It is first and foremost a music education program. During our recent Board of Directors Strategic Planning Retreat we were presented with a large collection of studies all indicating that where music education was part of a curriculum

students do better overall in school and in particular with math and science.In order for this wonderful program to continue, we must remain viable. In order for that to happen we

must continue to find sources of revenue that will sustain our program. We need your help to do that. Don’t worry, you will not be a committee of one, there will be help, and you really don’t need to be a money expert—we have people for that. Above all we need leadership.Please seriously consider taking a lead role as our Fund Raising Committee Chair. Call the CCM office at (410) 494-1480 or me personally at 240-899-7137 to volunteer.

— CCM Board President Keith May

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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When I was younger, I always had a passion for acting and being

on the stage. Most of my opportunities had been fueled by Children’s Chorus of Maryland, almost as if it were the medium between me and the theater community of Baltimore. I was in Carmen, Tosca, and Hansel and Gretel as a Treble and Lyric Choir student, which were opportunities offered to me by CCM. As time went on, there were many auditions and chances to perform that I did not obtain, and therefore my activity with performing and acting became fairly mild. But in the spring of 2012, I was offered the opportunity to play Louis in the Cockpit in Court’s Summer Theater. They were looking for children to perform in the classic musical The King and I. When I arrived at my audition, I was gleefully greeted by many CCM students, including many close friends. When I arrived at my first rehearsal, I was truly stunned. As time went on, I grew closer with the cast, and alongside me so did the schoolchildren, a group which was mainly composed of children I already knew through CCM. All of the adult actors humored us and made sure we felt comfortable and not intimidated. At this point, we

had moved to a small trailer on the side of the CCBC Essex Campus. There, we could all be a little bit more social with each other, especially with our director, Todd. He did a great job making the show as clean, strong, and meaningful as possible. I really do admire him. Other cast members, such as Nancy who played the role of Anna, and James ( Jim) who played the role of the King, initially developed a strong bond with the children. They were two people who exemplified not only fantastic acting abilities, but compassionate natures as well.

As the shows were impending and our minds were boggling with excitement, we were ready for all of our long and hard work to pay off with a spectacular show. Opening night was a huge success! We all performed to our best abilities, and the audience members were astonished by the talent with which Cockpit in Court had presented them. As more shows have come and gone, we’ve all had a spectacular time, and can only think positively of this experience! Bravo everybody in the performance, and have a wonderful summer!

—Julian Thomas Baron Solfa 2/Concert Choir

WHISTLE A HAppy TUNEOn the evening of June 16th, I was part of the excited audience waiting for the curtain to rise on CCBC’s Cockpit in Court production of The King and I. One of my all-time favorite musicals, this night was a real thrill for me because it featured so many CCM students. One by one, our student’s smiling faces were featured in the March of the Children as they were presented to the english schoolteacher, anna, newly arrived in siam to teach the children of the King. students who played children of the king had to dye or spray their hair a dark color and with a lot of face make-up some faces might have been unrecognizeable…but I wasn’t fooled! nothing could disguise the excellent poise and magnetic smiles of our CCM students’ faces! CCM students made up a full third of the relatively small cast, a huge representation of CCM in the community. after the show, many people made their way to me to tell me how wonderful it was to work with CCM kids. They were respectful and talented. They paid attention and only had to be given direction once. Congratulations, students, on your wonderful performance and thank you for representing CCM so well!

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Right before our spring concert, a call came into the office from the

Kennedy Center. Would Children’s Chorus of Maryland be available to perform at the biggest fundraiser of the year for arts education for kids at the Kennedy Center? Yes! The event was to be hosted by David Foster, and the programming team forgot to plan one essential element of the evening: children. Scrambling at the last minute, the Kennedy Center called us and we responded, thanks to the help of The Bryn Mawr School, 68-strong!Music-making mogul David Foster is credited with having “discovered” Josh Grobin and Michael Bublè and producing artists such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Madonna, and Michael Jackson. I knew it would be a wonderful opportunity for our students to work with one of the biggest music producers in the industry!On Sunday, May 6th, CCM and BMS students gathered at St. Timothy’s to rehearse for a short

time before boarding the busses to travel to the Kennedy Center. We were given sixteen bars of back-up vocals for the popular hit, “You Raise Me Up”. Using their solfegge skills, students learned the parts quickly and excitedly boarded the busses.The next few hours were a buzz of excitement, rehearsing for our performance. The producers decided to heighten the impact of the song by having the students carry lights through the audience and sing in the aisles. So, after a long night of

music, our students were ushered silently through the Kennedy Center and just as the music hit a crescendo, the back doors of the concert hall were thrown open and in walked our students, lights in hand and smiles on faces. On cue, they turned to face the audience and were met by spontaneous applause mid-song as the audience was hit with the true meaning of the night: we must never forget the world needs arts education and it starts with our children. The song ended with the audience on their feet and our students dancing up the aisles. It was a magical night.

The Kennedy Center kindly gave us equal billing in the playbill with Chaka Khan and Jewel who also performed that night!

Thank you so much for allowing your children to travel with me, last minute, to the Kennedy Center. It is a night I will never forget and showed CCM students just as they are: smart, talented, brave, and courteous. I couldn’t have been more proud!

—Alyson Shirk

An Evening with David Foster and Friends at the Kennedy Center

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Amna Hashmi, a graduating senior, has been named a 2012 Presidential Scholar. She is one of only 141 graduating high school seniors across the country—and one of only three from the state of Maryland—to receive this honor. Amna, who will matriculate at Harvard Univer-sity in the fall, has attended Bryn Mawr since the third grade. In addition to her impressive scholarly achievements, she is a student-athlete, playing on the Varsity Squash and Tennis teams, the latter of which she is the captain. She also serves as Yearbook Edi-tor, Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper The Quill, President of the Debate Club, Captain of the Academic Team, and sings with the selective Upper School choral group Dayseye. She was also recently named a National Merit Scholar, and will receive a $2,500 scholarship for college.“Amna is without question one of the finest students I have known in my 33 years of teaching,” said Head-mistress Maureen E. Walsh. “In everything that she pursues, she brings a level of seriousness, enthusi-asm and commitment. She is thoroughly deserving of this honor, and will make important contributions in the years to come.” Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program is an incredible honor, and one of the highest be-stowed on graduating high school seniors. From approximately 3.2 million graduating seniors, 3,000 candidates were selected for their exceptional per-formance on either the College Board SAT or the ACT Assessment. After candidates were announced,

they were asked to submit essays, tran-scripts, information about activities they participate in, and additional scholastic and extracurricular informa-tion. Amna is the second Bryn Mawr student to be selected for this honor; Celia Bell, a graduate of the Class of 2009, was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts in 2009.Amna said that she was surprised to be selected as a candidate, and honored to be included. “I was very excited to find out that I had been nominated,” Hashmi said, when the candidates were announced in March. “I had not heard of many students being nominated, so it was a nice surprise.”The Commission on Presidential Scholars, a group of 32 eminent citizens appointed by the President, made the final selection of the Scholars. Scholars were chosen on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in the community and school activities. The Commission chose one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. students living abroad; 15 students-at-large, as well as 20 stu-dents from the creative and performing arts.In the future, Amna hopes to pursue a career in global health and health policy. She is the daughter of Drs. Tazeen and Shoaib Hashmi.

—Laurel Weijer

CCM Graduate Amna Hashmi Named Presidential Scholar

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