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Free Piano Available to Good Home

A generous community member from the Fairfax County area recently called the Academy about donating her acoustic upright piano to a good home. If anyone is interested in accepting this donation, please contact us asap.

The piano (pictured above) is a Baldwin acoustic upright. The piano itself would be free of charge (to a good home); however, the recipient is required to pay for the moving expense using a professional piano moving company, which averages $300-$500 depending on the distance traveled, number of stairs involved, etc.

If you think you have a need (and a space) for this piano, it’s a great opportunity to look into. As per usual, we will handle this on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please email us at potomac@gmu.edu  (no phone calls please).

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Email Issues With Verizon, Yahoo and AOL

It has come to our attention that we have recently been experiencing intermittent email delivery issues with verizon.net, yahoo.com and aol.com email account holders. For our program participants/ parents, if you would like to provide an alternative email account to ensure program communication delivery, please let us know!

The cause of the issue is not known at this time, but we believe it is a larger problem beyond the Academy. We welcome any insights (we know we have a lot of IT-minded constituents!), and we will let everyone know if/ when the issue is resolved.

To provide a new and/or alternative email address, either call the Academy office at 703-993-9889 or send an email to potomac@gmu.edu . Isn’t technology grand?

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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Memorial Day is an official holiday for George Mason University, with all administrative offices and classrooms closed. Therefore, the Academy will be closed for all activities, and NO lessons or classes have been scheduled for the entire weekend. Enjoy your holiday!

– CLOSED SATURDAY, MAY 27th
– CLOSED SUNDAY, MAY 28th
– CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 29th

If you have any questions, please call the Potomac office at 703-993-9889.

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Guitar Student Wins Award at Competition

Zani Xu, student of Guitar Teaching Artist Chris Jenkins, recently placed 3rd in his division at the “Beatty Music Scholarship Competition for Classical Guitar” in Washington, D.C. Congratulations Zani, well done!

The “Beatty Music Scholarship Competition for Classical Guitar”  , underwritten by John and Susie Beatty, began in 2007 with the intention to celebrate and encourage young musicians in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Watch the video of Zani’s competition performance below. You might need to turn up the volume a little to hear the audio! (Video footage provided by Zani’s parents.)

 

 

We are very proud of Zani for his accomplishments, and to Chris Jenkins for being such a great teacher!

READ CHRIS JENKIN’S BIO

 

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Gift Certificate Winner Announced

Congratulations to Elizabeth Rainhart, the winner of our $25 Potomac Gift Certificate Contest. Ms. Rainhart was randomly selected from 130 entrants, all who replied to the March 3rd Newsletter with “I want that certificate!” (and various other comedic renditions).

Her daughter Rebecca participated in the JumpstART Portfolio camp for teens last summer. Examples of her artwork from that program are pictured below. Perhaps we will see her again at this summer’s JumpstART Advanced Summer Studio!

 

Sculpture by art student

 

When Ms. Rainhart was informed last Tuesday that she had won, she was thrilled. “We learned about the Academy when our family moved here from Colorado last summer,” she said. “We were looking for quality art camps for our rising 9th grader and were very excited to find your camp that was held on the GMU campus. Our daughter really enjoyed the camp and being on a college campus. We would love to find another one this summer!”

 

Artwork by art student

 

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We used the software application RandomPicker to choose the winner. All entries were submitted into the application, and a certified random selection was made.

SEE THE RESULTS HERE

Thanks to everyone for participating!

 

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