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The 2004 Rochester Jazz Festival

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Mission Statement

Mission Community Music School is committed to providing musical public service programs to Western New York and quality music instruction for individuals of all ages and levels of ability regardless of aspirations or financial resources. The professional faculty and administrative staff together with the volunteers believe that anyone who has a genuine interest in music can benefit from study and deserves the opportunity to pursue it.

Core Values   

·        Focus on students and their musical and personal potential and growth

·        Respect all individuals and their confidentiality/privacy

·        Embrace diversity and uniqueness in all populations

·        Conduct the business of the School with honesty and integrity at all times

·       Act, speak and appear professionally and appropriately in all situations \

Students Served

Last year we reached 815 students from the age of 6 months to 86 years and beyond in various city and suburban sites. These people were enrolled in vocal and instrumental

lessons and classes in Buffalo, East Aurora, Getzville, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lockport, Snyder and South Buffalo. We entertained another 2,575 people in 46 performances

including our popular CMS Neighborhood Concerts, CMS-Chromatic Club Concerts at the Montante Cultural Center, Student Recitals and other events. 

Nondiscriminatory Policy Community Music School of Buffalo admits students of any race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin and religious belief to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin and religious belief in the administration of its policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs and other School-administered programs.

 

 


85th Anniversary Celebrated with Gala

We celebrated our 85th anniversary on Thursday, May 27 with a Gala Dinner at Salvatore's Italian Gardens.

We presented CMS Legacy Awards to conductor and pianist John Landis, opera singer and artist-teacher Genia Las and jazz musician Bobby Militello. In addition, special recognition went to Kenneth Atkinson who has retired as Chair of the CMS Piano Department after a record 32 years. The smiling award winners


are pictured below at the end of a wonderful evening filled with great food, excellent music by faculty and students, accolades for the School and award winners and terrific auction items.

We would like to thank M&T Bank - our Anniversary Sponsor, the companies and organizations that purchased Patron Tables, the donors and businesses who provided auction prizes, the fabulous musicians who entertained us, the guests who joined us for this special occasion and Stratton Rawson for serving as our Master of Ceremonies. We were so pleased with the kind words offered by Vic Chiodo on behalf of the Chromatic Club of Buffalo, our founding organization together with Welcome Hall Social Settlement.  

 
Vic Chiodo, President of Chromatic Club Some Gala Committee Members  

Pictured on the right above are just some of the people who master-minded the event: Ashish Vikram, Gala Committee Co-Chair Jennifer Gorczynski, Co-Chair Bryan Bechard, Carol Mayer (in front), Linda Mabry and Jack Trachtenberg. Missing are Reena Dutta, Sarah Liefke and Kathleen Rizzo Young.

Below are Phil and Gretchen Banaszak, City Fiddle, and student contralto Danielle Green who were some of the evening's entertainers.

 

Below (on the left) are faculty soprano Maria Goodrich with pianist Linda Mabry who also performed and Gala Committee members Jennifer Gorczynski and Kathleen Rizzo Young.

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