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Adult Learner Piano Workshop with Linda Jiorle-Nagy
In this 90-minute workshop, renowned pianist and educator Linda Jiorle-Nagy will work with WCMS adult learners to help them expand their performance skills and musical artistry. This is a great opportunity to refine your repertoire for upcoming performance or just deepen your own musical artistry.
Performers must be enrolled in private piano lessons at WCMS, but all are invited to observe and learn. Please speak with your teacher to be considered for one of the limited performer spots.
Hosted by Dr. Miriam Conti Vanoni, Piano Department

Join us for an evening of discussion, music, and community with your fellow WCMS adult learners. The evening also offers a relaxed, informal performance opportunity for those who wish to do so.
Please sign up to let us know whether you'd like to perform or if you'd like to just come mingle and listen! Open to all enrolled WCMS adult learners and their guests.
If you are performing and need a piano accompanist, or have questions, please email wcms@winchestermusic.org. The deadline to submit music to us for the accompanist is March 17. Rehearsal day with accompanist TBD.
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Join us for an evening of discussion, music, and community with your fellow WCMS adult learners. The evening also offers a relaxed, informal performance opportunity for those who wish to do so.
Please sign up to let us know whether you'd like to perform or if you'd like to just come mingle and listen! Open to all enrolled WCMS adult learners and their guests.
If you are performing and need a piano accompanist, or have questions, please email wcms@winchestermusic.org. The deadline to submit music to us for the accompanist is January 16. Rehearsal day with accompanist TBD.
Sign Up Here

Join us for an evening of discussion, music, and community with your fellow WCMS adult learners. The evening also offers a relaxed, informal performance opportunity for those who wish to do so.
Please sign up to let us know whether you'd like to perform or if you'd like to just come mingle and listen! Open to all enrolled WCMS adult learners and their guests.
If you are performing and need a piano accompanist, or have questions, please email wcms@winchestermusic.org. The deadline to submit music to us for the accompanist is November 3. Rehearsal day with accompanist TBD.
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Adult learners at WCMS are invited to join us for an evening of discussion, music, and community. This gathering will combine a relaxed, informal performance opportunity with a continued group discussion of the themes offered by William Westney's book, The Perfect Wrong Note.
Please sign up to let us know if you'll be there, whether as a performer, audience member and discussion participant, or both!
If you need a piano accompanist, or have questions, please email wcms@winchestermusic.org. The deadline to submit music to us for the accompanist is March 21. Rehearsal day with accompanist TBD

Gather your friends or make it a date night at our adults-only sip and spin class! Perfect for beginners: you'll learn the fundamentals of throwing on the wheel and glazing before the final firing and get a taste of what our longer wheel throwing courses are like. We provide snacks and mocktails!

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In this workshop, we will go beyond the basics of the Adobe Lightroom Classic workflow. We will begin with a brief review of the Library and Develop Modules, along with key settings that impact performance and organization. From there, we will dive into problem-solving common challenges such as replacing or adding hard drives, moving files without losing links, and maximizing the use of Collections. We will also explore new tools for sorting and organizing, creating export presets, and more within the Library Module.

The Develop Module section will cover Lightroom Classic's newest features

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This invitational six-session Master Class is designed for photographers who have a deeply considered potential series or significant projects underway are encouraged to apply so that they can bring the work to fruition with focused intention. Research, writing, editing, sequencing, artist presentations and ideas for installation will all be discussed and class participation will be required.

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As part of the Griffin Terrace series, the Winchester Community Music School, Arts Winchester, and the Griffin Museum present a celebration of Afro Caribbean culture, including music, storytelling, art, food, and historical presentations.

The event includes exciting performances by the "Dis N Dat Band", a five-piece band led by Sista Dee, an international entertainer and steel pan virtuoso who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, and Rangotan, a four-time Grammy-nominated drummer hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, as well as African drumming and storytelling by Ya Ya Inaru Ni. Throughout the afternoon

Winchester Community Music School, in collaboration with Arts Winchester and the Griffin Museum, will present the Afro Caribe Festival at the Griffin Museum Terrace on Saturday, July 25, 2-5 PM (with a rain date of Sunday, July 26, 12-3 PM).
The free, public festival will feature an afternoon of African and Caribbean music, storytelling, history, and hands-on art-making activities at the Griffin Museum Terrace, 67 Shore Road, Winchester.
Debra Sista Dee Smith and her award-winning reggae group, Dis-N-Dat Band, will headline the festival. Smith is a performer, educator, producer, arranger