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Year 33, No. 16
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Nelly Berman School Presents “Rising Stars” Concert he Nelly Berman School of Music presents its annual winter “Rising Stars: a Spotlight on Award-Winning Students” concert. The concert will take place on Saturday, December 16, at 3:30 p.m. at St. Luke Church, Bryn Mawr, PA and will feature award-winning students playing violin, piano, cello, and chamber music. Tickets will be available at the door and are $15 for adults and $10 for students.
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December 13 – December 19, 2017
Songwriting Team Suzanne Cloud and Tom Glenn with Tyrone Brown Perform Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 8 p.m. at Jamey’s House of Music in Lansdowne
The Nelly Berman School of Music presents its annual winter concert “Rising Stars: a Spotlight on Award-Winning Students” on Saturday, December 16, at 3:30 p.m. at St Luke Church, Bryn Mawr, PA. Shown is Emma Lo, Nelly Berman School Piano Student.
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All proceeds will go directly to the scholarship fund of the NBS Classical Music Institute a 501 (c) (3) non-profit. To learn more about the concert visit www.nbsmusic.com. Described by Elena Berman, director of the Nelly Berman School as “undoubtedly some of the most extraordinary young musicians in the Greater Philadelphia Area and beyond,” students on the concert include winners of numerous international, national, regional, and local music competitions. Some of the students practice four or more hours per day and many of these students take two, one-hour lessons a week or more. Nelly Berman, the founder of the Nelly Berman School of Music, was a classical music teacher in the former Soviet Union where classical music was considered an indispensable part of overall education. For very talented students, the Soviet Union provided a free serious music education with individual lessons, theory, choir, solfeggio, and more. When faced with the difference between how serious music education was in the Soviet Union and less See Nelly Berman School Presents “Rising Stars” Concert on page 6
Shown are Suzanne Cloud and Tom Glenn, who join Tyrone Brown to perform original music, jazz standards and Christmas music 8 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Jamey’s House of Music, in Lansdowne. Photo/Anthony Dean ongwriting team Suzanne Cloud and Tom Glenn accompanied by Tyrone Brown on bass, perform their original music, jazz standards and Christmas music at Jamey’s House of Music, 32 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, PA 19050, on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 8 p.m. Most recently, the Cloud/Glenn duo has performed at Chris’ Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, the Paris Wine Bar, and Cheltenham Center for the Arts. As a singer, Cloud has recorded with such notables as jazz fusion pioneer Eddie Green, pianist Uri Caine, bassist Gerald Veasley, tenor man Larry McKenna, pianist Jim Ridl, guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, and baritone saxophonist Denis DiBlasio. Glenn’s compositions have garnered him an EMMY Award
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Holy Child School at Rosemont Middle School Students Spread Holiday Cheer iddle School students at Holy Child School at Rosemont spread joy to the local community this holiday season. Over the past two weeks, the students have helped families in need, visited religious sisters at New Sharon, and volunteered at The Village in Bryn Mawr. Last week, Holy Child eighth graders bought presents for five deserving families in Philadelphia. After school, twenty-five students and seven chaperones took a trip to Walmart to pick out and purchase gifts. Once finished, the group collaborated to wrap the presents for the families. On Wednesday, December 6, over a dozen Middle School students facilitated arts and crafts for foster children during The Village’s Christmas Party. During an event that Holy Child has participated in for over a decade, the students monitored the activ-
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ities, conversed with families over dinner, and even enjoyed some dancing. Finally, Advent Angels is an annual tradition at Holy Child where the eighth graders visit the Holy Child sisters at New Sharon to bring them gifts. Each student was assigned a sister, shopped for them, and wrapped their preHoly Child eighth graders surprised sisters at New Sharon with presents for the holidays. sents. On December 7, the students surprised the sisters with their gifts and spent time with them. Volunteering and community service at Holy Child stems from the philosophy of Cornelia Connelly, foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Holy Child’s community service program is an outgrowth of one of the Holy See Students Spread Holiday Cheer page 11