ABOUT OUR RECITALS...

We strongly encourage families to give students the wonderful opportunity to perform in one of our annual Spring Recitals! Our 2010 Spring Fall Recitals run on the weekends from April 4th - May 1st.

2010 SPRING RECITALS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN TWO LOCATIONS:

SJOBC=San Jose Open Bible Church (6 foot Kawai Grand) 5053 Carter Avenue San Jose, CA 95118 (408) 269-5779 (closed weekends)	SC=Sherman Clay Pianos** (9-foot Steinway Grand) 2030 Duane Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95054-3306 (408) 213-9970
**Student families performing at this location will be asked to submit an email or ground mail address to allow Sherman Clay to follow up with a non-pressured follow up "thank you" card.
Our EXCEL Piano Program students will be performing in the Sherman Clay recitals. Ask us about this great new program for more diligent students!

TO RESERVE A SPACE, read Parent Recital Parent Information Letter, check with your student's teacher to confirm the recitals in which they are planning to participate, and then complete the 2010 Recital Reservation form. Submit these forms by fax or mail to The Music Place, 1617 Willowhurst Ave. San Jose 95125 FAX (408) 445-2806

PLEASE NOTE the following schedule offerings and availablity as of March 3rd:

DATE	LOCATION	TIME	AVAILABILITY
4/10	SJOBC	2:00PM	OPEN
4/10	SJOBC	4:30PM	FILLED
4/10	SJOBC	7:00PM	50% FILLED
4/16	SJOBC	7:00PM	50% FILLED
4/17	SJOBC	11:30AM	75% FILLED
4/17	SJOBC	2:00PM	90% FILLED
4/17	SJOBC	4:30PM	FILLED
4/17	SJOBC	7:00PM	90% FILLED
4/24	SC	5:00PM	FILLED
4/24	SC	7:15PM	50% FILLED
4/25	SC	5:00PM	50% FILLED
4/25	SC	7:15PM	too few enrollments: may close

Parents visiting or new to The Music Place, may not know that our recitals are uniquely comfortable, relaxed, and encouraging... quite different from the boring, stiff, scary recitals many of us experienced as a child.

Even the Youngest Beginner is Invited To Participate!

We encourage everyone to participate in Fall and Spring music recitals. We frequently have students perform in recitals (with their teacher) who have had only a few lessons, and parents are quite surprised by this positive and memorable experience.

vocal ensemble In addition, we invite all music performance classes (Voice, All Arts and Theater) to participate as well. Even our pre-school Early Music Awareness^™ students occasionally perform. And what a sight it is to see children as young as 2 on stage for the first time in their lives, perhaps wearing costumes and so proud to be waving at their moms, dads and grandparents!

Sarah with Beth In 2010, Dance Performance Classes will have year-end recitals on June 1th and 18th at Gardner Academy, and are invited to participate in community outreach performances scheduled during the other seasons.

Dozens of Performance Opportunities

We offer 15-20 recitals per season which are conveniently scheduled to make choices easier and to accommodate all of our students. A larger number of recitals also help ensure that each recital runs no more than 75 – 90 minutes. At smaller venues, the recital may even be as short as 30-40 minutes.

Wonderful Variety

sTronmbone & Trumpet players with Mexian hat. Our recitals offer a wonderful variety of voices, instruments and ensembles, showcasing all levels of development!

Several Venues

For our larger recitals we rent local churches that have good-sized platforms and fine grand pianos that are worthy of the best performers. For our smaller recitals, we often use our Sunnyvale campus, which has ample parking and can easily accommodate an audience of 40-50. These small recitals, which run about 30-45 minutes, are perfect for the first-timers who might be intimidated by a large facility or stage.

Enjoying a Recital?

Child receiving a certificate Watch out! You may find yourself laughing and enjoying our friendly hosts, entertaining students, and of course, we can’t forget the consistent review of the fun-but-friendly "3 RULES TO BE A GOOD AUDIENCE!" We do our very best to make the atmosphere so relaxed and the families so at ease, that parents often comment at the difference from their own more rigid experiences. By the way, we have adult students performing too, but only if they want to.

Our hope (and indeed, our experience) is that recitals become a wonderful, and yes, even exhilarating moment in your child’s growth as a person, not just a musician. We also see that when parents encourage their children to share their growing abilities by performing, everyone leaves inspired and encouraged!

We Do Not Charge Admission for recitals.

Instead, participants pay a seasonal fee of $25.00 per child, or $35.00 maximum per family .

Food too!

Receptions following each recital allow students to hear the encouraging comments from the audience and faculty while enjoying treats and beverages.

Although we provide light refreshments and refreshing punch and coffee, (hot cider in the winter) we always appreciate the variety of finger foods or treats that parents might want to bring and share.

Year-End Honors Program

Director gives certificate at honors recital Once we have completed a series of Spring Recitals in which hundreds of students perform, we present our annual Awards Ceremony programs. In these gatherings, we celebrate the efforts of dozens of students who have excelled throughout the year. We honor character, not just talents, and give awards and ribbons for achievements such as Outstanding Improvement, Attendance, Perseverance, Attitude, Performance and more.

Between programs, we have a multi-cultural buffet where families, guests and faculty can mix in a relaxed setting which honors the students as well.

For the past several years we have been privileged to use the Hillside Church, with its beautiful hanging chandeliers, wonderful piano and awesome sound system and comfortable theater seating. This atmosphere for this comfortable but more formal event where select faculty are also invited to perform along with selected students at all levels. It is a wonderful time!

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Last Modified: 2010.03.09

Actual Customer Testimonials:

"We have recommended to many of our friends. We love the place. It has totally helped our daughter to not only know the notes but to truly have fun with them! We love the teacher(s) and wish them all the very best. - " -- Happy parents

"Our daughter, Melissa, loves her music class, and she looks forward to the recitals. She's made friends and become more confident. We'd recommend the Music Place to anyone. -- Melissa's parents, Kathy & Matt, Los Gatos" .

I tell everyone who will listen about the amazing introduction to music that our daughter is getting with the Music Place. People are always amazed when a 3-year old explains that she played an oboe last week and is going to play a piccolo next week! Most importantly, our daughter can't wait for music class & asks to go every day. -- The Pace Family