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The Music School of Delaware Announces Showcase and MusicBuild 2011 Invention Contest

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(WILMINGTON, DEL.) March 23, 2011 – The Music School of Delaware will host its Showcase spectacular on June 8th presenting over 200 student and adult musicians in eight choral and orchestral ensembles “center stage” at The Grand Opera House. This collaborative concert will feature Delaware’s finest student and amateur musicians ranging in age from 6 to 80 years.

In conjunction with this year’s Showcase, the Music School announces MusicBuild 2011—a contest for young inventors, an opportunity for students to demonstrate their creativity and ingenuity in the invention of a new musical instrument or an original device that creates musical sounds. MusicBuild 2011 is open to all pre-college age students as individual or team entrants. Winners of MusicBuild 2011 will be announced at the Showcase. Applications are due May 2nd.

Also new for this year, The Music School of Delaware will present David Bromberg String Prizes to promising Music School violin, viola and cello students. Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 7th and prizes will be awarded at the Showcase. Prize recipients will receive a bow for their instrument from David Bromberg Fine Violins LLC.

“The year’s Showcase will highlight the many talents, from captivating musical performances to unique musical inventions, of the Delaware Valley’s youth population,” comments Music School President & CEO Kate M. Ransom. “We invite all school age inventors from any school to participate in the new MusicBuild invention contest. The performances at the Grand are open to all at a nominal ticket price. We encourage members of the community to support a Showcase fundraising team, or to start a new team, online at www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/showcase.”

For more information, please visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/showcase or call (302)762-1132.

The Music School of Delaware’s Showcase & MusicBuild 2011
Date: June 8, 2011
Time: Grand opens at 6:00 p.m.; Rising Stars performance featuring the Music School’s most advanced students begins at 6:15 p.m. in the baby grand; student chamber music ensembles perform in the salon at 6:15 p.m.; Showcase begins at 7:00 p.m.; and Brandywine Fiddlers & Matson Run Pickers will perform in the salon during intermission.
Location: The Grand Opera House, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington
Tickets: $10 General Admission tickets are available for purchase online at www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/showcase.
MusicBuild: Contest applications must be postmarked by May 2, 2011 and inventions must be delivered between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on June 8, 2011. Please visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/showcase. to download an application and official rules & entry requirements.
String Prize: The Music School of Delaware students must be nominated by a Music School teacher and audition on May 7th. Prizes will be awarded to promising Music School violin, viola and cello students at the Showcase. Please call (302) 762-1132 for complete eligibility requirements.

Founded in 1924, The Music School of Delaware reaches thousands of people from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland through its instructional programs and 75 public performances each year. The Music School is the only nationally accredited program of its kind in Delaware and is the only statewide accredited community music school in the nation. The Music School offers standard-setting instructional programs for all ages including the Early Childhood program, Suzuki Academy, private study and ensembles. A faculty of nearly 100 expert artists and educators are among the best-trained musicians in the country. Open to all, the school administers a financial assistance program to help ensure music excellence for everyone, regardless of financial means. The Music School offers programs at branch locations in Wilmington and Milford and at over 25 satellite and outreach locations in Kent, Sussex and New Castle counties. For more information, please call the Wilmington Branch at 302-762-1132, the Milford Branch at 302-422-2043 or visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org.