You are cordially invited to attend either of our two upcoming performances in December. Read on for more details:

Friday, December 18th: Students who have successfully completed our 30-Day Practice Challenge will be performing in a special celebration recital at Central Park East II Middle School Auditorium from 6-7PM.

Saturday, December 19th: Opus 118 ensemble members will be performing holiday classics and more at the Family Pavilion in Union Square during the annual Holiday Market from 2-3PM.

We look forward to seeing you at one of these great events!

The Opus 118 Harlem School of Music fall newsletter for 2015 is now available to view! Please open the attached PDF to learn about what’s going on at Opus.
Fall 2015 Newsletter

It’s hard to believe that summer is reaching its end, but we are excited here at Opus 118 because that means the return of our After-School Program! Lessons will begin this school year on September 28th, 2015 and our calendar can be found here.

We offer private and partner lessons in violin, viola, cello, guitar and piano, as well as after-school ensembles for our returning students and violin groups for beginners.

It is not too late to register for this school year – we take applications on a rolling basis. To apply, please fill out our application here.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask! Please reach out to Hayley at hcollins@opus118.org or give us a call at 646-842-2775.

There have been several updates regarding our Honors Recital that is being held for students who performed exceptionally well at our Performance Evaluation Week. The recital will now be held on Friday, May 29th at 6PM and will take place in the Central Park East II auditorium.

Our previous post about upcoming performances has also been updated to include this new information. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

It is a very busy time at Opus 118 as our students prepare for an array of upcoming recitals and concerts. Here is a quick list of what’s to come for the rest of the school year:

• Friday, May 1 at 5:30 PM — 100-Day Practice Challenge Recital
  Central Park East II Elementary School Auditorium (19 E. 103rd St.)
  Students who completed our 100-Day Practice Challenge by practicing more than 80-days in a 100-day period will perform in this celebration recital and receive prizes!
•  May 29 at 6 PM — Honors Recital
  Central Park East II
  This recital will showcase students who showed exemplary progress in this year’s Performance Evaluations.
• June 1 at 6 PM — Manhattan Borough Arts Festival 2015
  Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St.)
  Some of our students have been invited to perform at the 2015 Manhattan Borough Arts Festival, a celebration of talented students the area. Our students will be opening the concert!
• June 11 at 6:30 PM — End-of-Year Concert
  The American Academy of Arts and Letters (156th St. between Broadway and Riverside Dr.)
  Students from both our In-School and After-School Programs will join together in our annual End-of-Year Concert. The concert is free and open to the public.

 

For more information, call our offices at 646-842-2775. We hope to see you at these performances!

Spring Break is just a few days away at Opus 118 and we hope all of our families have a nice and relaxing time off! The break does align with the end of our 100-Day Practice Challenge, so we wanted to encourage our students to keep practicing and filling out their Weekly Practice Sheets during this time. We hope to see as many of you performing in the concert as possible!

We also wanted to remind our parents to check their email for reminders about our schedule through the month of April. To check whether we are holding regular lessons, please check our calendar, found here.

We will be in the office during spring break, so if you have any questions, please leave us an email or a voicemail and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Have a lovely break!

 

Opus 118 is pleased to unveil our new and improved website! We have worked hard to update the site to include information and news that is helpful and current. We encourage Opus 118 families and fans alike to take a look at the new website to learn more about who we are and what we do.

In addition to being easier on the eyes, the layout is more interactive and easier to navigate quickly. You will notice there are more streamlined menu options, icons to take you to our social media pages, and more convenient ways for you to get in touch with us.

There are a few things our current families should explore right now:

• The News section: Opus 118 will be posting our latest information, including concert and recital information, our most recent newsletters, and highlights from the year.
• The Calendar: Our calendar for academic year 2014-2015 is posted and updated for this year.
• The Contact section: Our phone numbers, email addresses, and mailing address are posted conveniently in one place.
• The Who We Are section: Get to know Opus 118’s faculty by reading their bios and see what exciting musical opportunities they have had.

We plan to continue expanding our social media outreach, so keep in touch! We hope you enjoy the new website!

We were thrilled to begin Opus 118’s second annual 100-Day Practice Challenge on Monday, January 12th! The challenge, which encourages students to practice at least 80 days in a 100-day span, will end on Tuesday, April 21st.

Here’s how it works:

• Students take home a weekly practice chart with personalized assignments from their teachers
• Students return their weekly practice charts to their teachers signed by their parents to verify how many days they practiced that week
• Teachers file the weekly practice charts and tally how many days the students have practiced

At the end of the 100 days, all students who have practiced more than 80 days (not including lessons and ensembles) will get to play in our special recital hour, followed by a pizza party with healthy snacks.  They will also receive prizes depending on whether they reached 80, 90, or 100 days of practicing!

Last year – our first year with the practice challenge – was very successful and parents let us know that it acted as an incentive for many students to find time to practice daily. We are very excited to see the progress our students will make over this time and look forward to hearing them at the special recital on Friday, May 1st!

 

Stay in-the-know on all things Opus 118 with a web copy of our fall newsletter! This issue includes an introduction to our new faculty, an interview with intern Nicole Wright, information on our expanding teacher training efforts, an exciting opportunity for Opus 118 students aboard the Lennon Bus, and a tribute to Lynelle Smith.

Find it here or by clicking the photo above!