CMC Faculty Celebration and 70th Anniversary Event

Community Music Center
70th Anniversary & Faculty Celebration Event

Saturday Afternoon, May 3rd, 2025

Community Music Center David Beasley Campbell Auditorium

We are pleased to offer this 70th Anniversary event featuring and honoring our very talented and dedicated performing artist instructors, who are donating their services to perform in this concert so that all proceeds benefit the non-profit Community Music Center, Inc. In addition, we are honoring seven special individuals who have been on the CMC teaching faculty for 25 years or more.

Schedule

2:00 pm    Reception and Memorabilia Display

3:00 pm    Concert and Presentation (program to be announced)

Tickets

• Benefactor (Reserved Seat ): $50.00.  We will select the best available seat for you and your party and put your name(s) on the chair(s) at the event.
• General Admission: $25.00 if purchased before April 29 (price goes up $5.00 one week before the concert)
• Adult Student/Parent/Alum: $10.00 If you are age 24+ and you are or have been a student at CMC, or are a parent of a current student, this special ticket price is for you!
• Youth (age 6-23): $5.00

This concert is for age 6 and up. Note: there are no tickets provided - your name will be on the guest list at the door.

All admission prices include the reception. All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of our book about CMC, plus a set of CMC note cards.

CMC's History

Learn more about CMC's rich history. 

Honored Faculty

Read about our faculty who have been teaching at CMC an impressive 25 years or more.

• Hong Chou (violin): 29 years at CMC
• Tracey Edson (chorus): 29 years at CMC
• Andrew Ehrlich (violin, chamber music coaching, orchestra conductor): 31 years at CMC
• Zita Jefferson (piano): 29 years at CMC
• Gayle Stuwe Neuman (recorder, renaissance winds): 45 years at CMC
• Philip Neuman (recorder, renaissance winds): 45 years at CMC
• Cynthia Scott (violin, viola): 30 years at CMC

Contact us if you would like to share a story, anecdote, photo, or testimonial about one or more of our honored instructors!

This concert is for age 6 and up.

There are no actual tickets issued - your name will be on a guest list at the door.

** Benefactor Reserved Seat: We will save the best available seat for you and have your name on it at the event.

*** If you are a current adult student at CMC, a former student, or a prarent of a current youth student, this ticket price is for you!