The University of Central Arkansas Community School of Music (CSM) is registering students for summer music lessons.
Smokey Emerson, CSM director, said that for more than 26 years, the CSM has offered exceptional musical training and instruction to children and adults in the Central Arkansas area. The faculty consists primarily of UCA music faculty and selected graduate and undergraduate students, along with adjunct instructors who are professional musicians and teachers.
Registration information is available at uca.edu/csm/registration. For more information, call 501-450-3672 or email Teresa Bumgarner, tbumgarn@uca.edu. Regular office hours are 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at the CSM office in the UCA Snow Fine Arts Center, Room 203.
Private instruction is offered in piano, voice, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, Suzuki violin, ukulele and all band and orchestral instruments. Tuition for private lessons varies depending upon the level of the instructor, and costs are listed on the CSM website at uca.edu/csm.
Private and group lessons are taught in the Alexander Technique by Cliff Hicks, a member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique and a certified instructor for more than 20 years. Group lessons are offered at bargain prices to introduce people to the technique. Classes will meet on Sundays from 2-3 p.m. for four weeks in Snow Fine Arts 316. Teachers, athletes, office workers, performing artists and people from every walk of life have used the technique for prevention and recovery from injury and repetitive motion strain, end tension headaches and to promote endurance. Additional information is available at uca.edu/csm and www.alexandertech-centralar.com.
The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Music, and Film, Theatre and Creative Writing, as well as the School of Communication. The college’s primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit www.uca.edu/cfac or call 501-450-3293.