Subject: 🎼 December News from MCMA 🎤

Studio Updates

December 2025

The end of the year is a wonderful time for reflection at MCMA. We have greeted so many beautiful new faces this year - students of all ages, our newest board members Kate Clark and Abigail Nash, and welcomed Evan Lattimore and Zachary Bence to the faculty (or back to the faculty in Zack's case!). We've said goodbye to another set of forward-facing graduates, who we know are making beautiful music during this next phase of their musical journeys! We've welcomed Tom Luther into an important additional role as Program Coordinator, expanded our Music Together^® offerings, established new community partnerships, and had some amazing performances. We're grateful to you all for being there alongside us this year. The support of our musical community is humbling and inspiring!

Even with all of this progress, there is much more to do. Our Annual Appeal is now in everyone's mailbox. We hope that your donations will help us fill the halls with more music than ever before. MCMA is dedicated to ensuring the accessibility of music education, and will allocate $40,000 in tuition assistance over this school year. Please support our efforts if you are able! More information below.

Read on to meet our December student of the month, register for our winter session of Music Together^®, learn about how to get involved with our upcoming recital, register for a phenomenal Songwriting Workshop, make a donation, meet our newest board members and more ...

MEET OUR DECEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH!

Kenny has been studying with Amelia Campbell since November of 2024, and was part of our Music Exploration program prior to that. Amelia has this to say about her student:

"Kenny and I have been working together on piano and music theory nonstop since last year, and it shows in his progress. With his first recital already tackled, he jumped immediately into new music and new ideas.

Kenny is full of energy, full of questions, and always ready to give his music all he’s got. His tenacity to learn new concepts or songs, no matter the difficulty, is very exciting to watch, and a joy to teach.

Congrats, Kenny!”

2025-26 ANNUAL APPEAL

Spread Music, Spread Joy!

As a nonprofit organization, fundraising is essential to our work. Donations from friends like you allow us to keep lesson prices affordable, provide tuition assistance to every dedicated student who needs it, expand our offerings, and pay our instructors & staff a living wage for their phenomenal instruction.Your donation of any amount will help us support our students and continue our important work.

$70= help a student begin their journey

$190= one full Music Together sponsorship

$475= one full summer camp sponsorship

$665= full semester of half hour lessons

$1,330= full semester of hour-long lessons

$2,660= create a named scholarship

$5,000= name a lesson studio

To learn more and make a tax-deductible donation, click the "donate" button!

donate

MUSIC TOGETHER^®WINTER SESSION

Register today to save your slot!

Registration is now open for our winter session of Music Together classes! We are thrilled to offer a 10-week Mixed Ages class session in Rockland, Rockport and Belfast. Click the link below for all of the details and to register for:

Tuesdays at 9:30am at Waterfall Arts in Belfast

Thursdays at 4:15pm at Waterfall Arts in Belfast

Fridays at 9:30am at MCMA in Rockport

Saturdays at 10:30am at the Rockland Public Library

Gift certificates are also available - a fantastic choice for the music-loving children in your life! Click the photo below for all of the details.

SONGWRITING WORKSHOP

Perhaps the Perfect Holiday Gift!

Join us at MCMA for a special 3-part workshop: SONGWRITING: A Start to Never Finished Course, taught by Spencer Albee

Take a deep dive in to the songwriting process with Spencer Albee (AS FAST AS, The Walrus, Rustic Overtones), a Maine songwriter and producer who has worked with artists ranging from David Bowie to The Ghost of Paul Revere. Over three sessions we will discuss the fundamentals of songwriting, and continue to push the camera on more and more details as the sessions progress.

Spencer will take you from fundamentals to completion (of a sort) over three progressive class sessions on Saturdays January 31, February 7 and February 14th. Open to all aspiring songwriters aged 14 and up.

For a full course description and to register, click the link below!

songwriting workshop

WINTER 2026 RECITAL

MCMA is now in recital preparation mode! Please save the date and join us for a celebration of student work on Sunday, January 25th at 12:30pm at the Strand Theatre in Rockland.

All students who have been studying since at least the beginning of the fall semester are eligible to take part in the recital. If you are interested in performing at the recital and have talked to your instructor about it, you can fill out this form to let us know! The deadline to sign up for the recital is Tuesday, December 23rd.

recital interest form

WELCOME BOARD MEMBERS

MCMA is pleased to announce new additions to our Board of Directors. Please join us in welcoming Kate Clark and Abigail Nash! Their expertise and experience are certain to enrich the mission of our community music school: to harness the power of making music with and for others, through equitable access to instruction, performance and community programming.

Learn more about Kate Clark here!

Learn more about Abi Nash here!

COMMUNITY NEWS

Bagaduce Music presents: Kongero – Swedish Folk'apella Concert

When: Friday, December 19, 2025, 7:00 PM
Where: Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St, Rockport, ME
What: Internationally renowned Swedish vocal group Kongero returns to Maine for a powerful evening of traditional folk harmonies and a cappella artistry.

Tickets and information here!

IMPORTANT DATES

December 23: Recital Sign Up Deadline
December 24 - January 2: MCMA closed for winter break
Saturday, January 17th: Group Make Up Day AND Community Jam
January 25, 12:30pm: End of Semester Recital, Strand Theatre

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Subject: 🎼 December News from MCMA 🎤

MEET OUR DECEMBER STUDENT OF THE MONTH!

2025-26 ANNUAL APPEAL