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SUMMARY:Advanced: Learn Music Theory through Piano for Ages 8-14
UID:211689
DTSTAMP:20260508T071300Z
DTSTART:20260725T193000Z
DTEND:20260725T201500Z
LOCATION:New Canaan Library, 151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840, United
  States
ROOM: Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room + Program Room B
DESCRIPTION:Join accomplished pianist and teen volunteer Cary Wang to perf
 ect your favorite piano pieces through advance music theory, foundation fo
 r education development and musical advancement. Children/Teens should hav
 e piano experience. Best for ages 8-14. Class will cover, theory concepts,
  major and minor scales, dynamics/articulation, modes, triads/inversions, 
 7th chords, performance enhancement, expression/interpretation, performanc
 e etiquette and public speaking. The last class will include a final Conce
 rt with everyone performing their pieces! Please plan to attend all 4 ses
 sions. This class meets on 7/11, 7/18, 7/25 & 8/1.  Cary Wang, 10th 
 Grader at Horace Mann School and Pre-college student at Manhattan School o
 f Music (MSM), has been invited to perform in Carnegie Hall 16 times, Vien
 na’s prestigious Ehrbar Hall and Mozarthaus, London Royal Albert Hall, L
 incoln Center, Kaufman Center, and Yamaha Artist Piano Concert Series with
  Yamaha Artist Mr. Jose Ramon Mendez, etc. Cary has been an avid volunteer
  leader of the Piano Village Foundation by hosting a quarterly Music Appre
 ciation workshop for young kids and teaching them basic music theory. This
  initiative provides music education to children and youth, fostering pers
 onal growth, confidence, and community engagement through musical expressi
 on. It aims to cultivate core values and lifelong interest in the arts, in
 tegrating these with academic and leadership development.Cary has won many
  piano competitions since the age of six. He was named as Sole Winner of 
 the 2022-23 Music Teachers National Association Connecticut State Junior P
 iano Competition, the Alternate Winner of the 2023-24, and the Winner of t
 he 2019-20 highly competitive MSM Piano Concerto Competition, the 2020 Gol
 d Award, and the 2017 Silver Award of Piano group SinoVision the Teen’s 
 Talent Show. Cary made his orchestral debut with the New York Concerti Sin
 fonietta in January 2020 at Lincoln Center. Since 2016, Cary has been invi
 ted to perform at the New Canaan Inn, Waveny Lifecare Network, twice a yea
 r to share the joy with the seniors there. He received the 2023 Presidenti
 al Service Award for his work.Cary’s Music Channel - https://www.youtube
 .com/@johnwang5673
URL:https://www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/hold-advanced-learn-music-theor
 y-through-piano-ages-8-14-211689
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