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| Alica McGinnis |
Alicia McGinnis, Co-founder
Three wonderful
Locations, each with its own personality!
Welcome to the 2012-13 school year, our 19th year
of Making Music, Making Friends! Looking ahead at the years to come, we
enthusiastically welcome the expansion of CYM’s vision in all three of our
sites.
Our new Sewickley site at 437 Beaver Street continues to
delight all of us with its cheerful, “go-for-it” atmosphere. Our colorful storefront announces that we are
there to add lasting value to the community. We welcome many visitors and old
friends there each week.
We, along with our colleagues at Winchester Thurston School
in Shadyside, look forward to expanding our offerings this year at our city
site as we now have added additional faculty members, particularly in guitar
and piano instruction. We love being a
part of the urban families’ experience.
Finally, our old home in Wexford keeps on welcoming more
young families, and sustaining long-term students. We just sent off another class of graduates
to college, having had the privilege of being with those young people for as
many as 14 years. Two of our graduates
are attending music school this fall.
Our long-term goal of expanding the facility in Wexford remains our
immediate challenge.
A new organizational
structure for managing CYM's Mission—
In order to meet the challenges of running three sites we
have designated two new positions at the Vice President level of our
organization. We now recognize a Vice
President of Academic Affairs and a Vice President of Student Affairs.
I wish to thank Leah Givelber for serving as CYM’s President
for the past three school years. We have
made tremendous progress as an educational facility under her leadership. We continue to attract very talented and
dedicated teachers as a result of her work with the faculty. Leah will take the role of Vice President of
Academic Affairs effective September 1, 2012.
I also wish to thank Autumn Kunselman for serving as
Director of Student Affairs for the last year.
She has thoroughly developed the admissions process and has added great
creativity to the students’ experience. She
will take the role of Vice President of Student Affairs also effective
September 1, 2012.
I will resume in the role of President, managing the vision
and resources of CYM.
On to another year of
music making—
I wish everyone a joyful and productive year at CYM, and
look forward to seeing you soon.
Alicia McGinnis, co-founder
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