About the Music Institute
Hello and welcome to The Music Institute at Howard Community College! If you are new to us, we are happy to meet you and hope that you enjoy your musical journey while you are with us; if you are a returning member, we are happy to see you again! We recently made a few changes in our personnel. Dr. Deborah Kent, who helped found and foster (MAC) TMI’s growth as one of Howard County’s leading music schools has stepped down as the Director. HCC’s current Director of Music, Dr. Hsien-Ann Meng is now at the helm as TMI’s Director. Additionally, TMI has been granted its first full-time staff position by the President and the Board of Howard Community College. James Bailey, who has worked as TMI’s Financial Officer and Coordinator, has been hired as TMI’s Program Manager. The school year, 2011-2012, marks the beginning of the fourth academic year that TMI has been included in the college registration system. During this past year, Records and Registration requested that TMI take over much of the registration process for current and new students. This has made the process much more efficient and easier to track. It has also helped us speed up the turnaround time from registering through invoicing. We hope that you have found this change to be as beneficial as we have. While CashNet has become more popular as a payment option, all other payment options are still available for your use. Look for additional information about our summer offerings here. TMI was pleased to run several summer classes. Our Piano Performance Workshop, Summer String Orchestra, and Summer Cello Ensembles were all very successful. The Gemini Piano Trio continued their excellent Chamber Music Workshop with their largest number of participants to date. Since we are always striving to expand our musical programs and improve those programs already in place, we have hired two new faculty members in the areas of Music Therapy (Jessica Negus) and Drum Set (Michael Kuhl). Another exciting program development is the creation of three scholarship funds handled by HCC’s Development Office. These funds will allow TMI to give grants to those students who demonstrate financial need. Please consider donating to one of TMI's funds here. Music at HCC The Howard Community College Music Department endeavors to meet the musical needs and interests of the area through its academic degree programs, performance media and enrichment opportunities as well as through its non-credit division, The Music Institute. The Music Department and its non-credit counterpart are committed to their roles as leaders in the cultural life of this community and providers of lifelong learning experiences. The Music Institute at HCC The Music Institute, as an outgrowth of the Howard Community College Music Department, offers private music lessons in band and orchestra instruments, classical and jazz piano, voice, jazz, acoustic and classical guitar, Celtic harp, bagpipes and ukulele. As a comprehensive music school, we offer classes for adults and children in beginning piano and violin, the Colourstrings™ and Suzuki® violin programs for beginning violin students, and Music Therapy for individuals with special needs. We also have excellent performance opportunities, an environment that embraces and promotes technological advances, the ability to enrich the greater community through special class offerings, Master Classes and faculty concerts, and a diverse faculty who are known both as excellent teachers and performers. We invite you to pursue “Music for Your Lifetime” here at The Music Institute at HCC. Why Study at the Music Institute?
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