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The Community Music Network, Inc. is an all ages, all access community music organization serving the Western Catskill Mountains of upstate New York since 2005.
We also seek to connect community music facilitators and prospective clients throughout the US and globally via a network registration and locator portal that will be available at www.communitymusicnetwork.org (under construction). The organization received 501c3 non profit status during the pandemic of 2020.
We offer private lessons in voice, piano, woodwinds, guitar, drums, theory, songwriting, and music competency, community music facilitation, early childhood parent/child and preschool classes, after school music programs, and a summer jam camp.
In addition, we provide musical outreach services to special needs populations and those residing in economically challenged and geographically isolated areas, as well as arts in education support for local school districts, home schooled, and preschool students.
Founder/Director Pamela West-Finkle was trained and had been a licensed provider of the award-winning, research-based, internationally acclaimed Music Together® program for over twenty years. She holds a Masters in Music, two New York State teaching certifications, and has been developing community music in the Catskill Mountains of New York for over fifteen years. For more information on this program, visit the national website at www.musictogether.com or click the link at the bottom of this page.
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Coming soon: www.communitymusicnet.org
Miss Pam's Jamboree Thursdays 11:15 am Headwaters Arts Center 66 Main Street Stamford, NY 12167
Mixed Age Family Class (Ages 0-7 with parents/caregivers/grandparents).
All Ages Open Mics at The Gallery in Stamford Most First Fridays Electric Jam hosted by Joe Ferla and other area musicians.
Most Second Saturdays Acoustic Open Mic
Please check our Facebook page for scheduling updates. facebook.com/communitymusicnetwork We generally do not hold the open mics in January and February or during inclement weather. (snow/ice)
CURRENT ELDER MUSIC PROGRAMS: The Pavilion - Robinson Terrace 1 Buntline Drive, Stamford, NY 12167 Tuesdays 10am
Robinson Terrace Nursing and Assisted Living Center Route 23, Stamford, NY Thursdays, 2pm
Digital Concert Series: www.youtube.com/@communitymusicnetwork
Please give us a call
at (607) 287-0793
Or email CommunityMusicNet@gmail.com
for more information or to register.
Please check out our Programs and Classes and Admissions and Enrollment tabs for more information.
We also offer after school and summer, preschool, outreach, intergenerational programs and custom designed therapeutic music for nursing homes, hospice, hospitals, and assisted living centers. If you would like to discuss implementing these programs in your school, camp, facility, or senior community, please contact Pamela West-Finkle, Director. Email communitymusicnet@gmail.com or call 607-287-0793.
Miss Pam is also available for private events, community events/concerts, and birthday parties for both children and adults.
Research shows that the most important time to begin musical training is in early childhood. Music is processed in the brain like a language, so the best time to start working on the basic skills necessary for more advanced musical instruction later in life is from birth to age seven. In addition, children who are actively engaged in singing, dancing, finger play, chants, and rhythm instrument play also experience significant gains in the areas of cognitive (intelligence), language, physical, social, and emotional development.
In this early childhood music program, parents and caregivers learn how to be musical with their children, modelling active music making or "musiking" skills while children develop basic tonal and rhythmic skills through active musical play that will provide a foundation for future musical experiences, whether that be formal lessons or simply a lifelong joy of competent participation in the music of their culture and community.
This class is a great way to spend quality time with your child or family while also socialising with other parents/caregivers and children in the community. The social bonding power of a mixed age family music class also creates lasting friendships, in addition to enhancing your family's quality of life through joyful music play. Many parents have agreed that the class provides therapeutic exercise and stress relief as well!
No previous experience in music is necessary, and many parents and caregivers who lack basic music skills (the ability to sing in tune and keep a beat) find that their own abilities improve over time.
Visit our "About Us" tab for more information about our Director/Facilitator Pamela West-Finkle ("Miss Pam").
We hope you'll join us for a free demonstration class so you can experience for yourself the fun this approach to fundamental music learning. Over the last twenty years, Pamela West-Finkle has created and implemented community music programs and workshops through the Andes Public Library; the West Kortright Center; Noah's World; the Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center; CANO (Community Arts Network of Oneonta); Chestnut Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Home; YMCA Jumpstart Program in Oneonta, NY; the Oneonta Nursery School; Kiddie Corner Preschool, Stamford Central School, and CAMP HERE in Stamford, NY; Pink Elephant Preschool and the Roxbury Arts Group in Roxbury, NY; Early Head Start - Opportunities for Otsego; the Robynwood Assisted Living Center in Oneonta, NY; Project Independence in Hobart, NY; Robinson Terrace Assisted Living Center and Nursing Home; Delaware County Department of Social Services; the Pine Hill Community Center in Pine Hill, NY; the Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild; Kids in the Kaatskills; Saugerties Art Club & Library; Red Bank Preschool and the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ; the Highlands, NJ Community Center; the Monmouth County Parks System in Monmouth County, NJ; Whitmore Lake Public Library in Whitmore Lake, MI, Girl Scouts of America/Camp Innisfree in Howell, MI; Ann Arbor Hospice in Ann Arbor, MI; and the Village of Burbank Park in Burbank, Ohio. She is also a vendor for Springbrook, providing inclusive opportunities for exceptional individuals.
INTER-GENERATIONAL ONEONTA CLASS RETURNS TO ROBYNWOOD - Calendar Listing
Robynwood Assisted Living Home is hosting an inter-generational Music Together mixed age family class every Thursday at 10:00 am in the downstairs activity/dining room. Parents and caregiver of children birth to age seven sing, dance, and play percussion instruments, interacting with the residents at Robynwood. No prior musical experience is necessary. For more information, contact Pamela West-Finkle at FunMusic4kids@aol.com or call 607-441-8448. www.communitymusicnetwork.com
COOPERSTOWN CLASS - Calendar Listing
A free demonstration of the award-winning early childhood Music Together program will be held Thursday, February 4th from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of the Christ Episcopal Church of Cooperstown, located at 69 Fair Street. Parents and caregiver of children birth to age seven sing, dance, and play percussion instruments. No prior musical experience is necessary. If enough families are interested, a six week introductory class will continue through March. For more information, contact Pamela West-Finkle atFunMusic4kids@aol.com or call 607-441-8448. www.communitymusicnetwork.com INTER-GENERATIONAL ONEONTA CLASS RETURNS TO ROBYNWOOD - Calendar Listing
Robynwood Assisted Living Home is hosting an inter-generational Music Together mixed age family class every Thursday at 10:00 am in the downstairs activity/dining room. Parents and caregiver of children birth to age seven sing, dance, and play percussion instruments, interacting with the residents at Robynwood. No prior musical experience is necessary. For more information, contact Pamela West-Finkle at FunMusic4kids@aol.com or call 607-441-8448. www.communitymusicnetwork.com
COOPERSTOWN CLASS - Calendar Listing
A free demonstration of the award-winning early childhood Music Together program will be held Thursday, February 4th from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of the Christ Episcopal Church of Cooperstown, located at 69 Fair Street. Parents and caregiver of children birth to age seven sing, dance, and play percussion instruments. No prior musical experience is necessary. If enough families are interested, a six week introductory class will continue through March. For more information, contact Pamela West-Finkle atFunMusic4kids@aol.com or call 607-441-8448. www.communitymusicnetwork.com
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Music to Heal the Planet
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2012 Summer Jam Camp Rocked!
Thank you to everyone who participated to make the 2012
Jam Camp a success!
The 2012
camp was made possible by a grant from the O'Connor Foundation,
administered by Performance Plus of Stamford. A huge thank you to our
hosts, the SEVA Foundation, Inc., and to Music Square of Oneonta, Wired
Heifer House Studios of Roxbury, Matt Woodin, and Theodore Finkle for
providing PA systems, amps, microphones, and cables. Also thank you to
our business sponsors who donated to assist with scholarships for local
teens:
Pictured Above:
Back Row, L-R: KC Rockwell, Sam Breckenridge,
Dominick Parker, CIT Matt Keating, counselor Jefferson Piazek, counselor AJ
Pizcz, counselor Julian Nottage, Larissa Schultis, Cass Kadow, Poeu
Breckenridge, Bobby Williams, Ed Newman, Kevin Prior. Front Row, L-R: Khadyja
Jalloh, Addison Harmon, Cora Van Kingsley, Anthony Ortiz, Jessica Alexander,
Destiny Ray Falconio, Emma Sanzone, Lauren Whritner, Dakota Key, Toby Harmon.
Not pictured: Isabelle Sears Surface, John Hultenius, counselor in training
Caleb Howland, counselor Sean Degan, director Pamela
West-Finkle.
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