Summit School News and Events

Hurray! Registration is now open for Fall Classes at the Summit School. You can go directly to the course page here: http://www.summit-school.org/home/node/977
And register online. Or you can send a check to Summit School PO Box 646, Montpelier, VT 05667.

We will be sending brochures out soon, some new course offerings include:
New Orleans Brass Band and Steelpan Ensemble both with Emily Lanxner
Swing Guitar 1 with Colin McCaffrey
Alternative Guitar Tuning with Art Edelstein
Beginning Banjo with Tom Mackenzie

NEW this semester: a Full spectrum of Kids' Classes
Dance: Clogging and Hambone with Ellen Cooke
Jugband with Mark Greenberg
Banjo and Ukulele with Tom Mackenzie
Folk Songs with Heidi Wilson
Drumming with Jordan Mensah
Fiddle with Joanne Garton

These are all group classes, please spread the word about our new programming. We want it to be a hit!

Upcoming at the Summit School:
Banjo Workshop with Ken Perlman, January 2012
Winter Folk Festival, featuring John Specker! Jan. 13th and 14th
Benefit events and more classes...

Thank you for helping us get to our Fall Classes, we are very excited to bring this program to you again and again, year after year.
All the Best,
Katie Trautz

We are supported by:
Vermont Violins
Skinny Pancake
Hunger Mountain Coop
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Paul and Peggy Irons
Monteverdi Music School
Montpelier City Arts

To our Friends, Fans, and Students,

We are almost ready to post our classes for the fall online: www.summit-school.org. They should be up by next week. We thank you for helping us get to this point, your donations have gone a long way this summer. We had a successful summer camp for kids (see pictures on our website), and we are offering 23 classes this fall, including a number of classes just for kids. We also received a grant from Montpelier City Arts to help fund our annual workshop and concert series. We are looking forward to bringing more fabulous traditional music to Montpelier this year!

IMPORTANT SCHOOL CHANGES TO NOTE:
We are still looking into ways to make the Summit School an institution in our community; we want to guarantee that we can bring classes to you year after year. In addition to applying to a number of grants and appealing to foundations, we have decided that some of the funding we need must come from our own programs. In order to become a more sustainable organization, we can't depend entirely on unreliable grant sources. This is where our students can help: We will be raising tuition by $20, from our previous $180/class to $200/class. Each students' extra $20 will go directly to the school's operating budget. We have been a voluntarily run organization for five years, and in order to keep the school healthy and alive for years to come, funding needs to go into our directorship position, website and graphic design and administration. We hope you'll understand this necessary change and continue to support our programs by signing up for classes this fall. Know that your tuition money is helping the school become more sustainable for the future.

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you for all you do, and we hope to see you soon,
Katie Trautz, Director
Summit School
802-917-1186

To our Friends, Fans, and Students,

We are almost ready to post our classes for the fall online: www.summit-school.org. They should be up by next week. We thank you for helping us get to this point, your donations have gone a long way this summer. We had a successful summer camp for kids (see pictures on our website), and we are offering 23 classes this fall, including a number of classes just for kids. We also received a grant from Montpelier City Arts to help fund our annual workshop and concert series. We are looking forward to bringing more fabulous traditional music to Montpelier this year!

IMPORTANT SCHOOL CHANGES TO NOTE:
We are still looking into ways to make the Summit School an institution in our community; we want to guarantee that we can bring classes to you year after year. In addition to applying to a number of grants and appealing to foundations, we have decided that some of the funding we need must come from our own programs. In order to become a more sustainable organization, we can't depend entirely on unreliable grant sources. This is where our students can help: We will be raising tuition by $20, from our previous $180/class to $200/class. Each students' extra $20 will go directly to the school's operating budget. We have been a voluntarily run organization for five years, and in order to keep the school healthy and alive for years to come, funding needs to go into our directorship position, website and graphic design and administration. We hope you'll understand this necessary change and continue to support our programs by signing up for classes this fall. Know that your tuition money is helping the school become more sustainable for the future.

Thank you for all you do, and we hope to see you soon,
Katie Trautz, Director
Summit School
802-917-1186