Kilroy Productions, Inc.

October 2007

October 2007

Notes from the Director:
Dear Studio:
Happy October! By now everyone should be settled into a routine with your teacher, and by all accounts, everyone is doing good work, and growing as young musicians.

This issue is filled with news regarding the newest Kilroy Kidz, the upcoming benefit concert, the 3rd annual Best of the Best Young Artistes Concert, the newest member of the faculty to grace us with his extreme talents, & most excitedly the Open House Project.

As always feel free to contact our office with any questions, concerns or ideas. Also be sure to visit the website to get up-to-the-minute news, www.kilroyproductions.com

Thank you for choosing KPMS to bring music into your family’s lives.

Jerry

Kilroy Kidz congratulates newest members:
Kilroy Kidz wishes to thank all those who auditioned for the 2007-2008 school year. We are pleased and proud to welcome Lorenzo Castoldi & Eric Meyer both on drums into the performing ensemble.

The first appearance will be at the 3rd Annual Best of the Best Young Artists Concert (see below). We wish them luck, and will hold auditions again in January for any empty positions to be filled.

Eric Meyer Lorenzo Castoldi 1

KPMS Announces the
Open House Project:

The main difference between a performing art & visual or other kind of art is that there is only one way to get better at performing: Perform, in front of people. There is also another way to grow & develop as a performing artist, that is to share with others what you have gotten from the work with your teacher & in our case the KPMS studio.

Given that, we are offering a new opportunity for both reasons. It is called The Open House Project. Here is what it is. We invite you to host an open house in the privacy of your home, have your friends & family there as well as those invited by other families in the studio. The parents and children attending will get treated to a short performance by a few KPMS students (including your child) & all the information they need to choose whether KPMS is the right place for their family’s musical education. It promises intimacy, the chance to broaden your community of friends & family specifically around music & the opportunity for the young musicians to share the ground they’ve taken.

We will be starting with two in Chappaqua. You are invited to invite people or host one in your community.

If you are interested in hosting an open house, or inviting people in your communities to one, please contact us at 917-533-7464.

Kilroy Kidz to host Benefit Concert:
Kilroy Kidz will host its third annual fundraising benefit concert to raise money for the children around the world in dire circumstances.


Sunday October 28, 2007, 6:30PM at the Tarrytown Music Hall 13 Main Street, Tarrytown, NY.
This is the preeminent benefit concert of our year with over 70 young artists from all the performing art forms and the worlds of Broadway, film, television & regional stages.

Along with shining on stage, each performer has agreed to collect a minimum of $200 in sponsorships (like walk-a-thon sponsorships). This way the performers get to own this project & make a difference both on the stage & off.

We invite each & every student to play with us & be an usher or stage crew & collect sponsorships even if you are not performing. This is an opportunity to be a part of a group of young artists making a difference. Please contact the office if you are interested.

Cherish our Children International, a 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is to develop and fund projects and programs that provide a brighter future for the world's most vulnerable children. We promote nurturing alternatives to harmful institutional settings and prevent the abandonment of children.

KPMS Welcomes New Teaching Artists to our Roster of Brilliant Teachers:
We are honored & pleased to introduce you to a new extraordinary teacher who teaches a coterie of instruments equally well.

Hugh Wilson (Voice & Guitar teacher) From a semi-nomadic childhood in the Australian desert, to winning Australia’s Star Search & touring with Lenny Kravitz, Hugh Wilson still covers the territory, with what a critic called "the voice of an angel"

Hugh spent his early years moving between remote parts of Australia before moving to Sydney. Hugh learned the trumpet, sang boy-soprano in church choirs, and shockingly for an Australian, chose singing in a school musical over
state track meets.

At 19, Hugh won the male vocal category of "Star Search", in Australia a nationally televised viewer-voted talent competition. Hugh recorded “Iliad,” a critically praised debut on Polydor Records, followed by "The Blue Phoenix", "Drowning Jester", and "King Luan"; as well as recording "Gnome" with jazz saxophonist Spike Mason. Hugh later teamed up with the Leigh brothers & enjoyed a brief stay in the Australian charts.

Alongside all this Hugh can e heard singing, literally hundreds of Australian and Asian commercials.

In 2005-06 Hugh joined Lenny Kravitz's band as a vocalist for a US tour with Aerosmith.

KPMS Students in the Spotlight:
Bravo to Alex Cantatore for being selected to participate in the NY All-state Choir, that’s an amazing accomplishment.

Merde to Gillian O’Brien, who has been cast in the Trepak and a Mouse Soldier roles in the Ridgefield Dance Academy production of the Nutcracker.

Congratulations to Joey Sanzaro will be seen playing Jean Valjean in the Spotlight Youth Theater production of Les Mis

Bravo to Evan Linden cast as a member of the ABC Gang in the Spotlight Youth Theater production of Les Mis

Great work Jessica Leason who has been cast as the Widow Corney in the Random Farms Kids Theatre production of Oliver!

Brava to new KPMS student, Samantha Coppola was cast as Fagin in Oliver! Also in the RFKT production, and Thomas O'Malley in The Aristocats for the Clock Tower Players.

If your child is cast or participating in a production, concert or otherwise, please let us know, so we can acknowledge them & include them in the Newsletter.

Note: The studio is closed for most Holidays and lessons are still available upon request. Please speak with your teachers to schedule the lessons

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