by Leen Akran I am currently in my twelfth year of piano lessons at The Music Settlement, and each year I have seen myself grow musically....
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Stories
Stories
by Maureen Mbu I’m from West Africa, Cameroon, and I’ve been in America since 2004, so over 20 years. I have been taking voice lessons with...
by Obie Shelton When I was a boy and attending the Cleveland Public Schools, my music teacher saw that my brothers and I were gifted in...
by HuiYing Stradiot When I was four years old, my mom heard about a demonstration that The Music Settlement was hosting—all the teachers would come and...
by Lynette Janke I started playing the flute when I was in fourth grade, but my band director told me he needed a cello player at...
Connecting Generations Through Music
by Arthur Kane For over fifty years I have been teaching at The Music Settlement. By giving me the opportunity to teach and perform, TMS has...
From Student to Teacher at The Music Settlement
by Max Schlenk I first got involved with The Music Settlement in late middle school, around seventh or eighth grade. My teacher, Mr. LeeGrand, was teaching...
by Tracy Li In 2014, I wanted to enrich the education of my daughters, Amy (7 years old) and Audrey (4 years old), through music. However,...
by Thayer A. Horton I remember attending preschool in the building across the street and playing on the playground. One of my strongest memories is sitting...
Never Underestimate the Power of Music
by Ida Mercer I’m a retired cello faculty member at The Music Settlement, and I’m also a Music Settlement parent of four children who took numerous...
by Paul Stoudenmire As a child, my sister Anita showed artistic talent. She could draw, paint and was good at music, especially the piano. So good...
by Marios Kallergis I am a freshman at Shaker Heights High School. I want to thank you for your generous support of music education at The...
by Deb Urso Deb and her husband, Tony, were excited to welcome their son, but the joy of his arrival was darkened by Tony’s diagnosis with...
by Chris Mahon I am a student at the Music Settlement and am in several different ensembles here. I started out with music when I was...
by Tina Stradiot When our 22 year old daughter, HuiYing, was 5 we attended the Suzuki introduction where she heard Miss Rachel Bernstein play her...
Playing The Fiddle Got Me Through...
by Paul Kirk I write, play, and teach music. It is an honor to be able to share music with others. Sharing music is like sharing...
Music: The Constant Within Chaos
by Johanna Henz, with her sons, Ethan and Jack The Music Settlement is such a gem. It’s first-class all the way around. The programs, the lessons,...
Music: How I Process the World
by Rebecca Mize Music is everything to me. It's very much how I process the world. I play the cello with the Adult Orchestra, and I...
by Ted Ganger This is Ted Ganger, born and bred in Cleveland, Ohio, writing to you from Munich, Germany. And the reason is MUSIC. I had the good...
by John Williams I have several relationships to The Music Settlement. I am one of the two architectural firm that’s working on this project right now,...
Former TMS Student Turned Notable Composer
Noah Horowitz is a multi-faceted composer whose music has been heard at film festivals around the world, from New York to Copenhagen to Tokyo. Influenced...
by Adrian Szendel When I was only five, I was watching The Lawrence Welk Show with my parents and was just mesmerized by Myron Florin, the...
by René Polin I’m a member of the Board of Directors here at The Music Settlement, and music is important to me in that I’ve had...
by Kimberly Mansi Thank you for the opportunity to study Flute under the direction of Linda White here at The Music Settlement. I am extremely humbled...
by Marion Skalweit I grew up surrounded by music. No, my parents were not musicians but there was always music on the radio and we had...
Music: A Constant and a Connection
by Deborah Van Kleef Music has been a constant in my life from the beginning. I was exposed to classical, folk, and music theater on records...
Music: Connecting Generations and Building Perseverance
by Maria del Rosario The Music Settlement is our home away from home. They and their faculty are part of our village. Our story with The Music...
Music’s Diversity Brings Commonality
by Harold Deweaver My relationship with music began when I was in high school. My mother chose me out of my brothers and sisters to play...
Thank Goodness My Music Returned
by Michael Wheeler Music has always been part of my life. I have always been a singer: in church, school choirs, high school class musicals. When...
by Praxton Smith I am made of music. I dream of songs. There is nothing else I could do, nor anything I would rather be doing...
Nurturing and Safe Environment
by Alexandra Wiebe I took violin and voice lessons with Kim Lauritsen from age 8 to 16. I performed my first masterclass at The Music Settlement!...
by Michael Goler I am a new member of the board for The Music Settlement, and I’m also a past student here. I took guitar lessons,...
by Sophia Wang Since I was six years old, the violin has been a formative mentor, helping me develop fundamental skills while teaching me the rewarding...
