Welcome to Apple Tree Arts!

EVENT CALENDAR
Our Community Chorus will be performing on Sunday, May 18, at 2PM as part of the Grafton Fine Art and Music Festival.

Student Recitals Sundays, June 1 and June 8 at the Evangelical Congregational Church; 1PM, 2PM, 3PM

Our Jazz Gala will be held on Saturday, June 21 at the Grafton Inn, featuring Monica Hatch, Mitch Seidman, and Bob Simonelli. Two shows at 5PM and 7PM; Present your tickets to the show, and receive 10% off your dinner at the Grafton Inn that night! Call today for tickets!
More details here!

SUMMER PROGRAM INFO IS HERE! Registration opens on April 1

Summer Theater : Save the dates!
--Entering grades 1&2: Mini theater program, August 18-22, 9AM-noon. Performance Aug 22, 1:00PM. "Sounds a Little Fishy to Me"

--Entering grades 3-6: July 21-Aug 1, 9AM-2PM. Performance Aug 1, 7:00PM. "Lagooned"

--Entering grades 7-10: Aug 4-15, 9AM-2PM. Performance Aug 15, 7:00PM. "The Phantom of the Soap Opera"
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ANNUAL FUND 2008
-- excerpts from our annual fund letter --

The past few months have been an exciting time for Apple Tree Arts. As you may have heard, we recently volunteered our services to develop and implement a plan of action for renovating the historic old town hall at One Grafton Common.
We remain focused on our ongoing mission. Apple Tree Arts is the largest provider of early childhood music programming in the Blackstone Valley providing services at over 35 locations, including Head Start programs for 153 children who would not otherwise have this invaluable opportunity.

Through a collaborative arrangement with Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation of Milford, we recently expanded our faculty to include some of their most talented symphony musicians who are now available for private instruction. Our theater program also continues to grow with upcoming shows to include The Jungle Book and a Broadway Musical Review. Community performances such as Holiday on the Common, our Faculty & Friends concert and Acapella Night remain cornerstones of our programming.

While we do depend on tuition and ticket sales, they alone cannot sustain our organization; we must also rely on grants, corporate sponsorships and private individual donations to continue to be viable. We sincerely hope that you will consider making a donation to Apple Tree Arts this year.

THANK YOU!
Donations can be mailed to Apple Tree Arts, P.O. Box 75, Grafton, MA 01519

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SPRING 2008 PROGRAMS Please read about our Spring Semester classes and events, and especially what's new! Registration is ongoing! Call now!

UPDATE ON ONE GRAFTON COMMON: FUTURE HOME OF APPLE TREE ARTS!

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WELCOME ALL TO APPLE TREE ARTS!

What an exciting time for music-making! Our students and teachers are reaching new heights of excellence and want to share their talent with the community! We have great new programming and new inspirational momentum from our board, staff, faculty and parents. All of us at Apple Tree Arts invite you to come participate
in making music this year and enrich your life with new experiences!

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR!

We have streamlined our musical events into:

OUR NEW 2007 SEASONS OF THE ARTS EVENTS
We have scheduled a new light classical concert featuring our partner musicians from Claflin Hill Symphony.

MUSIC EDUCATION
• New faculty members in guitar, brass, and piano
• New performance workshops for all private students between recitals
• New 16-week semesters for early childhood classes
• New class called Intro to Keyboard. Students ages 5-6 will enjoy a more gradual approach to keyboard that completes level 1 over the course of one year
• New field trip in the spring of 2008 to Music Worcester that will be fun for all ages
• New adult music appreciation classes
• An adult workshop in Alexander technique for faculty and community members
• A new String Ensemble that meets at the same time as our New Arpeggio Wind Ensemble
• A timeline for early childhood music education, from birth through age 8
• A new Children’s Chorus for singers in grades 4-6
• February and April vacation workshops in musical theater vocal production, woodwinds, and strings
• An April Master Class in piano performance

We are honored to recommend area musicians for any event or function. Call us anytime for these referrals.

The membership of our Community Chorus is over twenty strong in this our third winter season! Come join us and perform in December and, if you can, again in May, in collaboration with other choral and instrumental musicians.
We are ever grateful to our dynamic, dedicated board members, who are committed to long-range, strategic and financial planning. We also thank area foundations and businesses for giving us new opportunities to grow:
Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Target, Hart Foundation, Daniels Foundation, Gaudette Insurance, the Grafton Suburban Credit Union,
Fallon Community Health and E. Osterman Gas. We are stronger each year due to our parents and friends who have responded to our calls for support! We welcome all area residents to send us suggestions about ways to expand our role in the local arts community.

For more information, call us at 508-839-4286.

Apple Tree Arts P.O. Box 75 Grafton, MA 01519

Our lessons and classes are held at the:
--- Evangelical Congregational Church, 30 Grafton Common, and
--- On the 2nd floor of the Grafton Municipal Center, 30 Providence Rd, Grafton.

Phone: 508-839-4286
Fax: 508-839-4286
email: info@appletreearts.org