‘Art is instrumental’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Passersby at the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint’s building at 110 Main St. may have noticed the two public pianos on the sidewalk have received an artistic facelift. The pianos...
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MCS expands Summer Academy offerings
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s been an exciting year for the Sandpoint Music Conservatory. In September 2019, MCS announced it had completed the purchase of the downtown Sandpoint building at 110 Main St.,...
Music Conservatory finds a permanent home
By Katherine Greenland Reader Contributor The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint recently completed the purchase of the building at 110 Main St. After 10 years of occupying the nearly 12,000-square-foot building as rental tenants, the...
MCS Without Borders welcomes Yakima Music en Accíon and developing global talent
By Kathi Samuels Reader Contributor For the past seven summers, the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint has invited students from different countries to create a collaborative youth orchestra featuring talented students from around the globe....
Wherefore art thou, theater lovers?
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff In William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part I,” the young nobleman Hotspur has an existential moment as he considers the brevity of life. “The time of life is short,” he...
Sandpoint students win regional music competition
By Katherine Greenland Reader Contributor Five local students from the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint brought home distinguished medals from MusicFest Northwest on May 17. Jacinta Howard earned a gold medal in the violin category....
Two local music students to play Mother’s Day concert
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Two Music Conservatory of Sandpoint students will play a Mother’s Day Tea Time piano concert on Sunday, May 11, at 1 p.m. at the Heartwood Center. Levi Hill, 13,...
International music program comes to Sandpoint
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff An orchestra is all about creating something bigger than the sum of its parts, and that’s a perfect metaphor for El Sistema. The international orchestral music program brings in...
MCS encore with Zuill Bailey and holiday concerts
By Reader Staff They say that opportunity doesn’t ring twice, but that isn’t true about having the opportunity to play alongside premiere cellist Zuill Bailey in concert. If you heard Bailey perform last summer,...
Classically cool concerts from MCS this summer
By Reader Staff Who says classical music isn’t cool? Not the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint. They’ve formed an awesome international collaboration and our local community reaps the benefits. For the sixth year in row,...
