Check out the new summer sessions just been added for Brooklyn Center, Burnsville, and Edina. Watch for Small-Stars coming soon to Roseville!
What is Small-Stars?
Schmitt Music Small-Stars is a group lesson program offering musical experiences for children 3 to 6 years old. Small-Stars students will be introduced to ukulele, hand drumming, singing, notes, rhythm and movement. Schmitt Music’s passion is to help our customers pursue their musical dreams by providing you with the best possible education experience. We look forward to showing your child the joys of music and creating many Small-Stars!
Edina Grand Opening event! Join us for this FREE workshop by Melody Bober and Wynn-Anne Rossi.
A composer, arranger, clinician and teacher, Melody Bober enjoys creating motivational piano pieces that foster her students’ understanding and love of music. She holds music degrees from the University of Illinois-Urbana and Minnesota State University. Melody’s dynamic sessions are enriched by her experience as a studio owner, classroom teacher and church musician.
Wynn-Anne Rossi is a nationally acclaimed composer and dynamic educator whose works have reached audiences throughout the United States, Europe, Iceland and Australia. Rossi specializes in composition residencies in public schools, sponsored by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and other professional arts organizations. Special commissions include orchestral and band works inspired by student musical ideas. Her passion for promoting creativity in young musicians reflects in her choice of publications with Alfred, including her series Creative Composition Toolbox.
Dr. Christos Tsitsaros is Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to moving to the United States, Dr. Tsitsaros studied in Poland (Frédéric Chopin Academy of Warsaw) and France, where he obtained the Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with distinction. He continued his musical studies at the School of Music of Indiana University (M.M, Artist Diploma 1986)) and later at the University of Illinois (DMA in Piano Performance, 1993). Dr. Tsitsaros is active both as a pianist and composer. His educational piano works that have been included in examinations for the Music Teacher National Association, the National Federation of Music Clubs, and the Royal Conservatory of Canada. In addition, he is an editor and recording artist for the G. Schirmer Performance editions specializing in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Four individual solo albums of his original music appear under the Centaur label.
