Music Notes
Emily Looney of West Windsor, a student at Cornell University, is active in the Cornell Wind Ensemble and vice president of the student organization CU Winds. She graduated from High School South, Class of 2003.
In January of next year she will participate in a performance and outreach tour of Costa Rica with the Cornell University Winds Ensemble. The group will perform several concerts in venues including the Teatro Nacional in San Jose, the U.S. Embassy, and several town squares. An integral aspect of the tour brings Cornell musicians to the rural community of Matapalo in Guanacaste.
CU WINDS will coach the young Costa Rican musicians as well as perform with and for them. The Cornell students plan to bring donations of musical instruments to leave behind in Matapalo.
The group seeks donations of woodwind and brass instruments in any condition; mallet percussion instruments; accessories including neck straps, mutes, metronomes, cases, tuners, valve oil, swabs, and unopened boxes of reeds; and cash donations for the purchase or repair of instruments.
For more information visit www.cuwinds.com or contact Emily Looney at ECL34@cornell.edu or 609-468-2280.
Senior Art Exhibit
West Windsor Seniors had an art exhibit at the West Windsor Municipal Building. Their teacher Barbara March is the former president of Garden State Watercolorists. The students study watercolor painting every other week from September to June. Her methods are designed for even absolute beginners. She often circulates to give each student individual attention.
The next class session begins in September and is open to West Windsor residents 55 and over. Registration is $30. For information call 609-799-9068.
