'Tis the Season

Congratulations to all of our students who have performed on the Showcase Recital Series this Fall, and elsewhere in the community. All of you have been making so much progress, and it is a joy to hear all of the improvements that you've made! To those of you who haven't performed yet, I know we'll be hearing from you soon!

Little Zachary Kroeger was very excited to be performing at the last recital on December 5th. Here he is with Miss Janice:







and after the performance:








Below is a video taken last weekend at our Violin and Cello Ensemble class. The two groups joined to perform Christmas Carols for a rapt audience!



Thank you to all of our students for bringing the holiday spirit to life!

New Teacher!

The Music Academy of North Carolina is proud to announce that Peter Shanahan will be joining the music faculty as a flute instructor. Peter regularly performs as a freelance musician with the Charleston, Winston-Salem, Western Piedmont, Salisbury, and Greensboro Symphonies, as well as with the Carolina Chamber Symphony and Southwest Florida Symphony. His students have placed at the highest levels of local and state-wide competitions and have attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

As a performer and teaching artist with the Open Dream Ensemble, he has performed hundreds of concerts and many teaching residencies across the Southeast. In the Open Dream Ensemble, Peter performs as a flutist, singer, and actor in creative, original works of theater for children and adults and can be seen in the first educational web series for kids: The Adventures of the Open Dream Ensemble.

Peter received his Master of Music from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His past teachers include Tadeu Coelho, Philip Dunigan, and Thomas Robertello.