By: Stephen R. Elville, J.D., LL.M. – President and Founder – Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc. It’s casual virtual Friday at Elville and Associates and here’s what’s on my mind. This morning I noticed how green and beautiful my yard is after all the April showers. And oh, during this sad and challenging… Read more »
Posts By: Jeff Stauffer
Help Restore Music to Schools and to the Lives of Children – Support the Elville Center for the Creative Arts
William and Jasmine are middle school-age children who live in central Maryland. They are brother and sister and each has a strong interest in music and the arts. Their school had a music program in years past but now that program has been largely defunded and is barely functional – it has all but stopped…. Read more »
The Elville Center – Creating Beautiful Music Together
By: Jeffrey Stauffer – Executive Director Since our last Elville Center for the Creative Arts update, the charity was blessed to celebrate its five-year anniversary! Founded in 2014 by Stephen Elville, the mission of the Elville Center is to improve the quality of life of children of all ages by providing them the… Read more »
The Elville Center for the Creative Arts – Reaching for the High Notes with Our Music Partners – A Summer/Fall 2018 Update
By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer, Executive Director of the Elville Center for the Creative Arts In June 2018, the Elville Center for the Creative Arts celebrated its four-year anniversary. Founded in 2014 by Stephen Elville, the mission of The Elville Center is to improve the quality of life of children of all ages by providing them… Read more »
The Elville Center for the Creative Arts Projects Update – August 2017
Authored by: Jeffrey D. Stauffer, Executive Director – jeff@elvilleassociates.com, 443-393-7696
Your support is needed!
The Elville Center for the Creative Arts is working to make a musical difference in the lives of children throughout Maryland by partnering with school music programs and other organizations throughout Maryland. The Elville Center is helping music programs fill needs they have in their programs by providing donated refurbished musical instruments, much-needed supplies such as instruments cases, reeds and oils, fixing instruments in their inventories that need attention, and getting them the instruments they need to help their programs and students be successful.
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The Elville Center for the Creative Arts – Winter 2017 Update
Authored by: Jeffrey D. Stauffer, Executive Director – jeff@elvilleassociates.com, 443-393-7696
A young girl is singing in a recording studio to music she composed herself. A seventh grader who didn’t have his own trumpet last semester is now practicing at home to hit that high G for the first time. A middle school jazz band is listening to a replay of its winter concert on a new stereo system with HD speakers in its classroom. And, a third grader is handed a clarinet he’s always wanted to play for the first time and squeaks out the first note to the delight of his teacher…
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The Elville Center September 2016 Update – Benjamin Tasker Middle Receives Instruments for New Orchestra, and The Story of Bradley and His Saxophone
Authored by: Jeffrey D. Stauffer, Executive Director – jeff@elvilleassociates.com, 443-393-7696
In our recent August newsletter, we provided an update on what has been taking place at the Elville Center for the Creative Arts, and we wanted to take this opportunity to share with you again our mission and some nice success stories that have unfolded over the past month in the charity’s work since our recent update… Read more »
Summer Update for The Elville Center for the Creative Arts – Making a Musical Difference in the Lives of Children
By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer, Executive Director – jeff@elvilleassociates.com, 443-393-7696
In June, The Elville Center for the Creative Arts celebrated its two-year anniversary working to make a musical difference in the lives of children in Maryland. Founded in 2014 by Stephen Elville, the mission of The Elville Center is to improve the quality of life of children of all ages by providing them the opportunity to learn music theory and application, experience cultural events related to the musical and creative arts, and to use music and the promotion of music-related activities to transcend social and economic divisions…
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The Elville Center for the Creative Arts Receives Community Service Award
By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director,jeff@elvilleassociates.com, 443-393-7696
On June 16th, The Elville Center for the Creative Arts was privileged to receive a Community Service Award from The Children’s Home at its Annual Meeting, held at Matthews 1600 in Catonsville.
Over the past several months, The Elville Center has partnered with The Children’s Home to lay the foundation for a music program for its residents, and the relationship and flourished since its inception… Read more »
The Elville Center Partners With Central High School – Making a Musical Difference in the Lives of Students
By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Director,jeff@elvilleassociates.com, 443-393-7696
For those that have followed The Elville Center since its inception in June of 2014, you may recall the Center’s first relationship developed with Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie. A student at the school, Daniel Coleman, heard about The Elville Center after listening to his favorite station, 91.5 WBJC, and contacted us because he wanted to help his school’s band get better-equipped with more musical instruments… Read more »
