Posts Categorized: News Articles

By:  Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director I hope this message finds everyone well as we move towards the fall semester for schools, one of the busiest times of the year for the Elville Center. I am receiving many “wish lists” from music teachers we are working to fulfill for their music programs, and now more than… Read more »

By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.  If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”    Albert Einstein As… Read more »

By:  Jeffrey Stauffer – Executive Director of the Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc. I hope this message finds everyone well as we move into springtime.  I have a few updates about the Elville Center I’d like to share with you! Car Magnets for Sale After a long wait, Elville Center-branded car magnets are… Read more »

By:  Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director – Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc.  “Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond and words.” – Robert G. Ingersol  As the Elville Center for the Creative Arts celebrated its six-year anniversary in June, the… Read more »

By:  Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director – Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc. Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Mrs. Asgerdur Sigurdardottir, president of the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society.  Did you know that Baltimore is a hub for amazing classical guitar in the world and is home to one of the… Read more »

By:  Jeffrey D. Stauffer, Executive Director – Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc.   Do you have an instrument taking up space in a closet or attic not being used anymore?  Perhaps your son or daughter has moved on to other activities and their instrument could use a good home! As the fall semester… Read more »

By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director – Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc. “Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital… Read more »

By:  Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director, Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc. Wednesday was a great day for the Elville Center for the Creative Arts, and most importantly the school music programs and student musicians we support!  Executive Director Jeff Stauffer and Audio-Visual Specialist Lucille Elville began their travels early in the morning,… Read more »

  By: Stephen R. Elville – President and Founder of the Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc. Good news is rare these days, but not at the Elville Center for the Creative Arts. The Elville Center is boldly continuing its work in 2021 to provide much needed musical instruments, music lessons, art- and dance-related… Read more »

By:  Jeffrey Stauffer – Executive Director The Elville Center was privileged to deliver some donated refurbished instruments to our fine longtime partners at Wiley H. Bates Middle School in Annapolis in November and December!  These instruments will help support the student musician’s in the performing visual arts school’s band and orchestral programs. The first picture… Read more »