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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Authored by: Jeffrey D. Stauffer, Executive Director – jeff@elvilleassociates.com, 443-393-7696
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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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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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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 »
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 »
In early January, Ms. Denise Schneider, a 2nd-grade teacher at Halethorpe Elementary, contacted The Elville Center after she was referred to the charity by a friend whose program received assistance from the Center in 2015. As an elementary school wanting to introduce its students to music and offer them new cultural experiences, a field… Read more »
