Hello Friends of the Elville Center for the Creative Arts, As we look towards the holiday season and close out the year, I invite you to join us in giving the gift of music — a gift that can change a student’s life forever. The Elville Center improves the lives of children across Maryland by […]

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Over the past several months, the Elville Center has been hard at work for several organizations and school music programs, working to “Make a Musical Difference in the Lives of Children.” The second semester is already underway, and the school year is flying by – I now have a senior and sophomore in high school […]

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By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director – Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc.; Community Relations Director – Elville and Associates, P.C. “Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, […]

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By: Jeffrey D. Stauffer – Executive Director – Elville Center for the Creative Arts, Inc. The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of a nation’s civilization.    […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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