Community concert, camps coming up at Museum of Aviation
Edward Eikner and Nadine Cheek will return for an encore performance as the finale of the 2015-16 season for the Warner Robins Community Concert Association. The pianist and mezzo-soprano duo will perform at 3 p.m. April 10 at the First United Methodist Church in Warner Robins. Tickets at the door are $15, or they are free for students of any age.
Eikner and Cheek last appeared in Warner Robins in 2007 with a classical-operatic performance. This year they will take the stage with an American standards program that will include pop selections from Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Richard Rogers. There also will be a medley of Stephen Foster songs specially arranged by Eikner.
Nadine Cheek is a native Georgian who graduated from Warner Robins High School in 1975 and Wesleyan College in 1979. Her master's degree from College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati is in vocal performance.
Eikner is the recipient of a Van Cliburn scholarship and studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Both Cheek and Eikner have extensive experience performing worldwide.
For additional information about the Cheek/Eikner Duo Concert and the upcoming 2016-17 Warner Robins Community Concert Association musical season, visit www.wrconcert.org.
The National Stem Academy at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins is offering Minecraft on April 16 from noon-3 p.m. The workshop offers an experience for third- to fifth-graders to learn the basics of three-dimensional modeling using a free app resource called TinkerCAD. The process involves converting 3D into Minecraft schematics that are converted through WorldEdit or MCEdit. Students enrolled in this class must come with their own paid PC/Mac MineCraft Login.
Students may even bring their own laptops, but it is not required. Pre-registration is required by calling Valerie Myers at 478-222-7580 or emailing vgill@museumofaviation.org.
The fee is $30 for each participant.
It's also time to register for summer camps that will start June 6 at the Museum of Aviation. The summer STEM camps are for children in grades pre-K through 12 and are $130 each. The camp programs are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. until noon. Visit www.museumofaviation.org for complete details, schedule and registration information. Call 478-222-7580 for information.
Marsha Priest Buzzell is the executive director of the Warner Robins Convention & Visitors Bureau and may be contacted at 478-922-5100 or cvb@wrga.gov.
This story was originally published March 30, 2016 at 8:21 AM with the headline "Community concert, camps coming up at Museum of Aviation ."