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Goshen College Community School of the Arts offers private music lessons for all ages, including piano lessons and summer private lessons. The program includes vocal and instrumental ensembles such as CSA Choirs, CSA Orchestras, vocal ensembles, instrumental groups, the Youth Honors Orchestra program, and the Community School of the Arts choir program. It also offers early childhood and family music experiences through Music Together, including Free Baby Classes for birth to 8 months, Family Classes for birth to age 5, Rhythm Kids™ for grades K–2, and Music Together Demo Classes.
• Ages: Birth–18 years old
• Schedule: Main office hours Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–12:00 pm and 1:00 pm–5:30 pm
The leadership team includes Jeshua Franklin, Executive Director of the Goshen College Music Center; Marcia Yost, Goshen College Director of the Arts: Engagement and Outreach and Interim Director of the CSA; Mary Rose Norell, Community School of the Arts Private Lesson Program Director and CSA Director; Hillary Harder, Community School of the Arts and ECoSistema Program Director; and Dustin T. George-Miller, Office Coordinator. Dr. Jeshua Franklin holds undergraduate degrees in music from Modesto Junior College and Bethel University and master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from Bowling Green State University and the University of Washington. Marcia Yost holds a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Indianapolis and an M.M. from Western Michigan University. Hillary Harder is a 2015 Goshen College graduate with a dual concentration in voice and violin and a Spanish double major, holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Longy School of Bard College, and was awarded Elementary Teacher of the Year for Elkhart Community Schools. Dustin George-Miller is a 1998 Goshen College alumnus with a B.A. in Music and Music Education and completed coursework for a graduate degree in musicology at the University of Notre Dame.
ECoSistema is described as a music and youth development program making music education more accessible for Elkhart County youth and families and promoting equitable access, excellence, and empowerment through music. Goshen College Music Together and Triple P partnership fosters early relational health in Elkhart County. Hillary Harder oversees ECoSistema, Music Together, the Youth Honors Orchestra program, and the Community School of the Arts choir program, and serves as co-facilitator for the Equity-Centered Pedagogy Working Group for El Sistema USA and co-teaches graduate courses for Longy School of Music’s online Master of Music in Music Education program.
Sauder Concert Hall is described as a jewel of a hall and one of the best in the country, with renowned, warm, and true acoustics and an intimate feel with glowing acoustics, and it houses a Taylor & Boody pipe organ, Opus 41. The concert hall has been described as “a beautiful place to ‘swing’” by Wynton Marsalis, as “one of the great halls of the world” by Vance George, and as “a lovely space with an intimate feel and glowing acoustics” by Jeannette Sorrell. Matt Oltman has described Sauder Concert Hall as “a jewel of a hall and one of the best in the country.” Entrances and spaces within the Music Center are fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Ages: Birth–18 years old
• Schedule: Main office hours Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–12:00 pm and 1:00 pm–5:30 pm
The leadership team includes Jeshua Franklin, Executive Director of the Goshen College Music Center; Marcia Yost, Goshen College Director of the Arts: Engagement and Outreach and Interim Director of the CSA; Mary Rose Norell, Community School of the Arts Private Lesson Program Director and CSA Director; Hillary Harder, Community School of the Arts and ECoSistema Program Director; and Dustin T. George-Miller, Office Coordinator. Dr. Jeshua Franklin holds undergraduate degrees in music from Modesto Junior College and Bethel University and master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from Bowling Green State University and the University of Washington. Marcia Yost holds a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Indianapolis and an M.M. from Western Michigan University. Hillary Harder is a 2015 Goshen College graduate with a dual concentration in voice and violin and a Spanish double major, holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Longy School of Bard College, and was awarded Elementary Teacher of the Year for Elkhart Community Schools. Dustin George-Miller is a 1998 Goshen College alumnus with a B.A. in Music and Music Education and completed coursework for a graduate degree in musicology at the University of Notre Dame.
ECoSistema is described as a music and youth development program making music education more accessible for Elkhart County youth and families and promoting equitable access, excellence, and empowerment through music. Goshen College Music Together and Triple P partnership fosters early relational health in Elkhart County. Hillary Harder oversees ECoSistema, Music Together, the Youth Honors Orchestra program, and the Community School of the Arts choir program, and serves as co-facilitator for the Equity-Centered Pedagogy Working Group for El Sistema USA and co-teaches graduate courses for Longy School of Music’s online Master of Music in Music Education program.
Sauder Concert Hall is described as a jewel of a hall and one of the best in the country, with renowned, warm, and true acoustics and an intimate feel with glowing acoustics, and it houses a Taylor & Boody pipe organ, Opus 41. The concert hall has been described as “a beautiful place to ‘swing’” by Wynton Marsalis, as “one of the great halls of the world” by Vance George, and as “a lovely space with an intimate feel and glowing acoustics” by Jeannette Sorrell. Matt Oltman has described Sauder Concert Hall as “a jewel of a hall and one of the best in the country.” Entrances and spaces within the Music Center are fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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