Compass Inc.

🎸👂🎵We're taking a break from programming for the month of August as we prepare for our fall semester, however, we do have one special Listening Room Concert scheduled on August 16 with poet, songwriter and musical troubadour, Danny Schmidt. If you prefer listening to music in a more intimate space, where you have the opportunity to meet the artist, and have a comfy seat to sit in, our Listening Room Concert Series is for you!

"In today's underground folk world, Danny Schmidt is spoken of in reverent tones, drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen, with a poetry that breathes naturally and without pretension, with results that are both attractive and intense." - Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle - https://www.dannyschmidt.com/

Danny Schmidt in The Listening Room at Compass Inc.
Friday, August 16 at 7:00pm
$15adv - $20dos
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/cWCkp
Learn more about the rest of our fall concert series here: https://compasscolumbia.org/concerts/

🎉📢 JUST ANNOUNCED 📢 🎉 The Compass Listening Room Concert Series - Fall 2024

Danny Schmidt - Friday, August 16
Weary Ramblers - Sunday, September 29
My Politic - Saturday, October 5
Heather Mae - Saturday, November 9

🎟️ TICKETS & INFO: https://shorturl.at/WnYFb

The Compass Listening Room Concert Series is an intimate monthly music event hosted within the Compass Music Center, featuring primarily touring singer-songwriters and acoustic folk artists. The Listening Room is a substance free venue that provides an ideal setting for musicians to showcase their talents and connect with an appreciative audience. With a focus on creating an intimate experience, the concert series invites performers to share their heartfelt music, allowing for genuine connections between the artists and listeners who have a deep passion for music.

🎸🎵🧭 Compass Music Camp 2024 has officially come to a close, and all seven band rehearsal rooms have been packed up. We are so incredibly proud of all of our campers for all of their hard work last week. Compass Music Camp strives to do more than just educate the next generation about music, but it also teaches the importance of skills such as teamwork, mindfulness, dedication, commitment, and kindness. When we work together as a team and community, we achieve far more than when we are divided, and music is the recipe that unites us all. Compass Music Camp forever!

📸Thanks to Amy Enderle for capturing some of the special moments from our Sunday showcase at The Blue Note.

Introducing the Compass Music Camp Class of 2024!! Come support all of these amazing young musicians and the future of our mid-MO music scene tonight at The Blue Note!

TONIGHT AT THE BLUE NOTE 🧭
Compass Music Camp Showcase at The Blue Note
Doors 4:30 // Show 5:30
Tickets available at the door and here: https://bit.ly/3KPRznZ

🥁 🎸🤘🎵Introducing the Compass Music Camp Bands of 2024: Flamin' Pheonixes, [Insirt Name Here], The Comets, Escape Velocity, Halfway Decent, Raging Rocketz and Landline!

Come catch their debut tomorrow night on stage at The Blue Note!

Compass Music Camp Showcase at The Blue Note.
Sunday, July 21
Doors 4:30pm // Show 5:30pm
at The Blue Note (All Ages)
Tickets $6-10
On Sale Now: https://shorturl.at/rGlNI

Photos by Amy Enderle

DAY FIVE of Compass Music Camp! We were excited to learn about an intro to and the history of DJing by DJ KreeM in the afternoon, followed by a dance party! Putting final touches on songs in rehearsal, and getting ready for the big day! Do you have your tickets to the showcase yet?

Sunday, July 21
Doors 4:30pm // Show 5:30pm
$6-$10
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3KPRznZ

DAY FOUR of Compass Music Camp! Our last day with Pat Kay in Artist Development, finishing up album artwork in Art and Design with Shayla, music History with Phylshawn, songwriting with Lucy Goldberg, Open Mic and always a camp favorite, screen printing band tees with One to One Print Shop!

🎸🎶🧭 DAY THREE of Compass Music Camp! Morning classes, a visit from our friend and former camper mom Kristin Bowen, (shout out to The Sweaters), who helped us make buttons, had soo much fun singing karaoke, Amy Enderle stopped by to take our band promo photos (we can't wait for you to see them!!)....all of that and SO much more!

If you haven't gotten your tickets for Sunday's showcase at The Blue Note, now's the time! Come support these young musicians and cheer them on!

Sunday, July 21
Doors 4:30pm // Show 5:30pm
$6-$10
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3KPRznZ

🎸🎶🧭 Compass Music Camp: DAY TWO! We continued our morning class rotation, and were excited to have local touring musician, Pat Kay (Spook Lights & The Kay Brothers) back on staff teaching a few days of Artist Development, we ate SOO many tasty pork tacos from Irene's BBQ, Syd Hemwall with Transformative Sound gave a presentation of light, sound and frequency, and everyone has finished at least one song in band rehearsals.

🎸🎶🧭 Day one of Compass Music Camp went great yesterday! Each morning, campers rotate between private music lessons, music history, music theory, artist development, art and design, and songwriting. Aside from our incredible Compass Staff, students also learned from local duo, The January Lanterns and about beat-making from local artist, Tony Ousley with Mowjoe Productions. The day ended with band rehearsal, and members are quickly learning how to communicate and create together. Much more to come!

🎶 Compass Music Camp, YEAR ELEVEN, here we go!! 🤘🏽🎸32 young Rock Stars will be arriving bright and early tomorrow morning to learn all about what it takes be an independent musician. Our theme this year is and we’ll be exploring various ways to make music outside the norm and from an authentic place.

Stay tuned for more and mark your calendars to support all SEVEN bands at this Sunday, July 21 at 5:30pm.

🎶🎸💪🏽🌈 Our Lil Rock Stars empowerment board has officially made its home on the Compass walls. We hope all who walk through our building feel empowered when they see it.

🐍🦋🌱🌞We are truly looking forward to hosting Steph Plant in The Listening Room this Sunday at 3pm for a special kids concert. Watch the video below to learn a little more Steph and plan on joining in on the fun this Sunday!

Steph Plant is a Montessori trained singer/songwriter and author/illustrator based out of the St Louis area. She has produced 2 full length albums and self publishes children's picture books based on the lyrics of her songs. Her lovely original children's music uplifts and directs praise and presence to the themes of nature, connection, and life's simple pleasures. Learn more about Steph here: https://www.stephplantbooks.com/

📚🎵Story and Music time with Steph Plant
🎟️ Suggested Donation $5-20. Ticket Link: https://shorturl.at/9sBq7

Steph Plant: Musician, Teacher, Mother Steph Plant is a teacher at Metro East Montessori School just outside of St. Louis. In addition to teaching, Steph is a musician. She was formally in the ban...

🎶🎸🎤Our Programs Director, Violet Vonder Haar, had a great time this morning chatting with Adonica Coleman with about Compass and our 11th (!!) year of Compass Music Camp.. Catch the interview on July 17, but go ahead and get your tickets now for the end of camp showcase, on July 21, where SEVEN bands will be showcasing all their hard work from the camp week at ! 🎟️Tix available at thebluenote.com.

📝🎵Today was our last day of Compass Songwriting Camp. What an amazing week we've had with these young and talented songwriters! Our campers learned so much from their director, Lucy Goldberg, and have written some truly amazing songs this week! Come hear for yourself tomorrow afternoon at a Songwriters in the Round Showcase in The Listening Room at Compass Inc. at 3pm. $5-20 Suggested Donation at the door. Come support these amazing young songwriters!

🌞Compass Summer Vibes🌞 - https://mailchi.mp/compasscolumbia/compass-summer-vibes

🎸🤘👩‍🎤We are still riding high from our incredible Lil Rock Stars Camp last week! It was a week full of lots of laughter, joy, new friendships, overcoming fears, building confidence and lots of music.

❤️We couldn't have done it without our amazing staff! Thank you SO much to Violet Vonder Haar, Phylshawn Johnson, Shayla Howell, Syd Hemwall, Lucy Goldberg, Kona Asi, Liv Burney, Faye Boland, Keira Bradley and Eleanor Barhorst for helping to make all these girls feel like the true Rock Stars that they are! We can't wait to make this camp happen again next summer!

🌞We are SO excited to welcome Steph Plant back to The Listening Room on July 7 for a special kids concert! Steph was one of the very first artists to perform for our concert series when we opened in 2022, and we can't wait to have her back!

Steph Plant is a Montessori trained singer/songwriter and author/illustrator based out of the St Louis area. She has produced 2 full length albums and self publishes children's picture books based on the lyrics of her songs. Her lovely original children's music uplifts and directs praise and presence to the themes of nature, connection, and life's simple pleasures. Learn more about Steph here: https://www.stephplantbooks.com/

🐍Story and Music time with Steph Plant
Sunday, July 7 at 3:00pm

Kid-friendly story and music time with Steph Plant at Compass Inc. All ages are welcome, however the music is especially ideal for children ages 2-7 years old.

In order to make this event accessible to all, it will be free and open to the public. Those who are able to give are encouraged to give a suggested donation of $5-20 that will go to the artist and to cover venue expenses.

🌻Ticket Link: https://shorturl.at/tcmnE

Tix - Ticket Sales

We are honored to be nominated for the best Art Schools and Lessons category by the CommunityVotes - Columbia MO!

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These Lil Rock Stars are ready to rock their SOLD OUT show tomorrow afternoon in The Listening Room at Compass Inc.!! We are so proud of each of these girls for taking chances, working hard, facing fears and trusting their abilities this week. We can't wait to watch them all 🌟shine🌟 tomorrow!

Introducing our 🌟Lil Rock Star🌟 Bands of 2024!! Meet the coolest new bands in town: The Glowing Girls, Girl Bosses and Hide and Seek! These young rock stars are equipped with confidence and power and are almost ready to ROCK at this Saturday's showcase in The Listening Room at Compass Inc.!! Only a few tickets left before we sell out! Get your tickets now before it's too late: https://shorturl.at/zkxEd

🎸🎵🤘Lil Rock Stars Camp - Day Three! We started the morning with some super-power poses and yoga. We learned about rhythm in Music 101 with Violet, made buttons with our friend Kristen Bowen, sang SO many Taylor Swift songs during Karaoke time, experienced a sound bath and guided meditation with Syd Hemwall and continued writing songs and preparing for Saturday's showcase, which is getting close to selling out. If you haven't gotten your tix yet, don't wait!!

👉Ticket Link: https://shorturl.at/zkxEd

🥁🎤🎹🤘🎸❤️Another great day at Lil Rock Stars Camp! We started our day by chatting about the importance of positive self-talk, and put it to practice with mirror affirmations, where campers were invited to look at themselves in a mirror and find three things they loved about themselves. They learned how to build major and minor chords on piano, made friendship bracelets, learned more musical skills in their private lessons, explored some of their favorite music in music appreciation with Phylshawn, were surprised by a guest appearance of the Confidence Fairy, and continued writing their songs for Saturday's showcase. Still three more days of camp and we can't wait!

🥁🎤🎹🤘We had an AMAZING first day of Lil Rock Stars Camp!! Today we learned about songwriting, started making zines, learned some breathing exercises during our mindfulness moment and rocked out with our bands during rehearsal.

You do not want to miss these Lil Rock Stars' showcase this Saturday 1pm! Get your tix now before it sells out!
Ticket Link -> https://shorturl.at/xEz78

🎶On Saturday, December 2, The Compass Folk Singers performed their final semester showcase featuring both local and regional folk songs. Despite some members having never sung in a choir or participated in an event like this before, they all performed exceptionally well. If you're interested in joining the Folk Singers Choir next fall, be sure to sign up for our mailing list at www.compasscolumbia.org to be the first to know about registration 📩.

If you enjoy seeing programming like this and want to support us on our mission to make music available and accessible to everyone, please consider donating to our CoMoGives campaign at this link: https://comogives.com/product/compass-inc-2/