JULY Studio News
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
July tuition
is due at your first lesson of the month. Consult your monthly invoice for the exact amount.
Ways to pay:
- IN PERSON at your lesson
- MAIL CHECK: 814 Pineland Dr, Cary, 27511
- ONLINE PAYMENT: Zelle, Venmo
July Schedule
There are no lessons scheduled Thursday, July 4 to Friday, July 12.
2024 summer lessons will continue through July and August. You may add lessons at any point during the summer, just be in touch!
Log in to your MyMusicStaff portal to see your specific lesson dates, times and location. Also included in your account: the link to access the Zoom webpage, previous lesson notes, the monthly studio news, and much more!
2024-25 Lesson Sign Up
Sign Up for Sept-May Lessons using this link: https://forms.gle/VB4PDeXCKhmKYqfe6
Deadline for signing up for school year lessons is Friday, August 9. The more information you can provide me on this Google Form, the more if helps me arrange everyone into my weekly schedule. If you have questions, please email or text me.
Group Class
Group Classes will take a break for the summer months. They will resume with the 2024-2025 school year schedule.
Studio Videos
Reminder: link to our YouTube folders: https://pinelandsuzukistrings.mymusicstaff.com/Video-Links
For now, there the folders are for the Pre-Twinkle videos, Book 1 accompaniment, Daily Do (for Music Mind Games class), and Christmas Carols.
Parent Education
I have loaded several articles to the Library & Downloads page in your MMS portal with articles and handouts for parents. Find a title that interests you and read it! I highly encourage you to take a moment this month to choose one and read it. There is so much value in motivation for the Suzuki parent. Let these articles give you that blessing!! This link might help to take you there: https://app.mymusicstaff.com/Teacher/v2/en/online-resources
The 2024-25 school year will be the YEAR of LISTENING, in our studio. I am excited to see the results of this studio-wide focus. BUT...you do not have to wait until September to get started. Our log in chart in the studio has already been transformed! Keep a tally of every day that you LISTEN (to Suzuki recordings, to special listening, to supplementary pieces, etc.) and bring in your tally to record. Let's use these summer months to add listening to the daily rhythm of our lives so we are ready for the studio-wide challenge coming in the fall.
Several of our online articles explain the importance of and benefits of daily listening to assist in a musical education. Take some time to read over these in the coming weeks:
Playing by Ear by Jeanne Ludeke. This article highlights the fundamentals of why daily listening is important to the process of learning pieces "by ear".
The Role of Listening by Cherie Robertson. Listening is essence of learning. Read her narrative to understand how she came to this conclusion.
Listening by Gilda Barston. I recently stumbled on this download from one of our well-known Suzuki cello teachers. She has raised several of her own Suzuki-trained musicians as well as impacted the lives of hundreds of cello students.
There are a few others, which I will highlight in August. So feel free to browse around!
To access these articles, you can also log into MMS and use the tabs to find our Online Resource's folder>Parent Education.
Let me know what you think! If you have time, send me your reaction, thoughts. etc. I would love to know what speaks to you.
Suzuki Summer Institutes
Registration for SUZUKI Summer Institutes is underway! Use this link to view all of the options around the country for summer study: https://suzukiassociation.org/events/institutes/
What is an Institute? It is a 5-day family camp. Each day, students have a Masterclass lesson and 2-3 classes (group repertoire, group technique, chamber music, orchestra, fiddle, etc) depending on the level of the player and their ability to read music. Want to know more, please ask me!
Here is the most recent email from the organizers of the NC Institute:
Dear NC teachers and parents,
There are still a few spots left for the North Carolina Suzuki Institute! Sign up today!!
We are so fortunate to have an institute here in our state, and hope you will take advantage of this amazing opportunity. The NCSI is a long established tradition of the Suzuki community in NC, under new leadership this year with Laura Eis as Director!
The Institute takes place July 14-19 (Pre-Twinkle Day Camp, July 13-14) at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
There are also limited scholarship opportunities through the North Carolina Suzuki Association. Please check our website – ncsuzuki.org, or click here.
We hope to see you in July!
All the best,
The NC Suzuki Association
Special Listening
Just a reminder that wonderful videos and audio recordings of professional performers can be seen/heard on YouTube. Use this as the Special Listening assignment for each week. This month's famous performer is Lisa Batiashvili (see notes below).
There are other recordings - enjoy looking around and learning more about this great artist of our time.
Please share these with the kids.
Enjoy!
Lisa Batiashvili (born 1979) is a prominent Georgian violinist. A former New York Philharmonic artist-in-residence, she is acclaimed for her "natural elegance, silky sound and the meticulous grace of her articulation." Batiashvili makes frequent appearances at high-profile international events; she was the violin soloist at the 2018 Nobel Prize concert.
She began learning violin with her father from age four. The family left Georgia in 1991 when she was 12 years old, and settled in Germany. In 1995, aged 16, she placed 2nd at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki.
She plays a 1739 Guarneri del Gesu violin (Cozio 61377) lent to her from the private collection of an anonymous German collector.
Recordings to listen/watch:
Tchaikovsky/Sibelius concertos, short recording documentary (Deutsche Gramaphone): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeVdP0tK2j8
Bach Concerto in C min (BWV 1060) - music video promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTQag_3G1mI
Prokofiev: Concerto (short recording documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTJrbbpaUw
Prokofiev: Concerto No.1 in D, (live performance):
I. Andantino - Andante assai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG0-2kZNcOs
II. Scherzo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvXE03NQrDM
III. FInale, Moderato: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cvsq1IoAOo
2024 Local Summer Camps
Triangle Youth Music Camps:
Financial aid is available for all programs and anyone is welcome! See below for dates and additional details:
- Weekly Summer String Orchestra - Mondays from 6:30 - 8:00 PM at Peace Presbyterian Church in Cary, directed by Meaghan Clayton and Myriah Luke. Orchestra begins on June 17th and runs for six weeks, ending on July 22nd with final "in-formance" at 7:30 PM. Cost for six weeks: $100
- Summer String Camp (half day and full day available) - July 29th - August 2nd at Peace Presbyterian Church in Cary, directed by Meaghan Clayton and Myriah Luke. String summer camp will be a little different this year! From 9 AM - 12 PM, string students of any level can participate in traditional orchestra camp. For those who want to stay for the full day, 1 PM - 4 PM is our new enrichment session, where students can select two options each day, including chamber music (for intermediate/advanced students), TYM audition prep, music theory, music history, and/or music composition/ arranging. Please note: the enrichment portion is only available to students who participate in the morning session. Cost for Half-Day: $300. Cost for Full-Day: $500
- Jazz Camp (full day only) -July 22 - July 26th, location TBA, All levels accepted, directed by Kobie Watkins and Gregg Gelb. Students will be broken up into smaller groups based on skill level. Musicians will explore jazz style, improvisation, and prep for TYM auditions. Cost for Full-Day: $500
Registration will be open soon! Contact Katherine Denton katherinedenton@
