JULY Studio News
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
July tuition
is due at your first lesson of the month. The envelope for tuition is hanging on the cabinet when you enter the studio. Consult your monthly invoice for the exact amount.
July Schedule
Consult your registration form or log in to your MyMusicStaff portal to see your specific lesson dates and times.
Group Class
No Group Classes during the summer months (June - August).
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 Vanessa-Mae (see notes below).
Toccata and Fugue, J.S.Bach (arrangement) for organ, orch and violin -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8Fa_EUQqY
Four Seasons, Vivaldi (at the British World Music Awards 2000) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6JAM968XWE&list=RDz5aaeFIubFI&index=17
Pagannini, Caprice No, 24 (arrangement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxfh-dlTH3M&list=RDz5aaeFIubFI&index=33
There are other recordings of her - enjoy looking around and learning more about this great artist of our time.
Please share these with the kids.
Vanessa-Mae (1978- )
Sharing her birthday with the legendary violinist, Nicolo Paganini, Vanessa-Mae was born 196 years later on 27 October 1978 in Singapore, to a Singaporean mother and Thai father. After adopting a British father, she moved to London at the age of 4 where she picked up the violin, having already started the piano in Singapore. At the age of 13, she had already recorded three highly-praised classical albums. These contained a wide range of repertoire from masterpiece concertos by Tchaikovsky and Beethoven (the youngest artist ever to record these works).
In studio working on her debut pop album, at the age of 15, she created a completely new genre of music. With the release of The Violin Player in 1995, at the age of 16, she discovered an ecstatic audience of millions worldwide. Her brave approach of presenting the violin in a new style caused controversy among some traditionalist critics but its enormous popularity around the world among music lovers of all kinds established her as a world star and subsequently inspired a wave of new artists following in her footsteps.
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! So glad that several of you are taking advantage of these articles. If you haven't downloaded any of them yet, 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 value!!
This month I am uploading an article from the SAA Mini-Journal (Summer, 2001), Taking Notes at Lessons: Practical Tips for Parents by Heidi Ehle
Take the time to download and read this article. If you have time, let me know your reaction, thoughts. etc.
In addition, feel free to look back at the other articles I have posted. We have quite a variety of topics to choose from now!
CONCERTS
Websites for local concerts:
August 5, 7:30 pm - Triangle Youth String Orchestra Summer Session Concert, Carlswell Auditorium, Meredith College. You are invited to see what the string orchestra in the triangle is like! And see your studio colleague, Elizabeth Baucom, perform in her first orchestra concert. For 4th grade and up, this is a great ensemble for beginning readers. Go to their website to learn more: https://philharmonic-association.org/triangle-youth-string-orchestra/
NC Symphony Calendar of events: https://www.ncsymphony.org/concerts-events/single-ticket-calendar/
Duke Performances 2018-19. Use this link to view upcoming performances at Duke University https://dukeperformances.duke.edu/
NC Museum of Art Chamber Music Concerts. Use this link to view upcoming performance at the NC Museum of Art. https://ncartmuseum.org/calendar/series_parent/summer_concerts
NCSU Center Stage Performances. Use this link to view upcoming performances https://live.arts.ncsu.edu/events/nc-state-live-2018-19-season/
CAMPS and MUSIC PROGRAMS:
Pinecone youth music camps: https://pinecone.org/co
Triangle youth orchestra: http://philharmonic
**If you know of any other events in the area. Send them to me via email and I can mail out to everyone! Thanks.
