AUGUST Studio News
Thursday, August 1, 2019 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
August 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.
August Schedule
There are no lessons August 5-6 (Mon/Tues) and August 26-30 (Mon-Fri). 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).
2019-2020 Lesson Sign up
The Lesson Sign Up for 2019-2020 is live! An email was sent to you directly. Here is a link to access from the website:
https://forms.gle/oWTzKprFtAgQb8r76
Deadline for filling out the lesson sign up form is NEXT FRIDAY, August 9. If you need more time, please email me so I am aware.
Fall lessons begin on Tuesday, September 3.
Fall Workshop
Save the Date!
Chapel Hill Cooperative Suzuki Project’s
Fall Suzuki Violin Workshop
Featuring Dr. Terry Durbin
Saturday, November 9
Eno River UUF, Durham
Master Classes, November 8 and 10
Website and Registration information coming soon!
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 Isaac Stern (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.
Leclair, Violin duet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHqabmaN6iY
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Op. 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSbfsJJUEpk
J.S. Bach, Unaccompanied Sonata No. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIBT-vBHgJc
Greensleeves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl0rdYZUnIo
Isaac Stern (1920 - 2001)
Stern was more than just a violinist, he was also a strong force behind many great and famous violinists including Itzhak Perlman. Highly respected in the violin community as a statesman as well as a premier violinists of the 20th century, he was both a violin teacher and a player.
When he was 6, Stern started learning to play the piano but he would soon turn his interest to the violin which led him to study at the San Francisco Conservatory and then later under Naoum Blinder.
Since making his debut at the age of 15 with the San Francisco Symphony, he would go on to collaborate with the great Russian pianist Alexander Zakin before going on to discover great violinists like Pinchas Zukerman.
Before his death in 2001 at the age of 81, Isaac Stern had already had many recordings and awards to his name.
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 Journal (Winter, 2004), Fostering Social and Emotional Learning by Jennifer Kovarovic
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!
SAA Podcasts
The Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) website now houses 2 seasons of podcasts. Listen to the Season 1 trailer here and learn more about this podcast series.
Browse the entire series here
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.
