OCTOBER Studio News
Friday, October 1, 2021 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
October tuition
is due at your first lesson of the month. Consult your monthly invoice for the exact amount.
Ways to pay:
- MAIL CHECK: 814 Pineland Dr, Cary, 27511
- ONLINE PAYMENT: PayPal (include fee) or Google Pay (no fee)
What to do:
Reply to your invoice email on the 1st and let me know how you will send tuition this month.
1. Check is in the mail,
2. PayPal link on invoice (you will pay the 2.9% fee), or
3. Google Pay (I will need to send you money request to go this route. I will send out requests to everyone who chose this option prior)
October Schedule
NO Lessons are schedule from Friday, Oct. 1 to Friday, Oct. 8.
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!
Group Classes
Group Classes will meet on Friday, October 15th. Location: Saint Francis UMC. 2965 Kildaire Farm Road, 27518. Group classes this year will be offered as a hybrid experience. All class will be streamed on ZOOM and will meet in person. When the weather is nice we will gather under the portico of the Admin building. When the weather is not tolerant for us or our instruments, we will meet in the choir room and follow the mask policies of the church at the time. Group schedule:
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4:00-4:25 |
Twinkle |
Zoey Cromartie, Eva Dyess, Ava Humes, Elaine Park, EllaJane Rouse, EvelynKate Rouse |
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4:30-5:00 |
Bk 1 |
Katie Cantrell, Ruthie Catalano, Charlotte Fox, Luke Fox, Divya Kancharla, Cataleya Kelley, Maitri Potukuchi, Connor Raeman, Selah Wallace, Glover Wilson, Annabelle Zipparo, |
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5:05-5:40 |
Bk 2/3 |
Carter Bettini, Claire Catalano, Campbell Fox, Logan Isett, Christian Kelley, Noah Wallace, Gabrielle Zipparo |
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5:45-6:30 |
Bk 4+ / Reading |
Timothy Baker, Elizabeth Baucom, Rachel Cantrell, Hannah Katragadda, Lillian Moore, Wesley Payne |
November Solo Recital
Our fall recital is scheduled for Saturday, November 6 at 4:30 p.m. Location Saint Francis UMC. The recital will be streamed for family and friends to watch and support all of the performers!
Mark your calendar now! All studio participants are expected to participate in our 3 recitals each year.
Studio Videos
Reminder: link to our YouTube folders: https://pinelandsuzukistrings.mymusicstaff.com/Video-Links
For now, I have posted links to 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 month I am sharing an article from the Spring 2021 Suzuki Journal. Why practice? What are the benefits? Read through the ideas presented by Joseph Kaminsky, a long-time contributor to the violin column of the ASJ, in his article, "Keeping Students' Playing Healthy with Routine Maintenance Practice."
If you have time, send me your reaction, thoughts. etc. I would love to know what speaks to you.
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 David Oistrakh (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!
Concerto for Violin, P.I.Tchaikovsky:
mvt 1: https://youtu.be/fNCeYKfAOZI
mvt 2: https://youtu.be/IgrUb2IS9sI
mvt. 3: https://youtu.be/77DgEqwRnrA
Concerto for two Violins in D minor, J.S. Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJh6i-t_I1Q (This is a book 4 and 5 piece. Enjoy!)
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKd0VII-l3A
David Oistrakh
lived from 1908 to 1974. He became world famous for his recordings and recitals of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto, as well the standards by Beethoven, Brahms and Mendelssohn. He was friends with several prominent Russian composers, including Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Glazunov, all of whom wrote works dedicated to him, and which he premiered.
Tchaikovsky’s Concerto was his favorite work, and some say he made the best recordings of it, which is a huge feather in any violinist’s cap. He described the last movement of it as the violin equivalent of running a 3-minute mile.
