OCTOBER Studio News
Sunday, October 1, 2017 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
October 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.
October schedule
No lessons on Tuesday, October 31.
Consult your registration form or log in to your MyMusicStaff portal to see your specific lesson dates and times.
Group Class
Group classes meet this month on Friday, October 13. Log in to your MyMusicStaff portal to see your individual group class assignment.
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!
This month I encourage each of you to read the article titled: Compound Interest, Every Day Practice and Review. Since I have been highlighting practice in the lessons -- the value of it, the purpose for it, and how we are progressing as a studio, it would be good for you as a parent to read some encouraging words and suggestions around the topic too!
November workshop
Saturday, November 4: Chapel Hill Workshop with Dr. Terry Durbin. Join us for the day (9a-6p) for group, fiddle, improv, movement and MMG classes, parent talks and more! Everyone is highly encouraged to attend this one-day event. It is such a motivational boost for every student that attends. Let me know if you have any questions, or talk with a family who has attended.
Masterclasses are available on Friday and Sunday. A masterclass is like a lesson, only shorter (~20min) and with a "master" teacher who is not your child's "every-week" teacher. The advantage of taking a masterclass is for getting a "second" opinion or other vantage point from which to view your child's musical path. Usually a masterclass teacher will be found saying the something very similar to what the home teacher or parent has been saying, but since it is in a new environment, or simply said a different way, it hits home and makes a difference! I am a huge advocate of masterclass lessons and would love to have this experience with any of you!
The online registration is live! Here is the email from the organizing team:
Dear Suzuki Friends,
Registration is open for this year's Chapel Hill Durham Suzuki workshop. This workshop will serve Suzuki students at the pre-twinkle level through book 10+. We hope you can attend!
Click here for more information.
Click here to register now!
Click here to read the bios of this year's amazing clinicians.
Sincerely,
Amy and the Workshop Team
You Tube videos / 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 Itzhak Perlman (see notes below).
13-year old Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (excerpt): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eLoWm9swbM&list=RD4eLoWm9swbM&t=30
Introduction and Rondo Capriccio by Saint-Saens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnsPnyiLdrw&list=RD4eLoWm9swbM&index=21
Humoresque by Dvorak with YoYo Ma (a Book 3 piece! :-) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDmAxSFt6A&index=7&list=RD4eLoWm9swbM
Themes from "Schindler's List": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYokqDoXQjU
Performs at the White House - Fritz Kreisler "Tempo di Menuetto in the style of Pugnani": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYpMlOV0wrI
Please share these with the kids.
Perlman was another early starter, giving his first concert at ten and playing to a live US television audience when he was thirteen. His refined approach to playing and his enthusiasm have both been prominent features in his career. He has also emerged as a conductor and important teacher, with a position at the Juilliard School in New York where he studied himself.
His playful sound brings to mind Louis Armstrong, a musician that makes you smile even as he reveals flawless technique. With a sweet, warm tone, he hit the big-time with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show at the tender age of 13. Today he continues to play occasionally but is more devoted to teaching young violinists.
Upcoming local concert dates
*Nov 18 (5:30 pm): CARY CLASSICAL CONCERTS, St. Francis UMC: An evening of Dvorak. http://www.saintfrancisumc.org/cary-classical-concerts
*Dec 1 (7:30p), 2 (2p), & 3 (3p): Duke Chapel choir and orchestra present Messiah by Handel
*indicates performance Dr. Baker is playing.
Websites for local concerts:
NC Symphony Calendar of events: https://www.ncsymphony.org/concerts-events/single-ticket-calendar/
Duke Performances 2017-18. Use this link to view upcoming performances at Duke University http://dukeperformances.duke.
NC Museum of Art Chamber Music Concerts. Use this link to view upcoming performance at the NC Museum of Art. http://ncartmuseum.org/p
NCSU Center Stage Performances. Use this link to view upcoming performances http://www.ncsu.e
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.
