JUNE Studio News
Monday, June 1, 2020 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
June 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: I have been looking into ways for payments to be made online this month. After considering absorbing the PayPal fee for you all (which I just don't think I can swing right now), I learned about the Google Pay option.
What to do:
Reply to your invoice email on June 1 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)
June Schedule
Summer Lesson Registration information was emailed out May 29. You can view your entire summer lesson schedule in that invoice or in the monthly invoices sent on the 1st. You will need to log into the MyMusicStaff portal to know the location of your lesson each week. Be in touch if there are any questions on how to access your portal account.
Consult your registration form or log in to your MyMusicStaff portal to see your specific lesson dates, times and location.
Online Community Play-In
Use this link to register to participate in a weekly Virtual Book 1 or 2 Play In! https://www.cyosc.org/violin-play-in.html
Book 1
- Every Thursday at 5:00-5:30PM PDT
- Every Friday at 9:00-9:30AM PDT
Book 2
- Every Thursday at 5:30PM PDT
- Every Friday at 9:30AM PDT
How wonderful is this to be able to play with other Suzuki students from all over the country!! From what I understand the accompaniment track is an orchestra (a unique opportunity) and there will be a "conductor" leading the class. If you are able to participate, please let me know how it goes!
ZOOM Virtual Lessons
Here is the link to use for lessons this month: https://zoom.us/j/9799595937
Password: cbviolin
Thank you all for working so hard these past 2 weeks to figure out how to make this time together successful. A few thoughts as we move into the weeks ahead:
- Set up your lesson space with ample time to log in 5 minutes before your lesson time. (music stand, music, tuned instrument, etc)
- Please have the video in landscape (horizontal) setting so I can see both arms. Test out your bow arm at the tip...can you see your bow hold in the picture with your arm extended? I do not need to see your music stand, that can be off to the side of the camera.
- Turn off as many Wi-Fi devices in your house as you are able. The more devices you have accessing your router, the more delays and cut outs happen when you are playing. Airplane mode? I will have most everything here at my house removed from our router during lesson times to help us out.
- Mute yourself and even turn off your video to be less of a distraction to the lesson in progress.
- Feel free to experiment with speakers or mics on your end to be able to hear me / make your audio sharper.
March Madness - Practice Challenge
Congratulations to all of the students who have completed the March Madness challenge! I know several more of you have finished as well. Please send me pictures of your completed bracket sheet so I can update the list below and our webpage. Thanks!
CHECK OUT your studio colleagues progress: https://pinelandsuzukistrings.mymusicstaff.com/March-Madness-Review
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PERFORMER: |
WINNER: |
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Carter Bettini |
Song of the Wind |
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Campbell Fox |
Chorus from ‘Judas Maccabeaus’ |
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Luke Fox |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Variation E |
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Maitri Potukuchi |
Go Tell Aunt Rhody |
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Connor Raeman |
Allegro |
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Ameris Rood |
Concerto No. 2, mvt. 3 by F. Seitz |
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Selah Wallace |
May Song |
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Annabelle Zipparo |
May Song |
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Gabrielle Zipparo |
Allegretto |
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.
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 Sayaka Shoji (see notes below).
There are other recordings - enjoy looking around and learning more about this great artist of our time.
Enjoy!
Please share these with the kids.
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor: https://youtu.be/qVrkc6zRzEE
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGlgAZlde3Y&list=RD0Ze45maxD9Q&index=2
Bach Chaconne from Partita No.2: https://youtu.be/sU9lrF4h52w
Sibelius Water Drops: https://youtu.be/uAlQu4Kk4j0
Paganini La Campanella: https://youtu.be/YAAKOXR44Q4
Paganini Concerto (performance when she was young): https://youtu.be/9KtmZxaTx20
Sayaka Shoji (born 30 January 1983) is a Japanese classical violinist. She was the first Japanese and youngest winner at the Paganini Competition in Genoa in 1999.
Shoji was born in Tokyo and spent her early childhood in Siena, Italy. When she was 5 years old her family moved back to Japan, where she started studying the violin. At the age of 13, she went to Germany for a year to study. with Saschko Gawriloff. In 1998, she moved to Germany to study at Hochschule für Musik Köln under Zakhar Bron and graduated in 2004.
In 1997, she made her debut at Lucerne Festival and Musikverein in Vienna with Rudolf Baumgartner. Two years later, she took the First Prize at the 1999 Paganini Competition.
Shoji records with Deutsche Grammophone. Until 2009 she used the 1715 Joachim Stradivarius on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation; today she plays the 1729 Recamier Stradivarius on loan from Ryuzo Ueno, Honorary Chairman, Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.
Summer Camps
BLUE RIDGE CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE Orkney Springs, VA
