AUGUST Studio News
Sunday, July 26, 2020 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
August 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 July 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)
August Schedule
No Lessons the week of August 24-28. I am on vacation that week.
Consult your registration form or log in to your MyMusicStaff portal to see your specific lesson dates, times and location.
2020-2021 Lesson Sign Up
The Lesson Sign Up for 2019-2020 is live! An email was sent to you directly last week. Here is a link to access from the website:
https://forms.gle/n1QGyV2nU33qwZup9
Deadline for filling out the lesson sign up form is FRIDAY,August 10. If you need more time, please email me so I am aware.
Fall lessons begin on Monday, August 31.
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 continuing to work on establishing lesson etiquette online. A few reminders:
- 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.
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 pointing us back to an article I had shared a while back. In the wake of COVD-19, the increase in time together has changed the "relationship game" in our house. It's all to easy to notice the things that repeatedly annoy, versus the things that bring joy. A shift in my mental thoughts is not easy to command at times, so having a few tools at my disposal is a good thing. Love this article, "6 Words You Should Say Today" by Rachel Macy Stafford, for that reason--it's a good tool. I hope you will take the time to read and implement her idea.
If you have time, let me know your reaction, thoughts. etc.
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 Sergey Khachatryan (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.
J.S. Bach - Sonata No. 1 (unaccompanied) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6jdYRXP0NY
Grigor Narekatsi - Havoun, havoun : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHY8W7LCjlQ
Komitas - The Sky Is Cloudy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxMOKtRJdQI
Waxmen, Fantasía Carmen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k3SjPOUddA
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Sergey Khachatryan won First Prize at the VIII International Jean Sibelius Competition in Helsinki in 2000, becoming the youngest ever winner in the history of the competition.
Since 1993 he has lived in Germany where he gave his first orchestral concert at the age of nine. He and his sister, Lusine, a renown pianist in her own right, released their album “My Armenia” with works by Armenian composers in 2015.
Sergey plays the 1740 ‘Ysaÿe’ Guarneri del Gesu violin on kind loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
JULY Studio News
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
July 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 July 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)
July Schedule
No Lessons the week of July 6 to 10. I am on vacation that week.
No Lessons the week of July 17-31. I was supposed to be at a Bk 9/10 teacher development course all week.
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 continuing to work on establishing lesson etiquette online. A few reminders:
- 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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Timothy Baker |
Gavotte in D Major by J.S. Bach |
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Claire Catalano |
Gavotte by Gossec |
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Hannah Katragadda |
Can Can by Offenbach |
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Lillian Moore |
Bourree by Handel |
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Noah Wallace |
Etude |
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 pointing us back to an article I had shared a while back. In the wake of COVD-19, I am observing many of you living out the benefits of precisely the topic of this article: Compound Interest, Every Day Practice and Review. Written by Suzuki teacher and dad, Tom Yang, this article looks at the effects of time and review on a student's progress. Check it out and see what parallels you can make between this dad's observations and your own!
If you have time, let me know your reaction, thoughts. etc.
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 Augustin Hadelich (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.
NPR Tiny Desk: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/11/847834279/augustin-hadelich-tiny-desk-concert
- Adams: Road Movies, III. "40% Swing" - (1 st 5 minutes)
- Dvořák: Humoresque in G-flat (arr. Kreisler) – (2 nd 5 minutes)
- Suk: 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17: IV. Burleska – (starts at 10:30)
Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-Fgag0OT4
Handel-Halverson, Passacgalia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1odhcjdcUDc
Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy: https://youtu.be/iwo-vKPR4Lo
Augustin Hadelich was born in Cecina, Italy, to German parents. When he was five he began his studies on the violin with his father, an amateur cellist. In 1999, Augustin was injured in a fire on his family's farm in Italy, and was airlifted to be treated in Germany. The accident left Hadelich unable to play for over a year. "It is perhaps because of this experience—because I had this moment where I wasn't sure if I would ever play the violin again—that I appreciate what is happening in my life more. I really try to enjoy every moment. It made me realize how important music was to me" After graduating from The Juilliard School, Hadelich continued to make his home in New York and became an American citizen in 2014.
Hadelich is known to perform a wide range of repertoire. Although he is often scheduled to perform from the standard violin concerto repertoire (Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, etc), he is also a champion of contemporary works, such as the violin concertos by Thomas Adès, Henri Dutilleux and György Ligeti, and recital works by Brett Dean, David Lang, György Kurtag, Toru Takemitsu and Bernd Alois Zimmermann.
