OCTOBER Studio News
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 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:
- IN PERSON at your lesson
- MAIL CHECK: 814 Pineland Dr, Cary, 27511
- ONLINE PAYMENT: Venmo & Zelle
October Schedule
NO Lessons are scheduled Tuesday Oct 8 or Wednesday, Oct 9.
NO Lessons are scheduled Thursday Oct 31
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!
Inclement Weather
During seasons when school could be cancelled and storms cause travel to be unsafe, remember that we have many options for moving the lesson to an online format. Of course, this is given that we still have power to run our devices! The missed lesson policy will remain in place if you do not attend a lesson that we have agreed to move to an online format. In the event of a location change, I will contact you via text or email and will update the lesson location in the MMS calendar of events.
Group Classes
Group Classes will meet on Friday, October 25th. Location: Saint Francis UMC. 2965 Kildaire Farm Road, 27518, Sanctuary.
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*plan to arrive 10min prior to your assigned group time to unpack and be ready to tune.
November Solo Recitals
On Saturday, November 16 we will present our fall solo recitals! This year, we will have TWO recitals to accommodate the increase in number of students and limit the length of the recitals. To facilitate this change, I will be assigning families to the recitals. However, in some instances you might have a need to attend one of the recital times over the other. Let Dr. Baker know if your family/student has this need.
As with the outreach concerts, you can sign up for your recital time preference if there is a conflict with one of the recital times. To sign up via the MMS calendar: Log into your MMS account. Go to the Calendar tab. Click on the November 16 event you wish to perform on and register your student.
Families are invited to attend the recital they are not assigned to and support all the students in the studio. Join us for the final piece, if you are there!
Christmas Caroling Outreach
I know...we haven't even enjoyed the festivities of Oct and Nov yet. Nevertheless, musicians are always planning ahead!! We will be performing TWO outreach caroling concerts at Spring Arbor again this December. Students should sign up to participate in ONE of these events. Due to space, we have to limit the size of each group.
Music will be decided and handed out soon.
SIGN UP via the MMS calendar for one of the TWO caroling outreach concerts. Log into your MMS account. Go to the Calendar tab. Click on the December 21 event you wish to perform on and register your student.
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 link might help to take you there:https://app.mymusicstaff.com/Student/v3/en/online-resources
This month I want to highlight an article in our Online Resource's folder>Parent Education: Developing the WHOLE CHILD through the Study of an Instrument by Jeanne Ludeke. This is an article that most of you read during their Parent Education sessions with me. (for some that was several years ago!!) I have recently been reminded of how wonderful her collected ideas are. Reread (or read) this article for insight on ALL of the benefits of music education and in particular Suzuki-style learning.
Check it out! If you have time, send me your reaction, thoughts. etc. I would love to know what speaks to you.
The Year of Listening
On September 9th we began an adventure...to document our listening habits. Start those recordings! Keep track of those days! We are off!!
This year, to encourage and build healthy habits, we will hold three Listening challenges. Each semester, there will be a 50-day listening challenge and throughout the winter a 100-day challenge. Students who complete a challenge will be recognized during the recital at the end of each timeframe, with a MASTER LISTENER award being presented to students who achieve the maximum 200-day listening challenge.
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.
Please share these with the kids.
Enjoy!
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor: https://youtu.be/R-Ef-YysDe4?si=2mpyMig_M4ok-wBE
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGlgAZlde3Y&list=RD0Ze45maxD9Q&index=2
Dvorak, Slavonic Dance No.10: https://youtu.be/hZSgFV6SYPk?si=vok97JSVZSKolnyR
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
Born in Tokyo, Shoji moved to Siena, Italy when she was three. She studied at Accademia Musicale Chigiana and Cologne’s Musikhochschule and made her European debut with Lucerne Festival Strings and Rudolf Baumgartner at the Lucerne Festival and then at the Musikverein, Vienna at the age of fourteen.
She won first prize at the Paganini Competition in 1999, and has since performed with leading orchetras of the world. Recent highlights include five concerts for the opening of the 2022/23 season with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Shani, an Italian tour with Philharmonia Orchestra/Matias-Rouvali, and a collaboration with dancer/choreographer Saburo Teshigawara performing Bach and Bartok’s solo works at the Philharmonie de Paris. She also had a return to NHK Symphony Orchestra/Noseda, Brussells Philharmonic/Ono, and an extensive recital tour in Japan with Gianluca Cascioli.
Local Performances
*Nov 10, 2:00p - NC Opera presents Ernani by Verdi: https://ncopera.org/2024-2025-season/ernani/
*Jan 31 & Feb 2 - NC Opera presents Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán: https://ncopera.org/2024-2025-season/florencia-en-el-amazonas/
*April 4 & 6 - NC Opera presents The Marriage of Figaro by W.A.Mozart: https://ncopera.org/2024-2025-season/the-marriage-of-figaro/
*denotes Dr. Baker is performing
