MARCH Studio News
Friday, March 1, 2024 by Cortney Baker | Uncategorized
March 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: Google Pay or Zelle
March Schedule
There are no lessons scheduled Tuesday, March 19 to Friday, March 22. Dr. Baker will be in Louisville for the SAA/ASTA Conference that week/weekend.
There are also no lessons scheduled Tuesday, March 26 to Monday, April 1 for Spring break/Holy Week.
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!
March Group Recital Rehearsal
Group Classes will meet this month on Friday, March 15th. Location: Saint Francis UMC. 2965 Kildaire Farm Road, 27518, Sanctuary. Our focus this month will be preparing for our group and chamber recital the following day. Come prepared to learn where you will stand, how to get there, and to rehearse our Suzuki and fiddle pieces!
Group schedule:
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4:20*-5:00 |
Bk 1/MMG |
Ruthie Catalano, Zoey Cromartie, Eva Dyess, Charlotte Fox, Ava Humes, Cataleya Kelley, Jackie Kim, Elaine Park, EllaJane Rouse, EvelynKate Rouse, Selah Wallace
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4:45*-5:25 |
Bk 1B-2/MMG |
Luke Fox, Divya Kancharla, Maitri Potukuchi, Connor Raeman, Noah Wallace, Joseph Wetherell, Glover Wilson
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5:25*-6:10 |
Bk 3-5/ Reading |
Claire Catalano, Campbell Fox, Lillian Moore, Wesley Payne
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5:30*-6:30 |
Bk 6+/ Reading** |
Norah Askew, Timothy Baker, Elizabeth Baucom, Hannah Katragadda
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*arrive 5 minutes prior to group start time
**Book 6+ students please arrive by 5:30 so we can begin the Suzuki pieces playdown directly after the chamber piece rehearsals conclude (this will be your only harmony part rehearsal). Unpack and be ready to tune!
March Group Recital
Our studio group recital is Saturday, March 16 at 4:30 p.m., Saint Francis UMC, Sanctuary. The recital will be recorded and a link shared for family and friends to watch and support all of the performers!
All studio participants are expected to participate in our 3 recitals each year.
RECITAL ATTIRE:
Men/Boys - nice pants and shirt, dress shoes preferred (dark tennis shoes are fine)
Ladies/Girls - dresses (with a below the knee hemline - our "stage" is at eye level for our audience, so please plan accordingly) or dress pants and nice top, dress shoes preferred.
ARRIVAL:
Plan to arrive by 4:10 PM to unpack and tune
Repertoire for the Group Recital:
We will be going over the pieces below in lessons for the next 2 weeks to ensure all students are individually prepared for the recital. In addition to these pieces, there are 8 chamber pieces, including Red Wing performed by the Reading class participants.
| Book 1 | Turkey in the Straw |
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Go Tell Aunt Rhody |
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Long, Long Ago |
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Andantino |
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Happy Farmer |
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Chorus from Judas Maccabeus
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| Book 3 | Humoresque |
| Book 6 | Sarabande by Bohm |
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Outreach Concerts 2023-24
All students are invite to participate in our monthly outreach concerts at Spring Arbor of Cary. These events will require 2-3 studio participants each month. We will prepare (during weekly lessons) a 20-min concert for the residents and perform it twice within an hour. Please plan to participate in one of these monthly concerts.
To participate, log into your MMS account. Go to the studio calendar tab and add your name to the event on the month you are available (See the How to Register for an Outreach Concert file in the online resources for more details).
**WE are in need of 1-2 more students to sign up for the Friday, March 8th outreach event. If you are available, please add your student to the event on our studio calendar.
A hearty thank you to Elizabeth Baucom and Joshua Baucom for their preparation and participation in our February Outreach Event.
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Lower Level Concert
Studio Videos
Reminder: link to our YouTube folders: https://pinelandsuzukistrings.mymusicstaff.com/Video-Links
For now, there the folders are for 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 want to highlight the Suzuki Summer Institutes that are held all over the country during the summer. There are three articles for you to browse to learn more about Why a Suzuki Family should consider attending an institute week?
- 25 Reasons You Will Want to Attend a Suzuki Institute. Use this link: https://app.mymusicstaff.com/FileDownloader.ashx?FileID=360564&FileType=DownloadLibrary&Mode=Inline
- Here are reflections from a Suzuki Violin teacher. Thoughts on the Suzuki Institute Experience by Jan McClure. Use this link: https://app.mymusicstaff.com/FileDownloader.ashx?FileID=2379243&FileType=DownloadLibrary&Mode=Inline
- Information from the SAA website about Summer Institutes Use this link: https://app.mymusicstaff.com/FileDownloader.ashx?FileID=2379247&FileType=DownloadLibrary&Mode=Inline
To access these articles, you can also log into MMS and use the tabs to find our Online Resource's folder>Parent Education.
Let me know what you think! If you have time, send me your reaction, thoughts. etc. I would love to know what speaks to you.
Suzuki Summer Institutes
Registration for SUZUKI Summer Institutes is underway! Use this link to view all of the options around the country for summer study: https://suzukiassociation.org/events/institutes/
What is an Institute? It is a 5-day family camp. Each day, students have a Masterclass lesson and 2-3 classes (group repertoire, group technique, chamber music, orchestra, fiddle, etc) depending on the level of the player and their ability to read music. Want to know more, please ask me!
I want to encourage everyone to look at the dates and see how you can fit one of these amazing camps into your schedule this summer. Several students have attended the NC Institute (which doesn't look like is happening this summer), others have attended virtual camps - there are LOTS of these to consider.
I will be on faculty at the Greater Washington Suzuki Institute again this year, July 8-12. I would love for you to consider joining me near our nation's capital. Lots of fun sightseeing and history to observe when you are not in class! Here is the link for more info: https://suzukiassociation.org/events/loc/university-louisville-suzuki-string-institute/
I will also be teaching at the Univ of Louisville Suzuki Institute, June 9-14. Here is the link for more info: https://suzukiassociation.org/events/loc/university-louisville-suzuki-string-institute/
It seems that some Institutes are continuing virtual classes. I highly encourage in person learning, but you can reduce the cost and time commitment and still experience some of what it is like to work with other teachers and students from around the country! Several students in our studio have taken advantage of these opportunities in the past. Each one has come away with a major boost in motivation and confidence!
Musical MARCH Madness
Keep serenading your family, friends, and neighbors with the gift of music! Our goal is to completed the brackets by your lesson the week of March 11th--just in time for our Group/Chamber Recital that weekend.
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 Isabelle Faust (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!
Faust was born in Esslingen, near Stuttgart, in 1972. She accompanied her father to his violin lessons when she was five, and while the father's talents were ordinary, teachers noticed that the daughter quickly mastered whatever challenges she was given. A family string quartet (her brother Boris Faust is a noted violist) as well as lessons with Denes Zsigmondy and Christoph Poppen honed her skills.
After winning first prize at the International Leopold Mozart Competition in Augsburg in 1987, Faust moved to Paris for nine years to gain experience in new contexts rather than enrolling in a conservatory. She made her U.S. debut in 1995 with the Utah Symphony and appeared with many of Germany's top orchestras including the Hamburg Philharmonic under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin.
In 1997 Faust released her first album, a set of Bartók violin sonatas recorded with pianist Ewa Kupiec; the album earned a Gramophone magazine award. Most of her albums have been released on the Harmonia Mundi label. In the early 2000s Faust began performing and recording violin sonata repertory with Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov, including their historically informed recording of Mozart violin sonatas. Faust has been on the faculty of Berlin's University of the Arts since 2004.
J.S. Bach: Partita II in D minor BWV 1004, Allemanda: https://youtu.be/TFx7RLwt-co?si=JQiL1NHqhV22uTNP
Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor: https://youtu.be/RlItfujbIjE?si=H1QktMM_DdEgigEX
Local Performances
*April 21, NC Opera presents The Girl of the Golden West by Puccini: https://ncopera.org/2023-2024-season/the-girl-of-the-golden-west/
*denotes Dr. Baker is performing
2024 Local Summer Camps
- Session 1 Day Camp: June 16-21
- Session 2 Day Camp: June 23-28
Triangle Youth Music Camps:
Financial aid is available for all programs and anyone is welcome! See below for dates and additional details:
- Weekly Summer String Orchestra - Mondays from 6:30 - 8:00 PM at Peace Presbyterian Church in Cary, directed by Meaghan Clayton and Myriah Luke. Orchestra begins on June 17th and runs for six weeks, ending on July 22nd with final "in-formance" at 7:30 PM. Cost for six weeks: $100
- Summer String Camp (half day and full day available) - July 29th - August 2nd at Peace Presbyterian Church in Cary, directed by Meaghan Clayton and Myriah Luke. String summer camp will be a little different this year! From 9 AM - 12 PM, string students of any level can participate in traditional orchestra camp. For those who want to stay for the full day, 1 PM - 4 PM is our new enrichment session, where students can select two options each day, including chamber music (for intermediate/advanced students), TYM audition prep, music theory, music history, and/or music composition/ arranging. Please note: the enrichment portion is only available to students who participate in the morning session. Cost for Half-Day: $300. Cost for Full-Day: $500
- Jazz Camp (full day only) -July 22 - July 26th, location TBA, All levels accepted, directed by Kobie Watkins and Gregg Gelb. Students will be broken up into smaller groups based on skill level. Musicians will explore jazz style, improvisation, and prep for TYM auditions. Cost for Full-Day: $500
Registration will be open soon! Contact Katherine Denton katherinedenton@
