Recital Time! Please make sure you have our Fall Recital marked on your calendars for Saturday, November 20, at 10:30 am. Also, please note that there is a $3 recital fee due with your tuition this month. I hope you all enjoy the group pieces as much as we have!
As you all now know, I am (unexpectedly) expecting another baby, due in April. Because of that, I will be taking an extended amount of time off. I am so sad about this decision, as I love each and every one of my students, but I feel that it is the right one to make for my family. Please don't stop with your lessons! Every single one of my students right now has such wonderful potential! I would hate to see the progress that we've made come to an end because of this. I have included a link with a list of Suzuki teachers in Utah county with their phone number, city, and level of Suzuki training: Utah County Suzuki Teacher List.
I sincerely hope we can find a good match for each one of you. Make sure to go and observe their teaching style to make sure it fits with your learning style and then get on that waiting list. If you can find a teacher you love that has an immediate opening, you might want to jump on the opportunity. I won't feel bad! My last week of teaching will be the last week in March, so there is time to find someone great.
Group lessons are this week, Tues or Wed from 4:30-5:30. I think most people are coming on Wednesday, so if you want to play with the larger group, and have the most people there for your small group rehearsal, aim for that day. This will be a recital rehearsal, so it is VERY important that everyone attend!
Thanks everyone!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Teacher's Notes for October
Our big event in October is Celebration! For those of you not participating, you ought to attend the concert if you can. It is held at the Conference Center on October 16, at 7:00 pm. For my students that are participating, please let me know if you have any questions! Make sure you know the procedures for parking, entering, seating, where to store your case, and exiting. Make sure you have a good meeting place afterwards, as it can be quite chaotic when the concert is over. It is such a fun concert and a great experience!
Group lessons for October are October 12 and 13 from 4:30-5:30 (Celebration students come at 4:00 either day).
Make sure you have a practice chart for October, and turn in your 100 Days charts as you finish them. We have quite a few of you that completed it this year! Congratulations!
You should all be working on our Christmas group pieces for the Fall recital, and we will be working on these at group lessons this week. You should have Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong Merrily on High, and your small group piece. Also, in the next few weeks we will finalize your solo piece for the Fall recital. I just received the new Federation rule book for next year, so we'll also be picking our Federation pieces soon.
Keep up the great work everyone. Thanks for working so hard. I truly have the best students!
Group lessons for October are October 12 and 13 from 4:30-5:30 (Celebration students come at 4:00 either day).
Make sure you have a practice chart for October, and turn in your 100 Days charts as you finish them. We have quite a few of you that completed it this year! Congratulations!
You should all be working on our Christmas group pieces for the Fall recital, and we will be working on these at group lessons this week. You should have Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong Merrily on High, and your small group piece. Also, in the next few weeks we will finalize your solo piece for the Fall recital. I just received the new Federation rule book for next year, so we'll also be picking our Federation pieces soon.
Keep up the great work everyone. Thanks for working so hard. I truly have the best students!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Teacher's Notes for September
Fabulous job at the fiddle recital! I loved everyone's pieces. It was fun to play with the guitar and banjo...kind of a different sound, but they really add to the whole fiddling experience! What a fun recital. Thanks for all of your hard work over the summer.
If you have a hundred days chart, keep working on it and get it finished up before the fall recital. You still have plenty of time to earn the award, even if you need to start over.
We will have Celebration rehearsals before group lessons starting at 4:00 pm in September and October. Plan on coming 30 minutes early to group lesson if you are playing in Celebration. Please print out your Celebration music and bring it with you to your lessons this week!
A reminder that tuition will go up to $53 per month starting this month. If you haven't finished paying for summer tuition, please take care of that this week. Thanks!
Here are the important dates for fall quarter:
September
No Lessons September 6-10
Group Lessons September 14-15, 4:30-5:30 pm
State Fiddle Contest in Richfield, September 24-25
October
Group Lessons October 12-13, 4:30-5:30 pm
Celebration Grand Gala Concert, October 16
November
Group Lessons November 9-10, 4:30-5:30 pm
Fall Recital, November 20, at the Piano Gallery, 10:30 am
No Lessons November 22-26 for Thanksgiving break
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks everyone!
If you have a hundred days chart, keep working on it and get it finished up before the fall recital. You still have plenty of time to earn the award, even if you need to start over.
We will have Celebration rehearsals before group lessons starting at 4:00 pm in September and October. Plan on coming 30 minutes early to group lesson if you are playing in Celebration. Please print out your Celebration music and bring it with you to your lessons this week!
A reminder that tuition will go up to $53 per month starting this month. If you haven't finished paying for summer tuition, please take care of that this week. Thanks!
Here are the important dates for fall quarter:
September
No Lessons September 6-10
Group Lessons September 14-15, 4:30-5:30 pm
State Fiddle Contest in Richfield, September 24-25
October
Group Lessons October 12-13, 4:30-5:30 pm
Celebration Grand Gala Concert, October 16
November
Group Lessons November 9-10, 4:30-5:30 pm
Fall Recital, November 20, at the Piano Gallery, 10:30 am
No Lessons November 22-26 for Thanksgiving break
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks everyone!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Teacher's Notes for August
Here are a few updates for August:
Group lessons will be held next week on Tuesday and Wednesday from 4:30-5:30.
Our end of summer fiddle concert is coming up a week from this Saturday, August 21. It will be at the park in my neighborhood (like last year), and feel free to bring a picnic if you like. It will be at 7:00 pm, but I would like everyone to come to my basement at 6:15 to tune and run through our group number. Dress is casual, I like to go with the red, white and blue color scheme: blue jeans, white shirt, and something red, like a bandana, socks, hair scrunchie, or earrings.
Celebration music is here and can be downloaded from this site: http://www.suzukimusicutah.org/. For those of you who signed up for Celebration, please print out this music and bring it with you to your next lesson. We need to start learning it!
Remember no lessons the week of August 23-27, and then the new fall schedule will go into effect.
Thanks everyone! Keep going on those 100 days of practicing!!
Group lessons will be held next week on Tuesday and Wednesday from 4:30-5:30.
Our end of summer fiddle concert is coming up a week from this Saturday, August 21. It will be at the park in my neighborhood (like last year), and feel free to bring a picnic if you like. It will be at 7:00 pm, but I would like everyone to come to my basement at 6:15 to tune and run through our group number. Dress is casual, I like to go with the red, white and blue color scheme: blue jeans, white shirt, and something red, like a bandana, socks, hair scrunchie, or earrings.
Celebration music is here and can be downloaded from this site: http://www.suzukimusicutah.org/. For those of you who signed up for Celebration, please print out this music and bring it with you to your next lesson. We need to start learning it!
- For those kids who play Vivaldi in a minor 1st movement in book 4, you will be playing Joyful Journey part B, Ode to Joy violin 3, Bourree, O Come Little Children, and Twinkle.
- For those kids who play Bourree in book 2, you will be playing Joyful Journey part C, Ode to Joy violin 2, O Come Little Children, and Twinkle.
- For those kids who play O Come Little Children in book 1, you will be playing Joyful Journey part D, Ode to Joy Violin 1, and Twinkle.
Remember no lessons the week of August 23-27, and then the new fall schedule will go into effect.
Thanks everyone! Keep going on those 100 days of practicing!!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Teacher's Notes for Summer
Here is all the important info you need to know for summer quarter! First of all, our Saratoga Splash performance is coming up. We will meet at my house on Saturday, June 12 at 10:00 am. We will get tuned and run through our program before heading over to our performance. We will be performing from 11:20 to 11:45. Please dress in a white shirt, blue jeans, and some type of red accessory...red hair bow, red socks, red bandana, etc. Please, please practice these pieces! They must be memorized for the performance.
Here is the program for Saratoga Splash, in order:
Please check the "Phone List for Exchanging Lessons" link on the right for your summer lesson time. Let me know if you need to make any changes. Speaking of changes...I have just discovered that I will be returning from our trip on Tuesday, June 8th, the day I am supposed to start teaching summer lessons. All my Tuesday students, would it be possible for you to come on Thursday, June 10th (just for that week) instead? If not, I will make arrangements to get a lesson with you another time during that week.
Here are the important dates for Summer Quarter:
June 8: No lessons, come on June 10 instead
June 12: Saratoga Splash Performance
June 15-16: No Lessons
July 6-7: Group Lessons, come at 4:30-5:30 either day
August 17-18: Group Lessons, come at 4:30-5:30 either day
August 21: End of Summer Fiddle Concert
August 23-27: No Lessons
August 30: Fall Schedule Starts
We will be doing our traditional 100 Days of Practicing again this summer. Grab a chart and start crossing those days off! Remember the rules: you must practice every single day, not missing a day for 100 days in a row! If you are sick and can't practice, do a lot of listening while watching your music. If you go to girl's camp or youth conference and can't bring your violin, bring your sheet music and a pencil, go over your music and practice finger flexing on the pencil. Also, keep working on those key signatures. I want to award more of those fun zipper pulls!
Here is the program for Saratoga Splash, in order:
- Turkey in the Straw
- Little Brown Jug (play through twice)
- Old MacDonald (play through 6 times, with animal sounds)
- Old Joe Clark (if you're playing the easy version, play through 3 times. If you're playing the harder version, play the easy version once, then the harder version)
- Devil's Dream (play through 3 times, getting faster each time)
- Bile Them Cabbage Down (We will begin this one with linked arms. Practice linking with someone while you play the easy version. Then when we go to the harder version, we unlink arms. If you play the easy version, play it through 3 times)
- Cripple Creek (play the easy version 2 times)
- Listen to the Mockingbird (just Joy and Kelsey)
- Arkansas Traveler (play through easy version, or if you do the harder version, play with repeats. After solo, come back to part B and play to end)
- Orange Blossom Special (will bow partner's violin during the "mississippi hot dog" part, after the solo. Practice doing this if you can get with another violinist!!)
Please check the "Phone List for Exchanging Lessons" link on the right for your summer lesson time. Let me know if you need to make any changes. Speaking of changes...I have just discovered that I will be returning from our trip on Tuesday, June 8th, the day I am supposed to start teaching summer lessons. All my Tuesday students, would it be possible for you to come on Thursday, June 10th (just for that week) instead? If not, I will make arrangements to get a lesson with you another time during that week.
Here are the important dates for Summer Quarter:
June 8: No lessons, come on June 10 instead
June 12: Saratoga Splash Performance
June 15-16: No Lessons
July 6-7: Group Lessons, come at 4:30-5:30 either day
August 17-18: Group Lessons, come at 4:30-5:30 either day
August 21: End of Summer Fiddle Concert
August 23-27: No Lessons
August 30: Fall Schedule Starts
We will be doing our traditional 100 Days of Practicing again this summer. Grab a chart and start crossing those days off! Remember the rules: you must practice every single day, not missing a day for 100 days in a row! If you are sick and can't practice, do a lot of listening while watching your music. If you go to girl's camp or youth conference and can't bring your violin, bring your sheet music and a pencil, go over your music and practice finger flexing on the pencil. Also, keep working on those key signatures. I want to award more of those fun zipper pulls!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Teacher's Notes for May
Lots of info this month! First of all, our studio recital is coming up on Saturday, May 15, at 10:00 am at Summerhay’s in Orem—note that this is a new location. Summerhay’s is located at 1006 South State Street, just a few blocks south of the Piano Gallery (where we usually have our recitals). There is a small recital fee of $3 added onto tuition this month to cover the rental of the recital hall. Aimee Ward will be accompanying, and stay tuned for recital rehearsal information, probably the Friday before the recital. Each of you will be playing your solo piece, your duet, and we will all be playing Chorus at the end, so make sure you are really practicing all three of those pieces. Try to practice with your duet partner as much as possible, but at least 4 times, in these two weeks before the recital. Also, finish up those key signatures if you want to earn your key signature keychain by the recital!
May Group Lessons will be Tuesday, May 25 and Wednesday, May 26 from 4:30-5:30. We will be working on Fiddle pieces for an upcoming fiddle performance in June (see note below). Please plan on attending!
For those of you playing in the Celebration concert in October, SAU Renewal of $25 is due this month. I will also keep you updated about all of the fun SAU activities that will be happening throughout the year.
This summer, I will be increasing my tuition rates by $2 per lesson. Summer quarter is only 10 weeks, so tuition for the entire summer is $133.00, or you can pay $44 in June, $45 in July, and $44 in August, and then in fall quarter, which is 12 weeks, tuition will be $53 per month.
I will be setting my summer schedule soon, so if you plan to continue lessons in the summer, please choose a time below and email me with your preferred time.
Summer Schedule:
Tuesday
10:00 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am
10: 30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
We have been asked to play for Saratoga Springs’ city celebration, on Saturday, June 12, which is the week we come back to lessons after the end-of-school break. We have been asked to play for 25 minutes, and it will be an all fiddle concert. May group lessons will be dedicated to getting ready for this performance. Please let me know if you will not be in town that day. Here are the pieces we will play:
Bile Them Cabbage Down
Cripple Creek
Orange Blossom Special
Arkansas Traveler
Listen to the Mockingbird
Devil’s Dream
Old Joe Clark
Little Brown Jug
Turkey in the Straw
Review all of the pieces that you know, and we’ll work on the ones that you don’t know. You’ll only perform the pieces that you know. Listen to the Mockingbird and Turkey in the Straw will probably be small group numbers, and we’ll have a couple of solos thrown in there. If you would like to play a solo, please let me know. This will be such a fun performance, and I think I have found a guitar, banjo and bass to play with us!
That's it for this month. I hope you all have a fun last month of school!
May Group Lessons will be Tuesday, May 25 and Wednesday, May 26 from 4:30-5:30. We will be working on Fiddle pieces for an upcoming fiddle performance in June (see note below). Please plan on attending!
For those of you playing in the Celebration concert in October, SAU Renewal of $25 is due this month. I will also keep you updated about all of the fun SAU activities that will be happening throughout the year.
This summer, I will be increasing my tuition rates by $2 per lesson. Summer quarter is only 10 weeks, so tuition for the entire summer is $133.00, or you can pay $44 in June, $45 in July, and $44 in August, and then in fall quarter, which is 12 weeks, tuition will be $53 per month.
I will be setting my summer schedule soon, so if you plan to continue lessons in the summer, please choose a time below and email me with your preferred time.
Summer Schedule:
Tuesday
10:00 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am
10: 30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
We have been asked to play for Saratoga Springs’ city celebration, on Saturday, June 12, which is the week we come back to lessons after the end-of-school break. We have been asked to play for 25 minutes, and it will be an all fiddle concert. May group lessons will be dedicated to getting ready for this performance. Please let me know if you will not be in town that day. Here are the pieces we will play:
Bile Them Cabbage Down
Cripple Creek
Orange Blossom Special
Arkansas Traveler
Listen to the Mockingbird
Devil’s Dream
Old Joe Clark
Little Brown Jug
Turkey in the Straw
Review all of the pieces that you know, and we’ll work on the ones that you don’t know. You’ll only perform the pieces that you know. Listen to the Mockingbird and Turkey in the Straw will probably be small group numbers, and we’ll have a couple of solos thrown in there. If you would like to play a solo, please let me know. This will be such a fun performance, and I think I have found a guitar, banjo and bass to play with us!
That's it for this month. I hope you all have a fun last month of school!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Teacher's Notes for April
Spring Break is over and it's time to get back to normal practicing and lesson schedules! Our Spring Recital is coming up a little earlier than usual this year: Saturday, May 15, at 10:00 am. That means we only have 4 lessons and 1 group lesson before our recital, so practicing every day is essential.
I am so proud of the way everyone performed at Federation. Everyone got either superior or excellent ratings, and all of my students received outstanding comments! Great job everyone! Congratulations to Seth Hamilton, who will receive his first gold cup this year!
Group lessons will be April 20 and 21 this month from 4:30-5:30 pm. Please remember that group lessons are not a week off. They are an important part of your child's music education, and we talk about things in group lessons that we just don't have time to cover in their weekly private lesson. We also work on playing as an ensemble, another valuable musical skill than can only be learned by coming to group. This month we will be working on our Chorus ensemble, which we will play at our Spring Recital.
Keep up the good work on memorizing those key signatures! I would like to award the keychains at our Spring Recital, so see if we can get them memorized by the beginning of May. Good job Kelsey, Jaden and Shelby Bond, on getting all your keys memorized! See if you can get them to share any tips or tricks they might have used. I have a flashcard sheet that I can copy for you if you need one.
There is a fiddle competition coming up in May and another in September, put on by the Utah Old Time Fiddlers. Several of you have expressed interest in participating in the contest in September, so it might be useful (and lots of fun!) to go and watch the competition in May. It is held in Salt Lake City at Wheeler Farms, and I have a flyer for you if you are interested.
I've updated the Phone List for Exchanging Lessons, and you can access that by clicking the link at the top of this page, to the right. Look forward to seeing you this week!
I am so proud of the way everyone performed at Federation. Everyone got either superior or excellent ratings, and all of my students received outstanding comments! Great job everyone! Congratulations to Seth Hamilton, who will receive his first gold cup this year!
Group lessons will be April 20 and 21 this month from 4:30-5:30 pm. Please remember that group lessons are not a week off. They are an important part of your child's music education, and we talk about things in group lessons that we just don't have time to cover in their weekly private lesson. We also work on playing as an ensemble, another valuable musical skill than can only be learned by coming to group. This month we will be working on our Chorus ensemble, which we will play at our Spring Recital.
Keep up the good work on memorizing those key signatures! I would like to award the keychains at our Spring Recital, so see if we can get them memorized by the beginning of May. Good job Kelsey, Jaden and Shelby Bond, on getting all your keys memorized! See if you can get them to share any tips or tricks they might have used. I have a flashcard sheet that I can copy for you if you need one.
There is a fiddle competition coming up in May and another in September, put on by the Utah Old Time Fiddlers. Several of you have expressed interest in participating in the contest in September, so it might be useful (and lots of fun!) to go and watch the competition in May. It is held in Salt Lake City at Wheeler Farms, and I have a flyer for you if you are interested.
I've updated the Phone List for Exchanging Lessons, and you can access that by clicking the link at the top of this page, to the right. Look forward to seeing you this week!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Calendar for Spring Quarter
March
Group Lessons: Tuesday, March 9 and Wednesday, March 10
Federation: March 27
April
Spring Break--No Lessons: April 5-April 9
Group Lessons: Tuesday, April 20 and Wednesday, April 21
May
Spring Recital: Saturday, May 15, 10:00 am at Summerhays in Orem
Group Lessons: Tuesday, May 25, and Wednesday, May 26
Group Lessons: Tuesday, March 9 and Wednesday, March 10
Federation: March 27
April
Spring Break--No Lessons: April 5-April 9
Group Lessons: Tuesday, April 20 and Wednesday, April 21
May
Spring Recital: Saturday, May 15, 10:00 am at Summerhays in Orem
Group Lessons: Tuesday, May 25, and Wednesday, May 26
Teacher's Notes for March
Federation is this month, coming up on Saturday, March 27. I have everybody's time and number, and I would like you all to practice announcing your number and pieces, and then playing them at least three times every day. Give mini concerts to everyone! Make sure pieces are being memorized, and polished this month. Focus on dynamics, make sure posture is perfect throughout each piece, make sure bows are going straight, make sure all bowings are correct. Get with your pianist and practice as much as you can. For those of you that are using Aimee Ward for your pianist, she will be having a practice the week before Federation. You will all be ready for sure this way!
Federation will be held at the David Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus like last year. Here is a link to print out a map of the U of U campus: http://www.map.utah.edu/index.html .
Remember to wear dress clothes and bring your music with you.
Group lessons will be held next week, on Tuesday, March 9, and Wednesday, March 10, from 4:30-5:30. Be prepared to play a polished Federation piece for everyone at group lesson! Keep working on your key signatures. Here is a link to print off some flashcards to practice with at home: http://linkwaregraphics.com/music/flashcards/keysignatures/
I have registered some of you for the Celebration concert in October. There is still time to sign up if you want to participate. It is such a neat experience to be a part of something so big.
Keep working hard this month so we can all do our best at Federation!
Federation will be held at the David Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus like last year. Here is a link to print out a map of the U of U campus: http://www.map.utah.edu/index.html .
Remember to wear dress clothes and bring your music with you.
Group lessons will be held next week, on Tuesday, March 9, and Wednesday, March 10, from 4:30-5:30. Be prepared to play a polished Federation piece for everyone at group lesson! Keep working on your key signatures. Here is a link to print off some flashcards to practice with at home: http://linkwaregraphics.com/music/flashcards/keysignatures/
I have registered some of you for the Celebration concert in October. There is still time to sign up if you want to participate. It is such a neat experience to be a part of something so big.
Keep working hard this month so we can all do our best at Federation!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Teacher's Notes for February
Again we find ourselves in the midst of preparation for Federation! I have sent in all of the registration forms, so we are ready to go. Let's plan on doing some hard work this month getting those pieces ready: notes and bowings perfectly learned, pieces perfectly memorized, posture improved (there's always something that can be improved with posture), so next month we can work on polishing our Federation pieces. Make it a goal to practice six days a week and listen to your Federation pieces every single day. Put on a rectial for your family or friends once a week. This is a critical month for practicing!
Celebration VIII is coming up on October 15, and will be held in the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City. For those of you who participated in it last time around, you know what a great experience it was! I highly recommend participating in this awesome concert. If you want to do it, you must be a member of SAU, which is $25/family, and pay a Celebration concert fee of $35. The registration is due March 31, so let me know soon if you would like to participate. Violins will be playing Twinkle Variation A, O Come Little Children plus duet, Handel's Bourree plus duet, and Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor, 1st movement.
We are working on memorizing all of the major and minor key signatures. Memorize all of them and get a prize! It would be helpful if you made or purchased key signature flashcards to help your student memorize these. They can be purchased online or at any music store, but make sure that the flashcards contain all of the key signatures. I've seen a few that only have 6. The keys we are currently working on are C major/A minor, D major/B minor, and G major/E minor.
Group Lessons will be held on February 16 and 17 this month. I have had a few parents request that we change the time from 4:00 to 4:30. Will you please give me your input via email or in our lesson if this would work for you? We'll go with the majority vote. Thanks!
I have a practice chart for February, make sure to get one at your lesson this week.
Celebration VIII is coming up on October 15, and will be held in the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City. For those of you who participated in it last time around, you know what a great experience it was! I highly recommend participating in this awesome concert. If you want to do it, you must be a member of SAU, which is $25/family, and pay a Celebration concert fee of $35. The registration is due March 31, so let me know soon if you would like to participate. Violins will be playing Twinkle Variation A, O Come Little Children plus duet, Handel's Bourree plus duet, and Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor, 1st movement.
We are working on memorizing all of the major and minor key signatures. Memorize all of them and get a prize! It would be helpful if you made or purchased key signature flashcards to help your student memorize these. They can be purchased online or at any music store, but make sure that the flashcards contain all of the key signatures. I've seen a few that only have 6. The keys we are currently working on are C major/A minor, D major/B minor, and G major/E minor.
Group Lessons will be held on February 16 and 17 this month. I have had a few parents request that we change the time from 4:00 to 4:30. Will you please give me your input via email or in our lesson if this would work for you? We'll go with the majority vote. Thanks!
I have a practice chart for February, make sure to get one at your lesson this week.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Teacher's Notes for January
Welcome back! I hope you all had a nice holiday. Time to get back into good practicing habits and start thinking about Federation. Federation will be held on Saturday, March 27th this year, so this month, we will decide on our pieces. Applications are due by the end of the month, along with the entry fee, which has increased by $2 this year, for a total of $12. It would be helpful if you could include the entry fee with your tuition payment this month, otherwise, I will need it by the last lesson of the month.
There are duet, trio, and quartet divisions also available. Let me know if you would like to participate. I have a couple students interested in participating in the duet division that need partners. Many of you will receive your first gold cup this year, so this will be an exciting Federation Festival!
Group lessons will be held on Tuesday, January 19, and Wednesday, January 20 this month, from 4:00-5:00 pm--please note the change! Our composer of the month will be Johann Sebastian Bach. Try to listen to something by Bach this month--look him up on youtube, or check out some recordings at the library. All of you at this point have played something by Bach, so go through your Suzuki music and tell me which pieces that he wrote. We'll play a little review game at group lesson.
Do you have an old "My Goals for Violin" sheet from last year? Bring it in, and let's review how you did. We'll also fill out another one for this year. January is a great time to make practice goals.
There are duet, trio, and quartet divisions also available. Let me know if you would like to participate. I have a couple students interested in participating in the duet division that need partners. Many of you will receive your first gold cup this year, so this will be an exciting Federation Festival!
Group lessons will be held on Tuesday, January 19, and Wednesday, January 20 this month, from 4:00-5:00 pm--please note the change! Our composer of the month will be Johann Sebastian Bach. Try to listen to something by Bach this month--look him up on youtube, or check out some recordings at the library. All of you at this point have played something by Bach, so go through your Suzuki music and tell me which pieces that he wrote. We'll play a little review game at group lesson.
Do you have an old "My Goals for Violin" sheet from last year? Bring it in, and let's review how you did. We'll also fill out another one for this year. January is a great time to make practice goals.
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