RECITAL NEXT WEEK!

Our studio recital will be held on May 12th at 5:00 pm. At Herriman City Hall. We hope you can join us!

Some of the selections will be:

Minuet by Boccherini (Suzuki Book Two)

Camptown Races (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Long Long Ago (Suzuki Book One)

Bile Them Cabbage Down (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Pop Goes the Weasel (Beginners Only)

Mary Had a Little Lamb (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Song of the Wind (Suzuki Book One)

Puppet Show (Solos for Young Violinists Book One)

Orange Blossom Special (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Suzuki Book One)

Millionaire's Hoedown (ask Kayleen for music)

INSTITUTE!!!

I'd like to give a plug for the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute. The dates are June 18-23, 2012. It is held at Juan Diego High School in Draper. We are so lucky to have it so close - people come here from all over the mountain west as well as the world (as far away as Singapore!) to attend this Institute.

Please, please, PLEASE attend this summer if you are able. I promise you will not regret it. You will have special bonding moments with your child as you attend classes with them during this week long "Violin Camp".

Institute is a great way to motivate your children to practice. As they see other students that play an instrument too it creates a feeling of excitement and satisfaction that they are part of a group. They are more inclined to progress and grow. They learn new techniques and fun games from new teachers. It is such a wonderful experience - I can't say enough about it!

Here is the website for more information: http://intermountainsuzukistringinstitute.com/

Book Recitals!

So far three of you wonderful students have completed your Book Recitals. I should have taken pictures of you! You have all done a wonderful job. It is so fun to watch you perform all by yourself for your families and friends!

REMEMBER- If you haven't scheduled your Book Recital yet, you only have until the END OF MARCH to get it done.

The student will perform a Solo Recital of all the songs in the book that they have just completed. If you have never done a Book Recital, you may choose either the most recent book you completed, or the book just before that. I prefer you choose the most recent one.

You may invite anyone you wish to your recital, but you must invite your teacher (me). :)

You must have a piano accompanist to play with you - it makes for a much more polished and professional recital and you will be happier with your performance, trust me. :) If you need suggestions for an accompanist, let me know.

If you are NEW to my studio, and you have transferred from another teacher, I would love to have you complete a Book Recital as well. Talk to me about it at our next lesson.

If your student is a Beginner and has not completed a book yet, you may disregard this post.

Upcoming Performance

March 24, 2012

10:00 am

We will be performing at the Beehive House on 90th South and 27th West in West Jordan.

Dress: Red, White, or Blue shirt, and Blue Jeans

Set List:

Minuet by Boccherini (Suzuki Book Two)

Camptown Races (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Long Long Ago (Suzuki Book One)

Bile Them Cabbage Down (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Pop Goes the Weasel (Beginners Only)

Mary Had a Little Lamb (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Song of the Wind (Suzuki Book One)

Puppet Show (Solos for Young Violinists Book One)

Orange Blossom Special (Fairfield Fiddle Farm)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Suzuki Book One)

Millionaire's Hoedown (ask Kayleen for music)

If you haven't learned all these songs, remind me and we'll learn the ones that you are able to learn in one month. If you know these songs, please review them every day so we'll be ready to perform! If you don't learn them this month then you will just sit down when we get to this song in the program.

We'll be going over some of these at group tomorrow, and we'll run through the whole program at group in March.

Fall Recital

Our Fall Recital was held on November 12, 2011. Everyone did a wonderful job! I'm so proud of you all for your hard work and dedication. It's nice to have students who practice and enjoy making music, and sharing their talents with others. Keep up the good work!

Institute 2011

The girls and I had a great time attending Intermountain Suzuki String Institute this summer. Thank you so much to all our friends and family that donated or contributed to fund raisers so we could attend!

The first night we were graced with a performance by the lovely and amazingly talented Jenny Oaks Baker. It was amazing to be up close and be able to watch her play. So inspirational!

Mrs. Debbie Moench was Elise's master class teacher. She is from right here in Salt Lake, and she is an amazing teacher. Elise had a great time and learned so much!

She was teaching the whole class how to be a "shoulder champion."

This year Institute offered a "storytelling" class as an enrichment option. Susan Reed was the teacher of this class. What a unique experience. I loved Susan's musical style and the way she teaches stories/ideas/concepts with music. She is also a fellow homeschooling mom. I felt very inspired by her. The highlights for the girls were, learning a musical story version of "Peter and the Wolf" and acting it out, and making cranky theater boxes with their own story on them.

Elise in her technique class.

Macy's master class teacher was Sylvia Khoo from Singapore. She had a lot of great teaching ideas. She gave all the girls a souvenir keychain from Singapore on the last day.

Timothy Durbin is one of everyone's favorite teachers at Institute. We were so excited that Macy was able to be in his performance class this year. He kept us laughing the whole time!

Elise in Performance class, on t-shirt day. The Institute provides a t-shirt for each student every year. Brook Moes was her teacher for this class. I think this was his first year at our Institute. He had many great ideas. I love going to Institute to observe and steal teaching ideas!

Taking a break outside in between classes.

Macy in Master class, waiting for her turn. I love that adorable headband. One of the vendors in the hall was selling them. :)

Ainsley, waiting to play in the Fiddle Concert. This is another enrichment class option - Swedish fiddling. I hope more of my students can attend next year!

kids in the fiddling concert

Macy and her friend Emma waiting to play in the final concert.

Elise waiting to play in the final concert.

More kids in the final concert

Tiny little tot! :)

Thank you for your inspiration, Dr. Suzuki!

Fun pictures

We had some really fun family pictures taken last week. I wanted to share them with you! If you're in the market for a photographer, I definitely recommend Holly. She is very reasonably priced, and both times we have used her we have loved every picture she has taken. She is very cute with little kids and babies, and she's creative with her posing. Check out her blog HERE , for pricing and other info.

On to the pictures!