GROUP CLASS FUN IS ALMOST HERE!

 Get Ready! We are re-igniting the excitement of group classes and fun playing opportunities!

Here is the Schedule for Group Classes this year.

We will try the next GROUP on SATURDAY Morning (Let me know if this time does NOT work for you please!

Group Classes : 

Sept 6th and 28th (SATURDAY MORNING 10:30 a.m.)
Oct 11th and 25th  (may change to SATURDAY if this works better!)
Nov 1st and 15th
Dec (Holiday Lights TBA)
Jan 10th and 31st 
Feb 7th and 21st
Mar 28th
April 4th and 25th
May 2nd  and 16th -  Recital is the  17 th (Saturday afternoon)

HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN THE GARDEN will be either Dec. 9 or Dec. 11 this year!   🎻🎹 🔯🕎💡⭐💡⭐💡⭐💡⭐💡🎍💟🌴🌲🌳🎄🎋🥤🧁🎻🎹🎄

Fall Semester Is Starting Soon!

 Hello Suzuki Families!

It's way too soon, but here it comes anyway!

Fall Back to School (Literally, LOL!) Let's Fall back in Line and get our schedule set up!

I will be out of town from August 10 through August 16, visiting family in Texas. Summer lesson pricing will continue through August, and then Monthly and Semester pricing starts Sept 1. 

We definitely will have Group Classes this coming School Year - and I want to make sure that everyone understands the importance of attending Group Class. We will have 2 Classes - 1) - Beginning through Book 2, and 2) - Book 3 and above. I am trying to find the best schedule now and will post the times soon.

We will definitely have 2 December Performances and one Spring Recital (May). Also there are possibilities for group graduation recitals as well as individual Book 1 graduation recitals. There is a new Florida Suzuki Association forming and their first Regional Graduation Recital will be held on September 15. I can't attend that one, but have offered to host one possibly later in the year - more to come about that!

Let's set a GOAL to make this school year a GREAT YEAR FOR PRACTICE, LISTENING AND MUSIC PERFORMANCE!!!

How to Download Suzuki Recordings (From Violinist.com)

 Laurie Niles at Violinist.com recently published this for the latest news on how to find the official Suzuki Violin Recordings to download:

https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20237/29689/#:~:text=Note%2C%20you%20can,listen%20to%20those!

Note, you can purchase the recordings from Amazon Music, iTunes or Presto Music, but they are not available on Spotify. (If you have a CD player, you can buy a book that includes a CD, if you wish to go that route). Of course, you can find a hodge-podge of recordings of these pieces on Youtube, but the ones in this list are the ones that have been approved over the years by the International Suzuki Association.

VIOLIN

Suzuki Violin Book 1
Hilary Hahn: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
David Cerone: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
David Nadien: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
Shinichi Suzuki: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Suzuki Violin Book 2
Hilary Hahn: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
David Cerone: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
David Nadien: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
Shinichi Suzuki: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Suzuki Violin Book 3
Hilary Hahn: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
David Cerone: Amazon Music affiliate link or Presto Music (no iTunes link)
David Nadien: Presto Music
Shinichi Suzuki: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Suzuki Violin Book 4
Augustin Hadelich: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
David Cerone: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
David Nadien: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Suzuki Violin Book 5
Augustin Hadelich: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Suzuki Violin Book 6
Augustin Hadelich: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Suzuki Violin Book 7
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Suzuki Violin Book 8
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes or Presto Music

Note from the Editor: The last two books, 9 and 10, are Mozart Concertos No. 5 and 4, and I urge students to find a variety of recording artists and listen to those!

It's May Pole Time!

 

Time for our annual Spring Recital and May Pole!

This has been a String Things Tradition Since 1983! Wow, that is over 40 years! My how time flies when you are having fun and learning music.

The recital rehearsal will be on Friday May 24 at 5 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 3303 Belcher Road in Clearwater.

The Recital will be Saturday May 25 at 5 p.m. at the same location. Please wear nice Sunday Best dress and bring a finger food to share at the reception afterward.