Sherwood Suzuki Program: 2013

Saturday, December 21, 2013

100 Day Practice Challenge

100 Day Practice Challenge!!

· Challenge runs from Jan.1st-Memorial Day.

· The goal is to practice 100 days in between these two dates.

· Please color in one icon, for each practice day.

· Individual and Group lessons DO NOT COUNT as practice sessions.

· Each student that commits to participating will get a charm bracelet in February.

· They will earn one bead for every 25 days that they practice.

There will be additional charts available at the front desk in January.

Rules:

o Practice sessions must be at least 15 mins. Long

o You can listen through the entire CD twice to substitute for a practice day; this is ideal for vacation or sick days.

o Each practice session must have a tonalization/warm-up section & a review section.

o Parents must supervise students throughout the practice session, unless your teacher says otherwise.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Itzhak Perlman recital at Lyric Opera in April- Group Ticket Information

I am hoping to make arrangements to order a tickets for our Suzuki students to attend the upcoming Itzhak Perlman recital at Lyric Opera in April. There is more information below. I will be reserving tickets at the $25 dollar level. I plan on reserving the tickets on January 9th, so please email me with the number of tickets that you plan to purchase. I will collect the money for tickets on January 25th.

By reserving them as a group, all of our students will get to sit in the same section and experience the recital together. Below, there is more information about the concert.

From the Lyric Opera Box Office:

Join us Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 2 PM for a rare opportunity to hear the reigning virtuoso of the violin - Itzhak Perlman - live on our stage!

Video screens will provide outstanding viewing for every seat in the theater!

Groups can reserve tickets NOW for what is sure to be a sold-out event; balcony seats start at just $25! Main Floor seats start at just $60, with the best seats available for just $125. No payment is due with your order and groups can adjust their ticket count.

The Chicago Tribune calls Itzhak Perlman "one of the commanding talents of our time" - don't miss his one and only performance at Lyric Opera!

Of course, tickets are available for loved operas like Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, Die Fledermaus and The Barber of Seville - call me or visit us at www.LyricOpera.org to learn more!

Joel Friend

Group Sales Manager

Lyric Opera of Chicago

(312) 827-5927

Discounted Parking

Seating Chart

Potluck items still needed for this Saturday's Dept. Recital!!!

Hey Suzuki parents. Please remember to sign up to either volunteer your time to set-up the potluck or to bring an item to share. Right now I still need Disposable utensils, juice, soft drinks, veggies, fruit, wraps, sandwiches and desserts.... so I can use more of everything. Please help out!
The sign-up sheet is on the Recital Hall door, or you can email me and I will sign you up.
I also still need 3 violin parent volunteers to help with student-wrangling through-out the recital.
THANKS!!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

December 7th- adjusted class times for Dress Rehearsals

December 7^th- Logistics

· Dalcroze classes run as usual from 9-10:30am

· Pre-Twinkle & Book 4 classes run as normal with no changes to schedule

o Monday Pre-Twinklers are invited to attend this Saturday’s Pre-T class

· Twinkle & Book 1a classes are combined from 9:30am-10am in room 100A with Christine

· Orchestra Dress Rehearsal from 9:45-10am with Tamara

· Note Readers Classes are cancelled

· 10-10:30- Book 1B, Book 2 & Book 3 are combined in room 100A with Emilia. Please focus on Holiday tunes and Minuet 2.

· Chamber Music as regularly scheduled

· 10:45-11:30- Pre-Twinklers through Book 1 rehearse in the recital hall

o I will have a list of who is playing which piece with me, to make edits as needed during the rehearsal

o I will place ribbons on the scrolls of every student playing Jingle Bells

o We will run through the Art Institute carols at the end each rehearsal

· 11:30-12:15- Book 2 + students rehearse- same as above

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

December 14th- Suzuki Department Recital at Noon in the Recital Hall

Uniform- Students should wear recital appropriate attire in festive Holiday colors such as white, black, read & green. No gym shoes or jeans please!

Schedule for the day:

Dalcroze Eurythmics classes run as usual from 9am-10:30am

Classes are open to new Suzuki students for participation

NO OTHER GROUP CLASSES
11am- String students drop off cases in room 100A and go to room 202 for tuning and run-through. Teachers will be responsible for these students throughout the recital.
11am- Parents drop of potluck items in the lounge area while parent volunteers set-up the potluck
11:50am- Chamber group, flute & harp performers arrive at the recital hall. Non-string performers will sit in the front row of the hall.
Noon- Recital begins

Pre-Twinkle students will be allowed to sit with parents after their performance

1pm- Recital ends

String performers will go to room 100A to be collected by parents

Enjoy the Potluck!

December 14^th- Suzuki Dept Recital Program

Chrisie-Keiko Abe accompanist

Suzuki Chamber Groups:

Jerecho Agudelo, Declan Flaherty, Isabella Kim, Sterling Kennedy, Zayd Alkadri, Kai Dizon

Short Story H. Lichner

Eccossaise J. Hummel

Coached by Amber Walton-Amar

Cuckoo Folk Song

Crystal Rosas- student of Janelle Lake

Amaryllis J.Ghys

Chase Edwards- student of Lisa Goethe-McGinn

Pre-Twinkle Strings:

Twinkle Note Names Song

Up Like a Rocket

Snowflake Song

Old McCello

Group students of Bridget Callahan, Tamara Gonzalez & Erica Lessie

Suzuki Orchestra:

Ode to Joy L. Beethoven

O’ Come all ye faithful J. F. Wade

Bridget Callahan, conductor

Suzuki Cello:

Gavotte J. Gossec

Minuet in C J.S. Bach

We Three Kings J. Hopkins

Rigadoon H. Purcell

Allegretto S. Suzuki

Chanukah, Chanukah Traditional

Song of the Wind Folk Song

French Folk Song Folk Song

Led by Martine Benmann

Combined Suzuki Violins & Cellos

Jingle Bells James Pierpont

Suzuki Violin:

Concerto #5 mvt 1 J. Seitz

Gavotte J. Lully

Hunter’s Chorus A. Weber

We Wish You a Merry Christmas English Carol

Minuet 2 J.S. Bach

Andantino S. Suzuki

O’Come Little Children Folk Song

Lightly Row Folk Song

Twinkle Theme S. Suzuki

Led by Tamara Gonzalez, Emilia Blazsak, Christine Knodle, Marija Bubanj & Bridget Callahan

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Art Institute Tea Party Performance- December 8th

The Art Institute Annual Treasure Hunt & Tea Party is a fun family event and we are excited to participate for the 3rd consecutive year. Chicagoland families purchase tickets to partake in a treasure hunt around the museum, culminating in a tea party in a ballroom. Our students will perform for these families arriving at the tea party. Each student is allowed to bring ONE guardian to the event. Parents/guardians are being asked to watch the performance from the Balcony area this year, to reduce congestion in the Ballroom. Our students will not need to purchase tickets in order to participate in the performance, but if you would like to bring other siblings or family members then I recommend that you purchase tickets for them:
http://www.artic.edu/event/32nd-annual-treasure-hunt-and-tea-party-day-exploration

They will also have access to the museum for the remainder of the day, as well as the snacks and treats in the Tea Party Ballroom.

String students who are Book 1B level and above, were invited to perform at this year's Art Institute Tea Party Event.

Here is our itinerary:

11:10am- Chamber Groups + Violin Book 4 group arrive and head to staging area to warm up and tune

11:50-12:10- Chamber Groups and Violin Book 4 students perform

Free time to enjoy the museum/ Pianists are done for the day

12:45pm- Remaining Suzuki students arrive for warm-up and tuning

1:30-1:50 All Suzuki Students perform

This event is now closed for new participants. RSVP date was November 26th.

Uniform: Please wear black/navy bottoms and a white top. I will have Holiday hear accessories, but if you have your own please bring them.

We will select from the following pieces for our performance:

Jingle Bells in D
O'Come Little Children in D Major
Chanukah
Rigadoon (cellos only)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Minuet 2 (violins only)
We Three Kings
Allegretto (cellos)
Andantino (violins)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

** We will run through any additional pieces during our Dress Rehearsals this Saturday, December 7th

Friday, November 8, 2013

2013 Holiday Repertoire

Suzuki Dept Recital- String Suzuki Repertoire

Pre-Twinkle Violin/Cello Presentation:

Sing the Twinkle Notes (Violins Only)
Up Like a Rocket
Snowflake Song:

Old McCello (cellos only)

Violins:
Twinkle Theme
Lightly Row
O'Come Little Children
Andantino
Minuet 2
Hunter's Chorus
Lully Gavotte
Seitz Concerto #5, mvt.1

Cello:
Gossec Gavotte
March in C
Minuet in G
Rigadoon
Allegretto
Song of the Wind
French Folk Song

Holiday Pieces:

Below you will find links to Youtube videos and the sheet music for our Holiday performances.

Violin Students:
If you will perform O'Come Little Children, then you will learn Jingle Bells
If you will perform Andantino, then add God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
If you will perform Hunter's Chorus, then add We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Violin Book 2 students who plan on performing at the December 8th Art Institute event, should also learn Chanukah and We Three Kings. More details on that event coming very shortly.

Cello Students:
You will perform Jingle Bells (William, Ronald & Kai on Harmony) Chanukah (all on melody) and We Three Kings (all on melody) at the December 14th Dept. Recital

For the Dec. 8th Art Institute you will add We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Harry, William, Ronal, Kai on Harmony) and We Three Kings (Ronald & Kai on Harmony)

You Tube Links:

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Hannukah, Hannukah (melody)
Hannukah, Hannukah (harmony)

Jingle Bells (melody)
Jingle Bells (harmony)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (melody)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (harmony)

We Three Kings (melody)
We Three Kings (harmony)

Preparation Checklist:

Sherwood Suzuki Program- 2013 Holiday Concerts Violin Group Class Piece Checklist

Group Class Level	Piece
Pre-Twinkle	Twinkle Note Names
	Up Like a Rocket
	SnowFlake Song
*From this point forward, all pieces are cumulative. Please prepare all pieces from Twinkler level up to your current group class level.
Twinkler Class	Twinkle Theme
Book 1a	Jingle Bells
	Lightly Row
	O'Come Little Children
Book 1b	Andantino
	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
	Minuet 2
Book 2/3	We Wish You a Merry…
	Hunter's Chorus
	Lully Gavotte
Book 4	Seitz Concerto #5 Mvt. 1
Art Institute Pieces:	Chanukah
Art Institute Pieces:	We Three Kings

Violin Parts:

Cello Parts:

Practice-a-thon 2013. And the winners are...

I am so proud of all of our students who pushed themselves to be consistent with their practice habits this month! I am also grateful to parents who supported them at home and contributed to our fundraising campaign.
While so many of our students racked up the minutes this month, there can only be a 1st and 2nd place in each level. I am impressed with the amount of time so many students spent practicing this month.

So, the winners are…

Level 1-2:
1st Place- Andrew Williams at 744 minutes
2nd Place- Matthew Kim at 704 minutes

Level 3-5:
1st Place- Kai Dizon at 2,403 minutes
2nd Place- Henry Auxenfans at 1,888 minutes

September Listening Challenge

Congrats to all who participated in our September Suzuki Listening Challenge. Just look at how many stickers you all earned!

Friday, September 6, 2013

Suzuki & Preparatory String Program- Events Calendar 2013-2014

Hello Sherwood Suzuki Families, and welcome to the 2013-2014 Academic Year.

Suzuki & Preparatory String Program Calendar:

September

7^th	Orchestra note reading test for newly eligible students (no rehearsal or note readers class) Parent meeting from 10-10:30am in R. Hall String Suzuki performance at PDNA festival (time TBD)
14^th	Parent Introduction to Suzuki Pedagogy 10am (1^st class)
17^th	Parent Introduction to Suzuki Pedagogy 6:30pm
21^st	Parent Introduction to Suzuki Pedagogy 10am (2^nd class)
28^th	Performance class rehearsals with piano First Parent Enrichment meeting at 10am Snack Sale from 10:30-12:30pm October Practice Challenge charts distributed Royal Conservatory of Music Assessments- Informational meeting (time TBA)

October

1^st	30 Day Practice Challenge Begins!
5^th	First Parent Committee meeting at 10am
19^th	Performance Class Dress Rehearsals
26^th	Performance Class Halloween Recitals Parent Enrichment meeting at 10am Snack Sale from 10:30-12:30pm

November

2^nd	October Practice Challenge Winners Announced Parent Intro to Suzuki Pedagogy 6:30pm
9^th	Performance Class Dress Rehearsals Parent Intro to Suzuki Pedagogy 10am (1^st class)
16^th	Piano Concertina submissions are due Parent Intro to Suzuki Pedagogy 10am (2^nd class)
23^rd	Performance Class Recitals Parent Enrichment meeting at 10am Snack Sale from 10:30-12:30pm String playing test for Dept. Recital

Nov.30^th- No Classes at Sherwood

December

7^th	Dept. Recital Dress Rehearsals 10:45am Strings Pre-T through Book 1 11:30am Strings Book 2+
8^th	Art Institute “Tea Party” Performances
14^th	Suzuki Dept. Recital at Noon Potluck reception to follow
21^st	No Suzuki Group Classes

January

1^st	100 Day Practice Challenge Begins
11^th	Private lesson make-ups only. No Group Classes
14^th	Parent Intro to Suzuki Pedagogy 6:30pm
18^th	Suzuki Classes Resume Parent Intro to Suzuki Pedagogy 10am (1^st class)
25^th	Parent Enrichment meeting at 10am

February

8^th	Parent Intro to Suzuki Pedagogy 10am (2^nd class) Performance Class Dress Rehearsals Check the SAA website to register for Parents as Partners Online
14^th	Suzuki Valentine’s Day Faculty Recital 7pm
15th	Performance Class Recitals Parent Enrichment meeting at 10am Snack Sale from 10:30-12:30pm

March

4^th	Parents as Partners online course- discussion group at 6:30pm
8th	Performance Class Dress Rehearsals
22^nd	Performance Class Recitals Parent Enrichment meeting at 10am Snack Sale from 10:30-12:30pm

Mar. 29^th- No Suzuki Group Classes (or private lessons)

April

5th	String Master Class with Yang Liu
12^th	Parent Note Reading Class at 10am
26^th	Performance Class Dress Rehearsals

May

3^rd	String playing tests for Dept. recital Performance Class Final Recitals Parent Enrichment meeting at 10am Snack Sale from 10:30-12:30pm
10^th	Dept. Recital Dress Rehearsals 10:45am Strings Pre-T through Book 1 11:30am Strings Book 2+
17^th	Suzuki Dept Recital (Location and Time TBA)
24^th	Final day of Suzuki & Prep String Program 100 Day Practice Challenge Completion Ceremony Note Readers final assessments Suzuki Faculty Recital 11:15am