Happy New Year!

Thank you all for a wonderful Christmas recital and for your thoughtful Christmas cards and gifts. I appreciate your kindness very much.
Private violin/viola lessons and school will resume on Tuesday January 3. Please check the "Schedule" tab for the January calendar.
Let's all add daily practice, listening and review to our New Year's Resolution list!
Happy New Year!

Christmas Concert 2016

Instructions for 2016 Christmas Concert

December 10, 2016 

2:00 pm 

BYU Conference Center Auditorium

Sunday Dress

Carol of the Bells and I Wonder As I Wander arrive at 1:20 for a quick run-through. 

Parking: Due to construction, there is a change to the patron parking in lot 20, west of the building. Please reference the attached parking map, and adhere to any parking sign instructions. 
Referencing the map, the red line marks the construction fence-where there is no patron parking. Conference Center patrons may park in the maroon shaded area where there are approximately 175 parking spaces available closest to the Conference Center. This area is about the first 3 rows of parking spaces. 

New Entrance: Because of the construction, the south west area of lot 20 is marked with white banner signs indicating the new entrance points to both the Conference Center and Harman Building.  One entrance is located on the lower level which has a small flight of 12 stairs and a ramp to the Conference Center doors. Once you enter at the lower level, there are interior stairs on the south and north end of the hallway, and the elevator located at the north end of the hallway. The upper level entrance is accessed by taking the outdoor large flight of stairs, walking across the landing and entering in the south doors. Large touch screens are found in these entrances with a listing of scheduled groups and room numbers to help locate your event.

Welcome to String Lessons Fall 2016!

Our annual Barn Dance has expanded this year to include 

the entire Utah County Region of the Suzuki Association of Utah. 

It will be held on the evening of Monday September 26 from 6:00 until 8:00 in the Ballroom at Utah Valley University. 

The program is as follows:

Performance Pieces

Boil the Cabbage

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Millionaire's Hoedown

Themes from the Devil Went Down to Georgia

Dances

Cotton Eyed Joe

Boil the Cabbage

Cuckoo's Nest/Red Haired Boy

Cripple Creek/Liberty

Irish Washerwoman/Swallowtail Jig

Cumberland Hornpipe and Jig

Bring your fiddle, your dancin' shoes and your family 

and join us for a hootin' hollerin' good time!

Cowboy dress is highly encouraged. 

Those playing The Devil Went Down to Georgia Themes must be in the Ballroom ready to rehearse at 5:40. Those playing Millionaire's Hoedown will rehearse at 5:50.

Strawberry Ice Cream Cone (with a mint)!

Original words for Minuet 2 compliments of Louisa and Amy Jackson.

Louisa:

All I want is to have strawberry!

All I want is to have strawberry!

Don't want any chocolate, I don't want any Rocky Road.

All I want is to have strawberry!

All I want is to have strawberry!

Is it too much to ask for a little strawberry ice cream cone?

(Repeat)

(Measure 17)

I'm afraid we're wasting too much time.

When will they close up the Creamery?

I'm afraid I'll lose my chance for that strawberry ice cream cone (with a mint).

(Measure 25)

Creamery employee:

I understand that you're feeling nervous.

We have enough to feed your whole town!

Single scoop, Double scoop,

Don't you forget the mint!

Louisa:

All I want is to have strawberry!

All I want is to have strawberry!

If not for you I wouldn't have this strawberry ice cream cone!

Repeat!

Bravo!

Congratulations to violists Gwen Bryson, Caden Critchfield, Ian Fulwider, Jonathan Kwong and Colette Macfarlane who won the audition to perform the second movement of the Telemann Viola Concerto with the Utah Valley Symphony in October at the Covey Center. Bravo!

Kudos to all who performed in the studio solo recitals held at the beautiful Orem Library on September 5th. 

March With Mia!

If you will perform Millionaire's Hoedown at the next recital, please click on this link to practice the choreography with Mia. Be prepared! Hoedown With Mia

 Congratulations to Maren, Colette, and Christy on the successful performance of their Suzuki Book 2 recitals!

Maren's Book 2 Recital, March 23, 2013

Colette, Jayne and Christy, Book 2 Recital, March 29, 2013