May Violin Class

Bravo 2013 Calendar

Hi Parents,
As of last night we are back in town. I can see you for lessons this week, but please contact me for times. I’m looking forward to seeing you!

Dear Parents and Students,

Since tomorrow morning is our dress rehearsal, and most of you have performed your pieces before, we’ll start at 10 a.m. rather than 9. The Bartok girls can come 15 minutes earlier.

I’ll see you as usual this week for lessons. Our concert will be Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. here at the house. I won’t have Bruce’s help like I usually do, so I’ll plan to provide juice and pizza and ask you to bring some dessert, pot-luck style. For the pizza count, please let me know if you have invited friends and family. Please plan to arrive at 6:30.

I’ll start teaching again between June 3rd and 12th, and then I’ll be gone until Bravo! begins on June 16.

Please let me know your time availability windows for summer for both your weekly schedules and out-of-town schedules.

It is hard to believe that we’re wrapping up another semester, so soon after the snow has melted!
Practice carefully,
Lucia

Hi Everyone,

Please mark your calendars for a change. Our final recital will be Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. The dress rehearsal will be Saturday, May 11 at 9 a.m.

I’ll see you this Saturday, March 16, at performance class. Have a great week. Remember, no lessons until Friday.

Lucia

Hi, Everyone,

As I’ve told my students and some of you University observers, I’ll be out of town from the evening of March 9 through Thursday, March 14. I’ll be teaching on the 9th and the 15th. That Saturday, March 16, is our monthly performance class at 10 a.m.  Our rehearsal with Claudia will start at 9 a.m. that day. Since most of you will be losing a lesson next week, please stay prepared.

Here is the Bravo! website for those of you attending this summer:

https://music.umn.edu/events/bravo

The application deadline is April 15. Those of you Schubert Club competition applicants, please apply for the summer scholarship at the Schubert Club. Those younger may be eligible for a summer scholarship run by the musicians’ union. Please see me for details.

Stay warm. Keep practicing. Listen to lots of music.

Lucia

As some of you know, Sally O’Reilly’s U of MN violin students will be coming to observe your lessons. Being observed provides the opportunity to remind us of daily work and lesson habits that we hope to practice all the time in our program, anyway.

Students, remember to bring all your music and come prepared.

Parents, please give as much notice as possible when canceling. Please arrive promptly with kids who are fed, watered, well rested, with their nails trimmed. Those parents who do not practice with your kids, feel free to read in another room. Those of you who do practice with your kids, please watch and take notes.

Show the value of the CD’s in their learning, and step up the listening.
The younger ones should listen to their Suzuki CDs so much that they are part of their environment in the car, kitchen, and bedroom. Older students, use my suggested listening ideas.

As I try to model good teaching, I also want to model expectations for you, our parents.
You and your kids have so much to teach these young musicians who are learning to become teachers. Thank you for all of your dedication and hard work!

By the way, do any of you older timers have a copy of the violin teacher tree I made a few years ago? My computer ate mine.

Hi, Students and Parents,
Tomorrow I’m entering my second week of jury duty. Daily I call in to see if I’m needed for a trial. The only downside is that I can’t know when I have to cancel lessons until midday on the very day of lessons. If I need to cancel I’ll let you know as soon as I can. Also, I’ll be in Rochester on Tuesday for some family medical appointments. We are in a wait and see mode there as well. If you don’t hear otherwise, I’ll see you at your usual times
Remember performance class is Saturday at 10:00, 9:00 for those rehearsing.
We will have a graduation for two of our Saturday class students. I’ll have juice and snacks. You can bring something if you’d like.
See you soon,
Lucia

Please join Mikki Johnston as she performs pieces by Vivaldi, Mozart, Kreisler, Elgar, and Brahms, in culmination of her master’s degree at the U of M. (It’s a perfect way to start off your Valentine’s night!) There will be a short reception, with delicious snacks, following the recital.

Time: Thursday, February 14th, 5:30 pm
Location: Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall: 2106 4th St S, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Ultan Recital Hall is in Ferguson Hall, the music building of the U of M campus. Please see http://campusmaps.umn.edu/tc/map.php?extent=west for a map. The 21st Ave Parking Ramp is the most convenient parking.

I hope you can come!
Mikki 🙂

We’re all missing live concerts in the Twin Cities because of the lockouts of the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

I’ll try to post concerts as I hear of them. Here is one that includes a couple of parents of former students of mine.

THE ISLES ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT
with Guests Stephanie Arado, Catherine Schubilske and Catherine Ramirez
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH AT 2 PM.
LAKE OF THE ISLES LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2020 WEST LAKE OF THE ISLES PARKWAY, MINNEAPOLIS 55405

A program of two captivating pieces with flute and strings and one of Mozart’s most monumental chamber music masterpieces!
Mozart: Quartet in D major for Flute and Strings, K.285
Villa-Lobos: The Jet-Whistle” for Flute and Cello
Mozart: String Trio in E-flat, K. 563

Stephanie Arado, violin (Assistant Concertmaster, Minnesota Orchestra)
Catherine Schubilske, violin (Minnesota Orchestra)
Catherine Ramirez, flute (St. Olaf College)
Johanna Torbenson, viola (Isles Ensemble)
Tom Rosenberg, cello, (Isles Ensemble)

Reception following the concert.
For more info on the Isles Ensemble, please visit http://www.islesensemble.org/