Flute

Previously, I was living in NYC and teaching at the Greenwich Suzuki Academy in Greenwich, CT. This school has an amazing community and I had some really special families and students that I had become very attached to…

Then I met the man of my dreams, who happens to be German. So in June of 2008, I moved to Berlin hoping that I’d be able to have great students again one day but was nervous about the language and the logistics of getting a new studio together. There is a German-American public school here (that my husband actually attended as a kid), called The John F Kennedy School, for students from pre-school through high school. All students are bi-lingual, most families have an American parent or some sort of American family connection and the teachers and staff are 50% American and 50% German.

From the moment I got here, I started contacting them and this school year was finally able to launch my Suzuki Flute studio! It’s basically an after-school program (with parent attendance) and I am proud to announce that we have 18 new pairs of flute feet! So if anyone should find themselves in Berlin for a visit—know that there’s an American Suzuki Flute Studio group class that would be happy to have you come Twinkle with us! :)

Kelly Watson Woelffer
www.SuzukiFlute.de

In addition to master classes and a session “Good Vibrations” by Flute Clinician, Bart Feller, Flute Teachers will be able to take part in sessions by Sasha Garver, Jane Lenoir, Stephanie Pedretti, Noelle Perrin, Kelly Williamson and Mary Halverson Waldo. Teachers will have opportunities to observe Flute Choir rehearsals with Sasha Garver and participate in round-table discussions and a lunch get-together.

–Susan Friedlander, Coordinator

Teachers of violin, viola, guitar, flute, and recorder are encouraged to bring instruments. If possible, bring cellos and basses too. (We’ll try to borrow extras cellos.) Some informal chamber music playing opportunities are possible on Saturday evening.

The Edmonton Suzuki Flute and Recorder Society used their annual Winter Recital in January 2010 as a fundraiser for earthquake relief in Haiti.

They raised $226.50 with a silver collection at the door, but with the matching grant for donations from the Canadian government, that means $453 will be going to the Red Cross.

Kathleen Schoen
Music Director, ESFRS

Me gustaría en estas pequeñas líneas poder plasmar, aunque resulte muy difícil, la experiencia vivida en el Festival Internacional de Flauta Traversa Método Suzuki de la Patagonia Argentina, realizado en octubre pasado.

Ante todo quiero dejar expresado mi agradecimiento a la Prof. Kelly Williamson (Canadá) y al Prof. Fernando Formigo (Argentina), ya que han dado su mayor esfuerzo para realizar tan importante evento, logrando que el Método Suzuki de Flauta Traversa llegue cada vez más cerca de la comunidad y se afiance con mayor fuerza…

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Student participants are still needed for the following events at the 2010 SAA Conference next May.

• Bass: SYOA 1, SYOA 2, Bass Choir
• Flute: Masterclass, Performing Ensemble
• Guitar: Masterclass, Non-Preformed Chamber
• Recorder: Masterclass, Recorder Consort, Non-Preformed Chamber
• Piano: Concerto performance (due December 15)

Applications are being accepted until November 30.

See the student participation criteria and online student application.