Recorder

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

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.

The 14th biennial SAA Conference will “feature our own” distinguished SAA members, friends, and former Suzuki students who are now young artist-teacher professionals as our special clinicians for the instrument master classes. True to the theme of the Conference, the format of these master classes will include both team teaching and solo instruction. The young artist clinicians will also be involved in side-by-side chamber music coachings and perform a selection on the Young Artist Recital. Read further about the impressive list being showcased for 2010!

Bass: Paul Sharpe, Nicole Castleberry
Cello: Gilda Barston, Amy Barston
Flute: Bart Feller, Sara Traficante
Guitar: William Kossler, Adam Kossler
Harp: Elinor Niemisto, Angela Dastrup Willis
Piano: Doris Koppelman, Hikari Nakamura
Recorder: Patrick O’Malley
Viola: William Preucil Sr., Matthew Dane
Violin: Thomas Wermuth, Allegra Wermuth, Scott Conklin

SYOA Conductors: Marilyn Kesler, Winifred Crock
Special Guests: Bad Boyz of Bass Quartet

See Clinician bios >>

The recorder events at this year’s conference will really “expand the vision” geographically, with a masterclass clinician from Brazil and a conference coordinator from Canada. Clea Galhano is a brilliant teacher. I have enjoyed her masterclasses in the past and am looking forward to seeing her work with the students at the conference.

Expanding student opportunities, with the addition of a recorder consort as well as masterclass lessons. The consort will have a series of rehearsals during the conference, with a performance TBA. It is open to any student in Book 3 and up. We encourage as many recorder students as possible to audition for both the masterclass and consort. I am very excited about the consort, as this is the first time that we are having such a group at the conference, hopefully made up of students from all over North and South America. Look for the audition information in upcoming issues of the ASJ and on the web.

We will be expanding instrumentation, offering sessions that are not recorder-specific but of general interest to all, such as baroque dance. The baroque dance sessions were extremely popular at the last conference, as both students and teachers of all instruments got to experience dancing the Minuet, along with other dances. We are looking forward to having these sessions again and plan to offer more! All recorder teachers are invited to submit session proposals.

—Kathleen Schoen, Recorder Coordinator