Bass Unit 1
Jul 7 – 14, 2018 in Oberlin, OH
at Oberlin Conservatory of Music Summer Programs
What
Bass Unit 1
Instructor: Virginia Dixon
Event Contact & Sign up
Event Description
In conjunction with the Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass, this program offers a rich environment for young Suzuki students at all levels as well as concurrent training for teachers with leading Suzuki trainer Virginia Dixon. Participants in the Bass Unit 1 course attend class sessions and observe students participating in the Hinton Institute. This class will be preceded by the required “Every Child Can” Suzuki Philosophy class also led by Virginia Dixon. All attendees are invited to observe all Hinton sessions during their free time at no additional cost.
Prerequisite course:
In conjunction with the Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass, this program offers a rich environment for young Suzuki students at all levels as well as concurrent training for teachers with leading Suzuki trainer Virginia Dixon. Participants in the Bass Unit 1 course attend class sessions and observe students participating in the Hinton Institute. This class will be preceded by the required “Every Child Can” Suzuki Philosophy class also led by Virginia Dixon. All attendees are invited to observe all Hinton sessions during their free time at no additional cost.
Every Child Can!, or Filosofía
Audition: Bass Basic, or Bass Comprehensive.
Deadline: All audition materials must be submitted by June 23 *
Signup closed.
Trainer Information
Virginia Dixon, Chair of the SAA Bass Committee, Teacher Trainer of bass for SAA and Bass Trainer for ESA, teaches at Elmhurst College, Benedictine University, and her home studio. This coming summer she was to teach at Suzuki institutes including, the American Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point, WI, and the South Ontario Suzuki Institute. Her mission thus far has taken her to Copenhagen, Buenos Aires, Lima, Davos, Mexico City, Saõ Paulo, and Porto Alegre, as well as across Canada and the United States. Her students include the Principal Bassist of the Houston Symphony as well as members of such orchestras as the National Symphony and the New Orleans Philharmonic. She has two performance degrees from Indiana University and has done doctoral work in performance at Stony Brook University. Her major teachers were Julius Levine, Murray Grodner, and Georg Hortnagel.
When
Saturday, July 7 to Saturday, July 14, , 2018
Where
Oberlin Conservatory of Music Summer Programs
Conservatory of Music
77 West College Street
Oberlin OH 44074
USA
Phone: 440-775-8044
[javascript protected email address]
oberlin.edu/summer/hinton
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