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American Suzuki Institute

Bass Unit 1
Jul 16 – 29, 2023 in Stevens Point, WI
at American Suzuki Institute

What

Bass Unit 1

Instructor: Virginia Dixon

Event Contact & Sign up

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Phone: 715-346-3033

Additional Schedule Information

  • Check-in: Sunday 12-5 PM

  • Required orientation meeting: Sunday 6:15 PM

  • Classes and observations are held Mon-Fri, 8-11 AM and 1-4 PM unless otherwise noted by trainer

  • Additional live events at ASI include teacher/parent lectures, student recitals, and guest artist/faculty concerts. Not all of these events will be live streamed for online participants

  • Festival concerts occur throughout the day on Friday, concluding in the evening

  • Residence Hall checkout: Saturday 12 PM

Event Description

  • This course will be offered both in-person and online

  • Required observations may be live or pre-recorded, at the instructor’s discretion

  • Observations are held Mon-Fri within the hours of 8-11 AM and 1-4 PM, unless otherwise noted by the trainer

  • Visit the American Suzuki Institute website for course prerequisites and requirements

  • $40 tuition rebate will be given to teachers who sign up for two Suzuki core units (SECE, Practicum, Enrichment, and Supplemental courses not included)

  • $25 tuition rebate will be given to teachers who sign up for a Unit or Supplemental course and a 10-hour Enrichment course in the same week.

  • UWSP has a limited number of basses available for teacher development course participants.Contact the ASI office for more information

Prerequisite course:

Every Child Can!, or Filosofía

Audition: Bass Basic, or Bass Comprehensive.

Deadline: All audition materials must be submitted by July 2 *

Price: $820.00

0 enrolled out of 10 maximum.

See contact information below to sign up.

Trainer Information

Virginia Dixon

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

Sunday, July 16 to Saturday, July 29, , 2023

Where

This event will be held online.

American Suzuki Institute

1800 Portage St
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point WI 54481
USA
Phone: 715-346-3033
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www.uwsp.edu/suzuki/asi

More Info & Contact

Website: www.uwsp.edu/suzuki/asi

Ann Marie Novak, Director of Suzuki Programs at UWSP

Phone: 715-346-4889
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Holly Osterbrink, Suzuki Program Assistant

Phone: 715-346-3033
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Mary Moran, ASI Coordinator

Phone: 715-346-3033
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