We are delighted to find out for sure that we will be doing a concert and workshop in Atlanta (Duluth, actually, a northern suburb). We will be holding a benefit concert on Friday, April 23 (free admission!) and a full-day SCOR! Workshop on Saturday, April 24. Our gracious hosts, Huthmaker Violins (Dixie & Buddy Huthmaker), are allowing us to use the downstairs of their shop, and we are so grateful! We are looking forward to seeing them again, and Nancy & Mike, Anna, Anne & Steve, and all our wonderful Atlanta friends and supporters! For more info, the pdf flyer, and access to registration, go to www.scor-tour.com.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Florida, here we come!
We are on our way to Florida. There, we hope to encourage interest in a series of workshops in 2011, and a SCOR! camp in the southeast in 2012. We'll be visiting SCOR! folks and various contacts in Orlando, Clearwater, and Punta Gorda. Anyone with some great ideas on where to host workshops and/or camps? Let us know!
Friday, March 26, 2010
SCOR! Maryland
Saturday's workshop was a blast. We had 15 enthusiastic participants, and were able to do some string orchestra and chamber groups, as well as learn about getting better faster (practicing efficiently), sight-reading, and unlock our minds (overcoming mental obstacles in playing and performing). Here are a few stories from the participants...
Jan has had a lifelong dream to play the cello, and after a certain point in life, following the death of a close friend, she decided to start. She is now doing everything she can to make progress on the cello, fitting this into her already busy life. It's been 3 years now, and she has hung in there, enjoying all her progress.
Maria has also been playing the cello for 3 years now. She is determined to get better, and is using every opportunity she can to forge ahead. She knows that with enough hard work and determination, she will reach her goals.
Nell chose to start her viola journey at SCOR! Rochester, last summer, in the Viola for Violinists Track. Although she had moments of struggle and frustration, she stuck with it. Now, she is playing viola in an ensemble and loving it! What a show of courage!
Wayne played in a recital his teacher put on only 7 months after he started cello as an adult. He's been playing for 7 years now, after desiring to have a creative outlet for his "right-brain" side. He joined an orchestra that was a bit over his head, but held on and tried it, and enjoyed it in the process. Go, Wayne, for biting off and chewing this challenge!
All these people inspire us with their patience, perseverance, and courage. Be inspired!
Jan has had a lifelong dream to play the cello, and after a certain point in life, following the death of a close friend, she decided to start. She is now doing everything she can to make progress on the cello, fitting this into her already busy life. It's been 3 years now, and she has hung in there, enjoying all her progress.
Maria has also been playing the cello for 3 years now. She is determined to get better, and is using every opportunity she can to forge ahead. She knows that with enough hard work and determination, she will reach her goals.
Nell chose to start her viola journey at SCOR! Rochester, last summer, in the Viola for Violinists Track. Although she had moments of struggle and frustration, she stuck with it. Now, she is playing viola in an ensemble and loving it! What a show of courage!
Wayne played in a recital his teacher put on only 7 months after he started cello as an adult. He's been playing for 7 years now, after desiring to have a creative outlet for his "right-brain" side. He joined an orchestra that was a bit over his head, but held on and tried it, and enjoyed it in the process. Go, Wayne, for biting off and chewing this challenge!
All these people inspire us with their patience, perseverance, and courage. Be inspired!
Concert in MD
On Friday night, we did a benefit concert for an intimate audience of SCOR! friends. We were glad to be able to share our music with them. We performed mostly Beth's compositions, with some hymn arrangements and Mazas, and some free improv sessions thrown in there. Thank you to everyone who came!
Maryland
The first stop on our SCOR! Be-Inspired Tour was Bel-Air, MD. Last week we did a series of events there at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bel Air.
Our free beginner class had 6 people attend, and was a fun evening of sharing music and stories, and in many cases, trying new instruments. We had a good time with technique games, playing by ear, and improvising on a fiddle tune.
One wonderful story of the evening came from Ann Marie who, after waiting for a while to start so her daughter wouldn't feel the competition, began the viola, and played by ear for about 9 months before she was "discovered" by her teacher. He asked her to play a certain passage, and she said "Uh, oh!" She had never learned to read notes, but had developed this incredible ear. She is living a dream of playing the viola (an indestructible, carbon fiber viola, that is) while "eating, breathing, and sleeping viola", especially on the weekends.
Ann Marie, you go! Happy viola-ing.
Our free beginner class had 6 people attend, and was a fun evening of sharing music and stories, and in many cases, trying new instruments. We had a good time with technique games, playing by ear, and improvising on a fiddle tune.
One wonderful story of the evening came from Ann Marie who, after waiting for a while to start so her daughter wouldn't feel the competition, began the viola, and played by ear for about 9 months before she was "discovered" by her teacher. He asked her to play a certain passage, and she said "Uh, oh!" She had never learned to read notes, but had developed this incredible ear. She is living a dream of playing the viola (an indestructible, carbon fiber viola, that is) while "eating, breathing, and sleeping viola", especially on the weekends.
Ann Marie, you go! Happy viola-ing.
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