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News (download the MARCH 2009 issue of DaCapo—go to Newsletters)

My First Music Lesson

Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 3 to 5 pm

Three Willows United Church
577 Willow Road, Guelph

Music Lesson (without instrument) | Instrument Petting Zoo | Music Related Art Project | Performance by Young Musicians

Cost: FREE (open to children ages 3 to 6 and their parents. Enrollment limited)

We recommend that you reserve a spot by calling 519-821-2890 or emailing the SSSG.

Spring Concert

Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 3 pm

River Run Centre

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Spring Music Fair

Saturday, March 28, 2009 from 10 am to 1 pm

Guelph Youth Music Centre
75 Cardigan Street, downtown Guelph

FREE ADMISSION & FREE PARKING

Instrument petting zoo

Bring your young children to try different string instruments!

watch violin, viola & cello group classes in progress

used video, CD & children’s book sale

build a musical instrument

ask musical questions to the experts

refreshments and more!

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in search of beauty... Viola Recital
Marcin Swoboda with pianist Ewa Swoboda and violinist Jeff Dyrda

Saturday, December 20, 2008 — 3 pm, Guelph Youth Music Centre Recital Hall

Critically-acclaimed violist and chamber musician, Marcin Swoboda, has been concertizing from the age of 13 when he made his debut performance with the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra. Since then, he has been an active performer in North and South America as well as Europe. Marcin has received many awards for his music making, including the Max Stern Fellowship in Music Performance, a bronze medal at the Fischoff National Chamber music competition, and an Honorable mention at the Competition Internationale d’Alto in Paris, France. Marcin is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Music Performance at McGill University in the class of André Roy and plays a Pawlikowski viola

The programme will include works by: Telemann, Barns, Reger, Kurtag, Martinu and Hindemith.

Tickets: adults $15, students $10, children 12 & under $5, family $30

The profits from the recital will go towards the SSSG bursary fund and will be earmarked specifically for a violist.

Concert links

Check out all the concerts that you can attend in and around Guelph!

ORCHESTRAS

Cambridge Community Orchestra

Guelph Symphony Orchestra

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra

K/W Symphony Orchestra

Nota Bene Period Orchestra

Orchestra London

Stratford Civic Orchestra

Tafelmusik

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

FESTIVALS

Guelph Musicfest (May, annual festival)

Great Romantics Festival (October, annual festival)

VENUES

Canadian Opera Company

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Free Concert Series

Guelph Youth Music Centre

K-W Centre in the Square

K-W Chamber Music Society

National Ballet of Canada

Perimeter Institute Classical World Artists

River Run Centre

Wellinton County Museum Gallery Concert Series

MISCELLANEOUS

McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind

Parents as Partners
Podcasts from the 2008 Suzuki Conference in Minneapolis
From the Suzuki Association of the America

Suzuki Association of the Americas

Suzuki Association of Ontario

McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind
Articles on Music Cognition

GuelphArts.ca
Your Gateway to Arts & Heritage in Guelph & Wellington County

Newest Faculty Member to the SSSG

Elayne Ras began Suzuki violin lessons at the age of 11 at the first Suzuki school in Toronto, after studying piano with her mother since age 5. Her early Suzuki teachers were Erica Davidson and Hazel Comer. During high school, she was an accompanist for many Suzuki classes, and achieved her Grade 9 piano, and Grade 10 violin certificates with the Royal Conservatory of Music. She attended the University of Western Ontario, and received her HBMus (Performance) studying with Lorand Fenyves, and her BA in Psychology (Child Development). Elayne has worked with many wonderful Suzuki teachers while pursuing teacher training, including Alice Joy Lewis, John Kendall, Margery Aber, Nancy Lokken, Becky Sandrok, and Brian Lewis, and in 2002 became a registered violin Teacher Trainer with the SAA. In 1984, Elayne began teaching in Huron County, Ontario, and in 1988 she founded the Huron String School when she moved to Goderich. The school offers violin, viola and cello instruction, orchestra, senior ensembles, group lessons, Theory/Music and Movement classes and has just added a Baby/Toddler class. Several of her students have been members of the London (Ontario) Youth Symphony. Elayne has been on the faculty at Institutes and Suzuki workshops across the US and Canada, and has adjudicated for music Festivals throughout Ontario. She is currently the Past Chair of the Suzuki Association of Ontario, presented a session on Rural Suzuki Teaching at the 2002 SAA conference in Minneapolis, and a session on a “Teen Mentoring Course” she developed with Paule Barsalou at the 2007 SAA Leadership Retreat. In addition, Elayne conducted a community Band of all ages in Goderich for 19 years, and is currently a member of the Stratford Civic Orchestra. In Sept of 2008, Elayne moved to Guelph, Ontario, where she now teaches part-time with the SSSG, and will continue to teach with the Huron String School.

We wish to extend our warmest welcome to Elayne and wish her all the best with our school.

Paule Barsalou
Artistic Director

Pamela Young
Chair of the SSSG Board of Director

Ernie Gec
SSSG Board member and chair of the Personnel Committee

Music Education Facts & Figures | menc.org

“Every student in the nation should have an education in the arts.” This is the opening statement of “The Value and Quality of Arts Education: A Statement of Principles,” a document from the nation’s ten most important educational organizations, including the American Association of School Administrators, the National Education Association, the National Parent Teacher Association, and the National School Boards Association....

National Arts Centre | ArtsAlive.ca

The National Arts Centre (NAC) presents ArtsAlive.ca Music, a great place to discover the excitement of the performing arts! Learn all about orchestral music, the NAC Orchestra, its musicians and friends, great composers, conductors and much more!
Learn about this computer-based accompaniment system. Group rate license available from Paule. Software version 10 is now available for download.

violinmasterclass.com

Exactly what the name says, complete with video and sound!

PracticeSpot Classic | practicespot.com

There is a great web site devoted to (ahem, ahem...) practising, with lots free tools and resources for the enthusiastic music student. Check it out and you won't regret it!

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