The Arizona Suzuki Association is planning a one-day Festival on
November 10, 2006 in Phoenix.
We are very excited to have the opportunity or having a Fall Festival headlined by Brian Lewis. Brian is a "Suzuki kid", the son of Suzuki teacher trainer Alice Joy Lewis, who grew up in Ottawa Kansas. He traveled to Matsumoto, Japan two times where he studied with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto. He has a Bachelor and Masters of Music Degrees from The Julliard School where he was a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay, among other teachers. He has established himself as one of America's most gifted and charismatic young artists and was named National Artist of the Year in 1998 by Young Audiences, Inc.
Brian has made concerto debuts in both New York's Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, and has played with symphonies in Germany, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan and the United States. He has also performed in England, Denmark, Canada, Costa Rica, Peru, Australia, and French West Indies among others. He is currently an Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Texas at Austin School of Music.
Brian will be leading violin group classes and will prepare our students to perform with him on his evening concert at Gold Canyon United Methodist Church at 6640 South Kings Ranch Road in Gold Canyon.
Brian will be performing at a concert at 7:30 at the Church. Students who are part of the Workshop will be on stage with him for a portion of the concert. One student and one adult ticket is included in the workshop fee. Additional family members may purchase tickets at $3 and $8 (a discounted price).
Marna Bowling will bring out the Latin side of our students as they learn Mariachi music that they will perform after dinner. We will have copies of the music available in September. Parents, if you play guitar, please bring it and join in!
Marna has been an educator for more than 30 years. As well as teaching privately, she has taught elementary, middle, and high school, and college music classes. Having had the opportunity to study with Dr. Suzuki in San Francisco for the first time in 1966, she began to teach the Suzuki Violin Method, and has been teaching it ever since. As a result of being awarded the US West Teacher of the Year for the state of Arizona, Marna wrote a book entitled "Mariachi for Beginners". It is used all over the country to introduce students to the culture and style of mariachi music.
The third component of the Fall Festival will be Suzukirobics. Have you ever done a movement routine to a Suzuki song? Eunice Elie will lead a class to develop exercise routines using the Book One Suzuki music. Younger students will learn Book One Routines. Older students will have fun pooling their ideas and developing an exercise routine during their class. "Suzukirobics" incorporates the actual Book One music to make a benefit of "listening" time. Children will be developing their listening skills and body conditioning. |
