“SUZUKI’S GOT TALENT”

November 2, 2024

Student workshop: 9am-3pm

Teacher workshop: 3:30-5:00pm

Orangewood Presbyterian Church, 7321 N 10th St, Phoenix, AZ 85020

ASA will hold its annual Fall Workshop on Saturday November 2, 2024. The student workshop will include classes for violin, viola, cello, and guitar students of all ages. Our guest teachers include Carrie Salisbury, violin, viola, StringsPop! from Los Angeles, CA and Lori Hennessy, cello, from Tucson, AZ. The student workshop will end with a celebration concert. A teacher workshop with Carrie will take place from 3:30-5:00pm. Don’t miss this exciting day of music, fun and friends!!!

STUDENT WORKSHOP & SCHEDULE:

Students will have four classes: a master class (semi-private lesson), repertoire class (group class playing Suzuki repertoire, please see review lists below), StringsPop class (popular and folk songs) and a drumming class (enrichment). The student workshop will end with a celebration concert at 2:00pm where students will perform together in groups.

8:30-9:00am Check-in
9:00am-12:00pm Classes (Snack at 10:50am)
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm Classes
2:00-3:00pm Celebration Concert

LUNCH/SNACK:

Families will provide their own lunches. Please enjoy eating together outside on the lawn or in the courtyard. There are no refrigerators available, so please pack your lunch in cooler or with ice packs. ASA will provide a snack between the 2nd and 3rd classes at 10:50-11:00am outside in the courtyard.

TEACHER WORKSHOP & SCHEDULE:

Creative Music Literacy with Carrie Salisbury

Dive into an innovative workshop for Suzuki educators with resources for teaching applied music theory to string students through games, creative composition, and improvisation. Explore strategies for introducing chord theory with early arranging and composition skills using folk songs and popular music. The class will include: a structured pedagogy for music literacy benchmarks, applied activities for lessons and group classes, empowerment to create original arrangements for your multi-level groups, and a comprehensive teacher resource packet in PDF form. Bring your instruments to try the games and strategies yourself as we build a new arrangement together as a multi-level, mixed instrument class.

3:30-5:00pm Teacher Workshop with Carrie Salisbury, bring your instruments!
Optional: Teachers are welcome to observe student workshop classes and/or concert (9am-3pm)

FEES AND DEADLINES:

Student Workshop Fees/Deadlines: All students must register in advance, there will be no same day registrations.

Deadline to register if Oct 26.

Student Workshop Regular registration: $75 per student, deadline Oct 26. REGISTRATION CLOSED

Pre-Twinkle Workshop (morning only) Regular registration: $45 per student, deadline Oct 26. REGISTRATION CLOSED

Please note that all registrations include a 1 year ASA family membership for 2024/25. You must be registered to attend, no same day registration. Please fill out one form per child attending.

Siblings: Family membership is included in the registration fee. If you are registering siblings, you only need to pay the family membership for the first student. So please subtract $10 per additional sibling.

Teacher Workshop Fees/Deadlines: Fee: $20 for ASA teacher members, $30 for non-members. Registration deadline: Oct. 26. You must be registered to attend.

REGISTRATION:

Registration is a two step process:

Fill out the registration form (one form per student attending).
- STUDENT WORKSHOP REGISTRATION CLOSED
- TEACHER WORKSHOP REGISTRATION CLOSED
Pay electronically by Zelle, or mail a check payable to ASA (mailing address is in the registration form)

To use Zelle, please open your bank’s app and scan the QR code below. Please note what the payment is for (ex. Student workshop, “student’s name”).

Or you can also open your bank’s app and go to Zelle, type “The Arizona Suzuki Association” and use the email address arizonasuzuki@gmail.com. Enter the amount to be paid and what it is for (ex. Student workshop, “student’s name”). If paying for multiple students, you can make one payment, but please make note of each student name you are paying for.

REVIEW LISTS

VIOLIN:

Book 1: Twinkle in D and May Song in D as duet with cellos (cellos and violins can play either song), Song of the Wind, Allegro: Suzuki, Minuet 1: J.S. Bach
Book 2: Hunter’s Chorus: by Carl Maria von Weber, Gavotte: by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Book 3: Gavotte: by Martini, Gavotte in G Minor: J. S. Bach
Book 4: Concerto No. 1 in GM 1: Seitz, Concerto on Am Mvt. 1: Vivaldi
Book 5: Gigue: by Veracini
Book 6: Allegro: by Fiocco
Book 7: Gigue: by J.S. Bach
Book 8: Largo: by J. S. Bach

VIOLA:

Book 1:Twinkles, May Song , French Folk Song, Lightly Row, Allegretto, Andantino, Bohemian Folk Song, The Happy Farmer

Book 2: Hunter’s Chorus (same key as violins), Witches’ Dance

Book 3: Gavotte in g minor (same key as violins), Humoresque

Book 4: Concerto No. 5, 1st Mvt. By F. Seitz, Concert in G Major for Solo Viola, II. Allegro

Book 5: Nina

Book 6: Hungarian Dance

CELLO:

Book 1: Twinkles, Twinkle in D with May Song in D as duet with violins (cellos and violins can play either song), French Folk Song, Lightly Row, Rigadoon, Minuet in C

Book 2: Musette, March in G

Book 3: Gavotte in C minor

Book 4: Breval, 1st mvt. – no repeat

Book 5: Dance Rustique

Book 6: The Swan

GUITAR: Coming soon!

GUEST TEACHERS:

VIOLIN/VIOLA & STRINGSPOP!

Carrie Salisbury is a Los Angeles-based performer, small-business owner, and violin/viola teacher. She created StringsPop, a music theory enrichment experience for teens and tweens, and offers innovative teacher and student workshops on Creative Music Literacy. Carrie holds a B.M. in Viola performance and now studies orchestral repertoire and pedagogy with Dr. Mick Wetzel. A Suzuki teacher of 20+ years, she directs the SMAC Los Angeles Branch. Her private students perform regularly as Crescendo Strings, an all-ages multi-level string group and as First Inversion, a premiere teen ensemble known for creating and performing their own arrangements. She is a parent to three young Suzuki string students with her husband, pianist-composer Benjamin Salisbury.

CELLO

Lori Hennessy spent the last decade as a cello instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area, developing the talent of students as young as three while continuing her education in pedagogy by studying with the most prolific teacher-trainers in the field. She has served as the director of a private Suzuki studio in San Francisco, as faculty at the Crowder Music Center in Berkeley, and as faculty at the Pleasanton Academy of Music. Her students’ accomplishments include the San Francisco Youth Orchestra, the Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra, and the Oakland Youth Symphony Orchestra. Lori Hennessy is currently enrolled in a Doctoral of Musical Arts program under Dr. Theodore Buchholz at the University of Arizona where she is a member of the Graduate Fellows program. This past March at the ASTA / Suzuki Conference, Lori presented on the history of the cello position, the ergonomics of seated body balance, and the use of the spine in fundamental movements. She holds a B.M. (2010) in cello performance and a M.M. (2012) in cello performance and Suzuki pedagogy, both degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

GUITAR

Joshua Pierce holds both a B.M. and M.M in Classical Guitar Performance from Arizona State University, where he studied with Professor Frank Koonce. During his time at ASU, he was the recipient of the Richard and Babette Burns Classical Guitar Scholarship, the Northern Trust/Virginia G. Piper Enrichment Award and was a two-time finalist in the ASU Concert of Soloists Concerto Competition. Mr. Pierce has studied with Chuck Hulihan at Glendale Community College, where he participated in premier performances of compositions written expressly for the GCC Guitar Orchestra and Octet. He has also performed in master classes with world-renowned guitarists, including Pepe Romero, David Russell, and Scott Tennant, and studied at the International Guitar Symposium in Iserlohn, Germany in 2007. As a teacher, Mr. Pierce has been active in the Phoenix area since 2006, working with several studios and organizations, as well as serving as a teaching assistant at GCC and co-director of guitar ensembles at ASU. Mr. Pierce serves on the board of three organizations: Phoenix Early Music Society (vice president), Phoenix Guitar Society (secretary) and Grand Canyon Guitar Society (board member).

DRUMMING:

Taji Maalik aka Folade is a second-generation musician and multi-percussionist here in Arizona and has dedicated himself to the art of music for nearly 30 years. He is currently a teaching artist at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) and Phoenix Conservatory of Music (PCM), a performance artist at various venues and events, and a drum instructor teaching various styles of music.

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