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Reflections from the Performers: Viola! Book 2 ~ Yeh Joon, Linnaea and Aslan

November 22, 2021 By Suzuki Music Academy of Hong Kong

Linnaea, Aslan and Yeh Joon worked together to prepare their Book 2 recital, starting from the beginning of the Fall Term. All of their efforts culminated in their performance on Saturday. Here are the performers’ reflections on the experience:

from Aslan

Over the course of the past few months i have been preparing for my book 2 recital and thought it went better than i thought as i didn’t mess up as much as i thought i would, I put a lot of effort into bochorreni minute as i couldn’t get the slurs to be fast enough or long enough and in the recital i executed it quite well. With the help of Linnea and Yeah Joon we got to play chorus from Judas maccabaeus in harmony which in my opinion sounded quite nice plus we also got to play musette as a harmony too. My three solo pieces are quite nice as i didn’t mess up as much as i did before and i remembered the trigger notes of D,D,B,B in Bourree. In the two grenadiers i thought i had great dynamics and showed the different moods of the piece. Although in witches dance i messed up a bit but i still kept on beat and continued playing the song. Twinkles were great. 🙂

from Yeh Joon

In this book2 recital, I felt more nervous than book 1 recital because they are harder pieces. One thing I enjoyed the most about this book recital was how we as a group collaborated well with one another. In my Gavotte from Mignon, I rushed the piece and my best piece was Long Long Ago. I learned that I should prepare more to make me feel better when preforming. Will remember this for next time.

from Linnaea

Reflections from the Performers: COSETTE & SOPHIE

March 9, 2021 By Suzuki Music Academy of Hong Kong

Cosette and Sophie performed their very first viola recital, giving their Book 1 recital on Saturday, 6 March. They each had family members attend in person, and there was a large audience of family and friends on zoom as well! Here are their thoughts about the experience.

from Cosette

I felt nervous at first, but after awhile, I felt the nervousness go away and soon I was playing confidently. I think that it was great! I’m grateful to the Pandemic that I can focus and practise more. I start to enjoy learning the viola more and more.

Thank you Miss Monica, Miss Yuko, Miss Diane and Miss Marla for teaching me. It was a great journey that you all walked with me.

from Sophie

I liked the recital. I think it was rather good because I practiced. And because it sounded good and I liked the songs. I felt good performing. At first I was a bit nervous, but during the performance I thought it was nothing to worry about.

Annual Graduation Concert

June 29, 2019 By Suzuki Music Academy of Hong Kong

Piano graduates
Violists
Go for the Gold award winners
Twinkle students
Cellists
Twinkle students presenting graduation certificates
Parent Graduating from violin Level 1
Violinists
SMAHK Student community

The end of the Spring Term brought a whirlwind of activity and celebration!

The month of June started with our annual Graduation Concert. This year, we had graduates representing every instrument studied at SMAHK. Graduates included all of the first six violin Graduation levels, as well as a parent graduating from Violin Level 1! Our Twinkle students were wonderful in their role as presenters of the Graduation Certificates!

In addition to celebrating the Graduation Levels, medals were awarded to the winners of our annual “Go for the Gold” Challenge. This year’s theme was review. It was exciting to see so many students on stage wearing medals for the end of the concert.

We continued our tradition of ending the concert with Dr. Suzuki’s “Wishing”, sung in both Japanese and English and played by our more advanced students:

“We are all good children. Mother, Father, help us try to do our very best. Every Child Can Learn. Father, Mother, help us try to do our very best”.

Congratulations to all of the students, parents and teachers!

Intermezzo! – REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!

February 23, 2016 By Diane Slone

Summer Send-Off Camp for all Instrumentalists!

We are excited to announce that from 14-23 August, 2016, Intermezzo! will bring together cello, piano, viola and violin students from KSMA and HKSMI, along with the faculties of both schools, and guest teachers from around the world.

Renowned Guest Faculty

In addition to the highly regarded faculties of both KSMA and HKSMI, we are excited to welcome guest artist faculty:

Caroline Fraser is returning for a second summer to work with KSMA piano students. In addition, Miss Caroline is now authorised through the Asia Regional Suzuki Association to offer teacher training in our region. We are thrilled that she is able to stay long enough to offer Unit 1 piano training for pianists who are interested in beginning their journey to becoming Suzuki Piano teachers!

Although this may be the first opportunity for most of our students to meet him in person, many of our cello students will already have “met” Richard Mooney through his books such as Position Pieces for Cello. We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Rick to Hong Kong to work with our cello students, as well as to offer Unit 1 cello teacher training.

Also a welcome and familiar face to students at both KSMA and HKSMI, Mark Mutter will be coming to work with our violin and viola students. In addition, Mr. Mark will teach both our foundation unit Where Love is Deep – open to all parents, teacher trainees, and other interested people – as well as teaching the Unit 1 training course to violinists and violists who would like to become Suzuki teachers.

A Variety of Classes

Over 5 days, students will have a daily instrument-specific group class, as well as a class in Dalcroze Eurythmics. In addition, depending upon age and level appropriateness, students may also participate in fiddling, note reading, musicianship, chamber music, orchestra and other classes.

Masterclasses, where 4 (Book 1), 3 (Books 2-4) or 2 (Books 5 & above) students and their parents come together for individual instruction, are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Students registering for masterclasses will be grouped with the same student/parent teams for a one hour session on two separate days during the camp.

Highly Motivating

Intermezzo! will be a highly motivating way to end the summer and jump start families’ enthusiasm for the new school year! Students and parents will enjoy spending time together, learning, making music, and having fun!

Parents may register to attend Where Love is Deep and for a special parent seminar, as well as attending classes with their children.

Student Classes Tuesday, 16 – Saturday, 20 August

On Tuesday through Friday, student classes will be be scheduled beginning after lunch. Masterclasses for students who have not yet gone back to school will be scheduled in the early afternoon; group classes for all students, and masterclasses for students who have returned to school, will be scheduled in the late afternoon and evening.

Teacher Training Opportunities

In addition to the student workshop, we will be offering Teacher Training for individuals who are interested in learning how to be Suzuki teachers. The required introductory class, Where Love is Deep (WLID), is open to all interested adults, not just instrumentalists wanting to pursue teacher training in Suzuki Talent Education. We will offer Unit 1 training in cello, piano and violin for qualified musicians.

Training Dates:

Where Love is Deep Sunday, 14 August
Cello and Violin Unit 1 Monday, 15 August – Monday, 22 August
Piano Unit 1 Wednesday, 17 August – Tuesday, 23 August

There are still spaces available for students. Register today to get in on the fun!

Applications and auditions for cello, piano and violin Unit 1 training are required by the Interim Asia Region Suzuki Organization to be processed by 14 July. Audition videos cannot be accepted after 1 July, 2016 in order to allow for processing.