Our Musical Moment recitals happen every Saturday at 12:00. Please enjoy these photos from the recital on 9 March. We hope you will join us in person to enjoy the students’ performances!
Musical Moment
Summer Suzuki!
There has been a lot of interest in our Suzuki Summer Parent Seminar from parents who could not attend. Here is the outline of the presentation.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6pnttlht7qapng/Summer%20Suzuki%202019.pdf?dl=0
Please talk with your teacher if you have specific questions! We’re excited that so many families are interested in having Summer Suzuki experiences outside of Hong Kong!
In talking with parents who have attended institutes previously, and are making decisions about whether to return to the same location, or to try something new, parents had the following to say:
“Our family has decided to return to the same institute that we went to in 2015. We’ve been there twice. There are mainly three reasons why we have chosen this institute:
1. This institute has more higher book violin students (up to book 8) who will participate in orchestra and chamber. This will give our student a chance to be inspired by them and learn from these more advanced students especially if they have a chance to have play in’s and chamber together.
2. We love the environment which is a school surrounded by beautiful mountains with swimming holes in a small town. We are very familiar with the faculty now, and we feel like we are going home. Our older child has grown up with some kids first met 4 years ago and would very much like to play pick up soccer, picnic and play music with them.
3. Our younger would be able to participate fully this year, and loved extra activities such as yoga and chorus in the past.”
“Our reasons for going to a different summer experience are to immerse our children in a new environment to meet, perform and learn from other Suzuki friends from all over the world.We anticipate the wonderful memories and friendships would provide them a new inspiration to encourage and motivate continued study.”
If you’re interested in the full discussion, please watch the video from the Parent Seminar. https://youtu.be/EyNlL-B3uWs
A Visit to the Home of Loving Faithfulness
by Students of MusiCares
Some of the MusiCares Outreach team began their Chinese New Year Holiday with a visit to the Home of Loving Faithfulness. Here are their reflections
The trip to the disabled home was an interesting experience. Our audience had physical and/or mental disabilities, and sometimes did weird movements. The staff is very hospitable, offering us a wide variety of refreshments.We learned a lot about the mission of the place. Thank you, Home of Loving Faithfulness for having us!
I thought this was a very nice and interesting experience, because we could play violin for the disabled people and I really enjoyed it.
I liked seeing how happy some of the disabled people were when they got to hear our music. Also the helpers seemed very passionate about their job.
I liked that we got to see an exclusive tour of the place. It really shows the history, how old it is, and how dedicated they are to their job.
I like that the people were really happy to listen unlike some centres where people don’t care. The staff were very enthusiastic and it shows how they enjoyed it.
I liked in the end I heard our violin music being played on a radio. I also liked how nice the helpers were, offering us snacks too.
Chinese New Year Group Class Concert
Our Chinese New Year Group Class Concert was a huge success! Parents, guests, and teachers all commented on how beautiful the students’ sound was, from the youngest performers to the most advanced. One guest, who had never attended a concert of children playing before, commented that “I never imagined that children could have such stage presence and sound this good! I am so happy I was able to attend!”.
Congratulations to all of the students, and their parents!
Please enjoy these photos from the event.
