STEP

On behalf of NAFCo:

The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention has posted new and detailed event information on the NAFCo web site at http://www.mun.ca/nafco2008 .  There you can find a full list of abstracts for the academic symposium, line-ups for the daytime and evening concerts and information on the late night dances.  Full ticketing information is now available too.  NAFCo is the word's largest gathering of fiddlers, folklorists and fans of traditional music; it features performances and presentations by over 100 of the world's leading fiddlers and fiddle scholars - representing ten countries and over a dozen different regions of North America.

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From St. John's To Notting Hill! The Suzuki Young Virtuosi string ensemble has been invited to perform in Notting Hill, London, England in January 2009. Led by Jennifer Johnson, this is our top level Suzuki students ranging from ages 11-17. On Saturday, June 21^st, 2:00 at St. David's Presbyterian Church on Elizabeth Avenue, they will play selections from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach Double Violin Concerto, Paganini and more. Everyone is welcome to this free concert (donations will be gratefully accepted).

 

We are hoping to see many Suzuki families at the concert as well as a number of local music lovers. Jennifer Johnson and Co Co (playing solo) will be interviewed on CBC Radio ONE on the Weekend Arts Magazine on Saturday morning around 8:30. Please tune in.

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Found in the Choral Room after the final Group Concert - One silver earring - heart shaped.  Please reply if it's yours.

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Hi Everyone! The end of year Play-in is just around the corner! In fact, it's on Saturday, June 7th in D.F. Cook Hall hall at the MUN music school. Concert dress is black pants with white or colored tops. Tuning call is at 9:15am (in the Instrumental Room) and the play-in starts at 10:00am. The tuning call is early so parents can come in to the hall by 9:30 and be seated to hear all about our exciting new fundraising initiative; below is a message with details from Jennifer Johnson. Dear STEP Families; The STEP Board and Teachers have decided to move STEP's fundraising in the direction of one large-scale fundraiser every year and away from several smaller events that bring in small amounts of money but still require a great deal of effort. We are fortunate that one of STEP's families personally knows Mr. Wayne Bartlett, professional fundraiser and auctioneer extraordinaire and that he has agreed to run our fundraiser for us this coming fall on the evening of October 23, 2008. The most important ingredient to the success of Mr. Bartlett's fundraising events is that every family gets involved to a small degree and is able to procure a minimum of two donations either in the form of goods or services that can be auctioned on the evening of our event. Each family will also need to bring at least one other person or couple not already involved in the Suzuki program to the evening's auction and dinner. The monies raised will go towards a STEP "Performance Fund" which will pay for exciting new opportunities for the students in our program. Examples of events that could begin to happen for us would be bringing in prestigious performers/teachers to give master classes to our students, doing exchanges with other Suzuki programs in Canada (there has already been interest in us from the Toronto and Guelph, Ontario programs as well as a Suzuki program in B.C.), purchasing performance costumes for our students and sending our students on performance tours. Wayne Bartlett has kindly agreed to come and speak to our membership on Saturday, June 7 at STEP's final group concert. He will explain in detail how his "recipe for success" works and the important role that each and every family can play so that we not only reach our fundraising goals but that so that the event itself (dinner and wine come into the picture!) is a fun-filled evening that we all look forward to each year. Please come early before 9:30 a.m. - to get the children into the Instrumental Room so they can be tuned with their group classes and then proceed to the Cook Recital Hall. At 9:30, Mr. Bartlett will begin filling us all in on the details of how we can successfully support the artistic aspirations of STEP for next year and the years to come! The concert begins at 10:00 a.m. Because it is so vital to the success of this fundraising plan that all families participate, it is very important that we are all there to hear the grand plan as outlined by Mr. Bartlett. See you all there!

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Hello STEP students, families and friends,
    Just a reminder that the deadline for applications for the Atlantic Canada Suzuki Institute is May 10th. Applications can be sent by mail or submitted during the May 10th group classes (there will be a table set up in the lobby for that purpose).
    This year we have the pleasure of having STEP alumni Jenny Press (violin) and Heather Tuach (cello) on our faculty. Violinist/violist Catherine Whelan will be returning to join our amazing local faculty which also includes Kristen Oliver and Andy Kao. This year we're also featuring a new program for children ages 0-3 to introduce them to the wonderful world of music.
    As always we'll be offering Suzuki group classes and lessons, ORFF, theory, choir, fiddle, chamber music, Orchestras and the Senior Student's Program.
    Brochures and Applications are available online at www.nfld.com/~step If you have any questions or comments about ACSI please email ACSI's director, Sean Conway, at seanjconway@gmail.com
Hope to see you there, June 30th -July 4th, 2008 at St. Paul's Junior High on Newfoundland Drive!

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