Fairbanks School of Talent Education

The Spring Semester Newsletter and Registration form are now available. Just click here to find those documents. Or click on "newsletter" in the menu to the right.

You are all invited and encouraged to attend a recital next Saturday evening, October 8 at 7:30pm at Zion Lutheran Church on Davis Road. The recital is being given to dedicate the new Steinway piano, so it will feature Dr. Eduard Zilberkant playing a Beethoven piano sonata as well as some show pieces by Chopin, a favorite of piano music lovers all over the world. The Alaska Chamber Players will join him for Schubert’s famous Trout Quintet, which includes violinist Kathleen Butler-Hopkins, violist Gail Johansen, cellist Karl Knapp, and bassist Vince Cee. Jaunelle Celaire, soprano, will also sing songs by Rorem. The concert is free, with a reception to follow. It will be family friendly and a great way to enjoy live music, performed in a more intimate setting.

Please come and invite your friends. Spread the word about this live music opportunity!

The Fairbanks Symphony is offering parents of Suzuki students a 10% discount on season tickets. In addition we would like to offer your Suzuki student a complementary ticket to each of our subscription concerts. If you purchase season tickets, your child’s comp ticket can be reserved at the same time so that you can sit together – no waiting in line at the box office. To take advantage of this offer, please call the symphony office at 474-5733 to reserve your seats.

Click here to print the Friendship Day Flier.

To see the entire flier be sure to use the scroll bar within the frame.

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Click here for the Parent Foundation Class Registration form.

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The final concert for this year's Suzuki Institute was recorded and we are offering that recording to you as a fundrasier for the program.

If you wish to order a cd of the 2011 final concert please download the pdf form from the link below and mail it to Cheri Weed.

Click here for the Fairbanks Suzuki Institute 2011 final concert order form.

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If you would rather see and print the Newsletter as a pdf document click here.

Click here for the Fall 2011 Group Lessons Registration Form.

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Tonight we present all our hard work in a final concert for the 2009-2010 school year. We have worked hard and are ready to play our best for you. Please join us!!

The location for the concert is Zion Lutheran Church on Davis Road. The concert starts at 6:30 (several classes are asked to come early, at 6, to warm-up), tonight, April 29th. The dress is "Sunday best".

All are welcome to join us for a reception afterwards.

~Suzuki Faculty

The Fairbanks Concert Association is offering special student ticket prices to FSTE students for the next two concerts, both of which feature violinists:

• Saturday, March 27 is Les Yeux Noirs
• Saturday, April 10 is Mark O’Connor and Sharon Isben

Concert information can be found at www.fairbanksconcert.org.

Tickets will be specially priced at $15 for students. They must be purchased in advance at the FCA office, by calling 474-8081. They are NOT available at ticket outlets or at the box office. If you call and leave a voice message, Rhonda Gilbertson will call you back and make the arrangements.

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Thanks to the generous support of the RL Ray Violin Shop and Strings and Things, a scholarship fund for the Fairbanks Suzuki Institute has been established. This is a need-based scholarship that will help students attend the institute.

The eligibility requirements are that the student must be a regular participant in the Fairbanks School of Talent Education group lesson program and their teacher must be a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. There are also some income level requirements for the parent(s).

If you are interested in learning more about this new scholarship, the application form may be viewed by clicking on the link at the bottom of this paragraph.

This year the due date is April 15th, so applicants will need to move quickly to have their materials submitted on time for consideration. A scholarship committee will review the applications and notify the candidates of their decision by May 15.

Click here to read and print the application: FSI Scholarship Application

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This Thursday, 3/25/10, is "large group" night, during which ALL violin classes will meet in the Commons from 6:30 to 7:00. (This is our normal last Thursday of the month schedule.) During this half hour a parent meeting is being held in room 29 to discuss Institute. The Fairbanks Suzuki Institute always runs so smoothly due in large part to all our wonderful parents who help out. This parent meeting will be spent discussing odd jobs that only volunteers can do so well.

Again, PARENTS, please plan to attend the parent meeting held in room 29, at 6:30, tomorrow evening

Other news: this week-end is a concert week-end for the Fairbanks Symphony and that means that there will be a drawing for 2 free tickets tomorrow evening. Look for the manilla envelope, in the Commons, and be sure to put your name in for the drawing.

~Suzuki Faculty

The Spring 2010 Newsletter is now available.

Go to the Newsletter Link to read the Newsletter. There is also a link to download a pdf version.

To register for classes go to the Registration Page to download the registration form.

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Please look for the Spring Newsletter to arrive in your "inboxes" within the next day or two. It will also be posted on this website under "Newsletter".

January 14th is our first group class after the Holiday break. The classes of the evening of the 14th are the last classes of the first semester. So you should go to the times and places you routinely went to before Christmas. As always, please arrive a little early to be tuned.

January 14th is also the last day to register for the spring semester without a fee penalty. Registration forms are available both on the web and at group classes on the 14th. For your information, Cheri Weed will be receiving the forms as she did in the fall. Either turn in registration forms at group class on January 14th or mail to Cheri Weed, 1889 Bradway Rd., North Pole, AK 99705.

All other information will be presented in the Newsletter which will be posted soon.

Go to the Registration Page to download the registration form.

~Suzuki Faculty

We have a wonderful opportunity to play for the Fairbanks community during the Solstice Celebrations!

All Suzuki violin and flute members are welcome to join us for this concert. The event will be held in the Saddler building downtown. Please plan to meet there, at the Saddler building, on Monday, December 21st, at 5:45 pm. This gives us fifteen minutes to tune and then the play-in will begin promptly at 6:00 pm.

The play-in list begins with the class pieces that each class presented for the Suzuki Group Class Holiday Concert, followed by choices from our Suzuki repertoire.

• Flutes
• Jean's Book 1
• Cheri's two classes
• Jean's Book 4
• Gail's Class

Standard choices:

• Gavotte in D Major
• Gavotte in G minor
• Handel Bourree
• Hunter's Chorus
• Minuet 1
• O Come Little Children, played first in "A", played again in "D". The piano will introduce both.
• Jingle Bells
• Var. A in "A", Var. B in "D", and Theme in "A".

Please plan to wear red, green, white or bright colors to bring on the Christmas cheer!

~Suzuki Faculty

December 10th is the evening of our Holiday Concert. The order of the concert is

• Cellos
• Flutes
• Violas
• Jean's Book 1
• Cheri's two classes
• Jean's Book 4
• Gail's Class

Once all the classes have played, we will have a play-down of the following the pieces:

• Gavotte in D Major
• Gavotte in G minor
• Handel Bourree
• Hunter's Chorus
• Minuet 1
• O Come Little Children, played first in "A", played again in "D". The piano will introduce both.
• Jingle Bells
• Var. A in "A", Var. B in "D", and Theme in "A".

There will be an ornament for all performers to hang off of their instrument and candy canes passed out at the end.

Please plan to wear red, green, white or bright colors to bring on the Christmas cheer!

~Suzuki Faculty

All members of the Suzuki program are invited to enter the contest to design the 2010 edition of the Suzuki Institute tee shirt. The drawing needs to be in pencil on a 8 1/2 by 11 in. white paper. Please remember to put your name on the BACK of the paper. The contest will be judged on DECEMBER 10th by the group class students and parents. You are allowed one entry in the contest. There will be a brown envelope located outside of the piano room to put your entries in. HAPPY DRAWING!

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The Session for Parents, held on November 19th, yielded many great practice tips and ideas. Those tips have been gathered into a pdf file which you can download from here.

Practice Tips and Ideas PDF File

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