The minutes for all board and general meeting minutes are now posted in the Archive section of our website!

The Annual Troy Suzuki Workshop continues its wonderful tradition of annual educational excellence with the 30th annual edition on April 18, 2009. This full-day workshop includes instrument classes, orchestra sessions, and alternative styles classes. The Troy Bass Workshop continues to be an amazing gathering of bass players of all levels from throughout Michigan.  Bass players of all ages join together for classes, a mass bass ensemble, and recitals by wonderful bass players and teachers.

For more info, click here.

The National High School Honors Orchrestra will be held February 16- February 20, 2010 in Santa Clara, California. Students in the eleventh and twelfth grades during the 2009/2010 school year may apply for stringed instruments. Percussion and wind students must be in ninth through twelfth grade during the 2009/2010 school year to apply.

Students interested in applying can find the application and required repertoire. Submission requirements must be turned in to the Michigan chairman, Kelly DeRose, by May 15, 2009.

More info can be found at the NHSHO page of the MASTA website

Hannah Linz, 17, is a violinist from Okemos, Michigan where she studies with Sunny Cirlin. She will be performing with the BBSO on May 10th, 2009. She was the First Prize winner of the 2008 MASTA Solo Competition’s Junior Division.

Hannah is a member of the Michigan Youth Symphony, and is Concertmaster of her school’s orchestra.

Recently, Hannah was the Concertmaster of the All-State Orchestra at the 2009 Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids. She will also perform as a soloist with the Ypsilanti and Lansing Symphonies as the winner of their concerto competitions. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Linz is a member of the Presto Quartet which was selected out of State of Michigan competition to perform Ravel’s String Quartet at the Michigan Youth Arts event in 2008.

She has attended many summer festivals including Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Summit Music Festival, and The Quartet Program. Hannah plans to pursue a career in music performance and is currently auditioning for conservatories.

For information on the BBSO, including ticket info and the other 2009 competition winners, please visit their website.

Information on the other 2008 MASTA Solo Competition winners can be found here.

The “Tuesdays with John” Kendall workshop classes have announced the schedule for remaining workshops this year:

• February 3, 11am-1pm, Northside Community Church 929 Barton Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
• March 3, 11am-1pm, Northside Church
• April 1, 11am-1pm, Northside CHurch
• May 5, 11am-1pm, Kendall Home

contact Wendy Azrak for information regarding classes, fees, and directions to the May 5 session
The format is a master class with 3 students the first hour and a session with the teachers (violins necessary) with John the second hour as he covers various teaching points with us.

Proceeds of these classes go toward the John Kendall Scholarships for a young violin student and teacher trainee needing financial assistance to attend the Blue Lake Suzuki Family Camp each June.



 

While this is not yet an official posting, we are welcoming inquiry about this position which would include a combination of high school, middle school, and 5th grade strings. Information about the Midland music program can be found here.

Any official posting is not likely to become available until late April. In the meantime, please contact Jim Huber (see below) regarding interest in this position. The target candidate should have a string background, evidence of successful teaching & conducting experience, and a strong desire/drive to maintain and improve an orchestra program that is highly regarded within MSBOA and ASTA.
 
For more information, contact:
 
Jim Huber, Coordinator of music
Midland Public Schools
Phone:  989-923-7020
E-mail:  HuberJP@mps.k12.mi.us

Louis Alexander Potter, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and teacher, left us on January 26, 2009.

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