Annual Contest 2012

Win a $30 gift card!!

It is simple, easy, and free.

Just follow the steps below:

1- Click on this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/573ZFF7

2- Answer 3 easy questions and be creative on your sentence

3- That's it, you are done! Now wait to know who is going to be the winner.

The best sentence will win the $30 gift card.

The deadline to participate is November 30, 2012 and the result will come up on December 1.

Remember, it is only one sentence. Writing more then one sentence will disqualify you.

Good Luck,

Dr. Silva 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

BRYAN CHONG 

1st PLACE/WINNER OF THE BACH COMPETITION 2012

Thanks everyone who participated in the Fall recital. 

You were FANTASTIC. Great playing.

I hope you liked it too.

Thanks to the ones that came to watch and support your fellow musicians. You will be next.
All of you that did not play on this one will play in the next one in March or in the AMA recital in April.

Studio Recital

Dear Students, our studio recital is this Saturday, October 6 at 4:30PM. Isn't that exciting?
The program with the names of the students who will be playing and the order in which they will play has already been posted in the AMA bulletin board. Although I first programed it to have my students only playing, we will have a few cello and piano students from other teacher's studios.
Your presence is very important to all of us, teachers and students, so, come see your friends. Come meet more friends and other parents. I encourage all of you to attend, even if you are not playing. Let us support our colleagues as some of them are preparing for auditions and competitions.

I am looking forward to seeing all of you there.

Know Your Bow

Your instrument’s bow is deceptively simple: a stick of wood and a frog to hold the hair. The bow reached its final form much later than the violin; it was not until the beginning of the 19th century, in Paris, that François Tourte perfected the design (his bows, like the instruments of Stradivari, are still considered to be without equal). The stick, for anything better than the cheapest grade of bow, is almost always made from a tropical hardwood called pernambuco, so called because it comes from the valley of the Pernambuco River in Brazil. It is an extremely dense wood—like ebony, it sinks in water—but it combines flexibility with great strength and durability.

Posted September 26, 2012 By James N. McKean on String Notes
 <http://notes.allthingsstrings.com/More-Notes/Know-Your-Bow>

Make Stage Fright Work For You

“I encourage musicians to either play for a friend, a teacher, a colleague, or to simply put a tape recorder on or set up a video camera,” says Dr. Don Greene. “Having a person there or a camera or a tape recorder puts pressure on you, and you realize that, and that’s beautiful, because then you’re practicing performing.”
The whole idea is to apply as much stress as possible, so that it mimics, as closely as possible, the conditions of being in a performance.

By David Templeton
Posted August 28, 2012 on String Notes
http://notes.allthingsstrings.com/More-Notes/Make-Stage-Fright-Work-For-You

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

To:

Nicholas Chang (violin) and Michael Lee (viola) for making the audition to the Gwinnett County Youth Symphony.

Steven Kim for making the audition to the Kendal Orchestra.

Rachel Kim (viola), who made 3rd chair at Johns Creek HS orchestra.

Grace Kang, Lilian Guerreiro, Steven Kim (violins), Michael Lee, Austin and Alvin Kim (violas) for making the audition to the Honors Orchestra.


This is awesome folks, lets keep the hard work. For those who tried and didn't make this time, there will be always a second chance. 

Go practice even more!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All State and Bach Competition are coming soon.