Today was the 26th annual Southern Utah String Festival. I had four of my students play at this festival. I was, unfortunately, only able to listen to two of them, but I was very proud of them! All four students worked very hard and sounded great at their lessons. Good job!
I am hoping to double the number of students I have participating in Festival next year. It is a great learning opportunity for the students and myself. They have the opportunity to polish and memorize two pieces and perform them for a small audience and three judges. They are given a rating based on how well they perform, Superior being the highest rating a student can earn. Once a student earns 15 points (which is the equivalent of 3 superior ratings) they student receive a gold cup. They also get to review the judges' comments with me and we both learn what we can do to improve their playing.
One of the teachers that is in charge of festival told me that in the fall a great Suzuki teacher will be coming to Cedar to and teaching a workshop. I have attended some of these workshops both as a student and as a teacher and I have learned a lot from them and had a lot of fun! I would encourage all my students to make it a point to attend this workshop. Students learn and memorize pieces that are within their playing level, and they spend two days playing them with other students under the guidance of the guest clinician and other great teachers. I highly recommend being there! I will give more information as I learn it.
Just a reminder: I will be having my wisdom teeth taken out on Friday, March 11, so I will be taking the following week (through Thursday, March 17) off to recover.
Thanks for all your hard work!
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