I’m very excited to be organizing this April 25th cello recital for my students from Northfield and New Prague.
We are going to have about 13 wonderful performances including a few duets! Everyone has been working on their pieces for about 2 months and it’s all coming together. I’m super proud of them 🙂
A huge thank you to Emmaus Church in Northfield for being so gracious. They are very supportive of musicians and I feel very blessed!
And of course, there will be treats at the reception 🙂
The deadline to apply is coming up so definitely take advantage of this opportunity as there aren’t many in the area!!
Another great option is the Dorian Summer Music camp for middle and high schoolers in Decorah, Iowa a little over 2 hours away. These are sleep away camps where the musicians stay in dorms on campus.
I actually went to a camp like this on the east coast and it was such a great experience! This is a very affordable camp considering it is a week long. I would definitely check it out!
A lot youth symphonies, orchestras, and music camps will ask students to audition so that they can be appropriately placed. This is naturally a very stressful event!
I think it’s comforting to know that everyone feels stressed by this but that in the end, you’ll be glad you practiced, went out there, and tried your best. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!!”
You may get first chair, last chair, not get in at all, or walk out with a full scholarship.. but you won’t know until you try. The process of auditioning does indeed make you a better player!
You want to have your scales ready and a solo prepared. I found this list of acceptable solos from the New Jersey Youth Symphony and they have the Suzuki pieces highlighted. They are organized by skill level.
If you need music you can always find it for free if it’s in the public domain. This is music that is over 100 years old, which is so much of classical music.. We are so lucky! You can search theInternational Music Score Library Project IMSLP for thousands of piece.
I thought that these two links were also very helpful to see the types of orchestral excerpts you may be asked to play:
I just got my fall schedule pretty set with students at Downtown Sound in New Prague and at Hostpot Music in Northfield but I am always open to take a few more!
I don’t take that many students as I want to give each of them as much energy as I can, including an individualized lesson plan based on their unique interests and personality.
My goal is to teach them as much about classical music as I can, with a short term goal of getting them on stage as soloist and with an orchestra.. and with the long term goal of turning them into a music aficionado for life!
