SIUE

Suzuki News PO Box 1771, Edwardsville, IL 62026

Suzuki Office (618)-650-2839

www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/music/suzuki

Vera McCoy-Sulentic, Director: vmccoys@siue.edu

December 2012

On November 17, the Pre-Twinkle parents successfully performed Mississippi Stop

Stop completing their initiation into the Suzuki world. Parents worked with Ms.

Vicki Lottes to learn all of the basic steps in order for them to become better

teachers to their children at home.

December 1–

Saturday Class

December 2-

Ensembles

Concert 2:00

PM

December 7–

SIUE Orchestra

Concert

December 22–

Edwardsville

String Ensemble

Concert @

Wildey Theater

Senior Division

First Place: Samuel Alender

Second Place: Elizabeth Nguyen

Third Place: Evie Kupsky

Honorable Mention: Faith Tan and

Sam Tillman

Junior Division

First Place: Kat McFarland

Second Place: Evonne Siampos

Third Place: Samantha Yanchunas

Honorable Mention: Kyndal Ward and

Savannah Brannan

S I U E

S u z u k i

N e w s

SIUE Orchestra

in Concert

Come see Beethoven’s famous Fifth

Symphony and Carmen by Georges

Bizet performed by the SIUE

orchestra students on December 7,

2012, at 7:30 PM. See the graduate

students along with Erika and Vera

perform.

Practice

Makes Perfect

The Edwardsville

String Ensemble

will be performing

at the Wildey

t h e a t e r i n

E d w a r d s v i l l e ,

I l l i n o i s o n

D e c emb er 2 2 .

Come check out

this great group of

kids!

1. Play Raindrops (that Pre-

Twinkle song from a long time ago)

but use your left hand pinkie to pizzicato the E string.

2. Squeeze a wooden clothespin between your pinky and your thumb and

hold it for five seconds at a time. Make sure the pinky and thumb are

curved.

3. Practice your scales without using any open strings, use your pinkie fin-

ger instead.

4. Sevcik exercises. Many of Sevcik’s beginning exercises work on

strengthening the pinkie finger. They are available for free at

www.imslp.org.

On Saturday, November 10, SIUE Suzuki Program students

were invited to Webster Community School to have a mas-

terclass and concert with the Euclid Quartet. Students were

able to work with professional musicians, hear and perform

a world premiere of Symphonies of Stringed Instruments and

enjoy the chamber music of the Euclid Quartet. Thank you to

Vera Parkin for coordinating this extraordinary opportunity

for all of our students!

http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml

http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/music_quizzes.htm

http://www.creatingmusic.com/

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/art_and_music_games.html

http://sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp

How many children did J.S. Bach have?

A. 5 B. 3 C. 20 D. None

2. Which composer started using thumbs on the piano?

A. Vivaldi B. Rameau C. Chopin D. Bach

3. Which composer possibly wrote the Accolay

concerto?

A. Vieuxtemps B. Accolay C. Vivaldi D. Seitz

4. Which composer was once expelled for cutting off the

hair of a student?

A. Beethoven B. Bach C. Haydn D. Mozart

5. How old was Mozart when he started to compose?

A. 20 B. 45 C. 10 D. 5

Answers will be posted on SIUE Suzuki String

Program’s Facebook page. A. Ludwig van Beethoven

B. Johann Sebastian Bach

C. Francois-Joseph Gossec

D. Robert Schumann

E. George Frideric Handel

F. Thomas Haynes Bayly

G. Carl Maria von Weber

H. Johannes Brahms

I. Niccolo Paganini

J. Arcangelo Corelli

K. Antonin Dvorak

L. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

M. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1. Twinkle Little Star_____

2. Gavotte______

3. Theme from “Witches’ Dance”_____

4. Long, Long Ago_____

5. German Dance_____

6. Minuet in G_____

7. Hunter’s Chorus_____

8. La Folia_____

9. Concerto for Two Violins in dm_____

10. The Two Grenadiers_____

11. Humoresque_____

12. Waltz_____

13. Chorus from “Judas Maccabaeus”_____