OPEN HOUSE at the NANAIMO CONSERVATORY of MUSIC
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Come join Nanaimo Conservatory of Music's staff and students for a day of music, instruments and creativity at 375 Selby Street. Come by for the day or check out a time that works for you. The doors open and the music begins at 11 am and goes to 3 pm.
11:00 – 11:30 Voice and Choir
11:30 – 12:00 Piano, Both Suzuki and Traditional Method
12:00 – 1:00 Woodwinds and Brass Instruments including Suzuki Flute
1:00 – 3:00 Strings: Violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar and harp including Suzuki strings
The Prelude Orchestra will be having their regularly scheduled class from 1-2 on that day and it is a great opportunity to see what that group is doing. Tom Lee Music will be on hand with their instrument petting zoo, there will be refreshments and a silent auction.
CHORDIAL NOTES
September 2011
WELCOME BACK!!
Classes begin on September 6, with some group lessons starting right away. Please read further for more information! We have a great year of music-making planned for you with wonderful events to partake in as well as workshops and masterclasses. Now is the time to re-register for your lessons. For details on the process please check it out below.
Office Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday to Friday
CALENDAR
Please make sure to update your calendars
Sept 9 Concert Choir Rehearsals Start
Sept 10 OPEN HOUSE 11 AM to 3 PM
Sept 14 Junior Choir Rehearsals start
Sept 19 Junior Orchestra Rehearsals start
Sept 30 TBC Faculty Concert
Oct 28 – 30 Suzuki Piano Workshop with Merlin Thompson
Nov 4 Nanaimo Youth Choir (NYC) Combined concert
with Van. Orpheus Male Choir, St. Andrew's United
Nov 15 7 PM NCM Annual General Meeting
Nov 24 Suzuki Piano Recital
Nov 25 Faculty Concert
Nov 27 2 PM Sacabuche! NCM Benefit Concert at St. Paul's
Dec 7 NYC Community Carol Festival
Dec 16 NYC Christmas Concert
Dec 23 – Jan 2 Winter Break – contact your instructor re lessons
Jan 28 Winter Recital
Feb 24-26 TBC VI Chamber Music Festival
May 6 Showcase Concert
June 2 NYC Year- end Concert
OPEN HOUSE
Come join Nanaimo Conservatory of Music's staff and students for a day of music, instruments and creativity at 375 Selby Street. Come by for the day or check out a time that works for you. The doors open and the music begins at 11 am and goes to 3 pm.
11:00 – 11:30 Voice and Choir
11:30 – 12:00 Piano, Both Suzuki and Traditional Method
12:00 – 1:00 Woodwinds and Brass Instruments including Suzuki Flute
1:00 – 3:00 Strings: Violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar and harp including Suzuki strings
The Prelude Orchestra will be having their regularly scheduled class from 1-2 on that day and it is a great opportunity to see what that group is doing. Tom Lee Music will be on hand with their instrument petting zoo, there will be refreshments and a silent auction.
NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS – REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Now is the time to register for your lessons for the fall if you have not already done so! All returning students will need to fill out new paperwork and provide a 4 lesson deposit for individual lessons and a 2 month deposit for groups along with your annual registration fee and incidental fees by the middle of September. Please note that if you have not completed your new paperwork by mid-September you will be contacted by your instructor to ensure that this is done. New for this year is that all groups (except Suzuki) require a 2 month non-refundable deposit. Group class fees are now calculated annually, but we do offer payment options. You may register over the phone or in person. Please call the office if you would like any more information or if we can be of assistance. You can also register in person at our Open House!
ANNOUNCING OUR NEW FIDDLE INSTRUCTOR: Paul Gitlitz – Private and Group Fiddle Instruction
Paul Gitlitz has played music for 51 of his 59 years. Paul plays several stringed instruments including Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar, and Tenor Banjo. His musical explorations have taken him to many styles of music including Irish, Old Timey (Appalachian), Quebecois, New England, Klezmer, Greek, and more. Paul has studied at UBC and Capilano College, and taken private and group lessons with fiddle luminaries such as Kevin Burke, Rodney Miller, and Pascal Gemme. Paul toured professionally for 19 years and has done extensive recording, composition and production work. Albums he has produced have won numerous awards including a Juno. Paul has always been attracted to traditional dance music and this is mostly what he composes, teaches and performs. He loves sharing this passion with students and other players and is happy to be part of carrying the tradition forward. For more information, see his website http://www.glitchless.net. You can register for lessons with Paul starting on September 6.
KINDERMUSIK with Miss Nicky
Village - for Birth to 18 months
15 Wednesdays starting October 5; 11:15-12 noon
Units covered:
Feathers: We explore the musical poems of Woody Guthrie, bird songs, and the naturally occurring sounds in nature that help babies develop an early appreciation - and accelerated aptitude - for language, movement, and music. At Home Materials include 1 CD, colourful board book, art banners, and chime ball.
Do-Si-Do: Get ready to dance the Charleston, Tango, Waltz, Virginia Reel, and many more! You'll find some slow, gentle dances and others with fast and lively rhythms. This unique collection of movement-related tunes will have you do-si-do-ing around the room. "Do-Si-Do" was created as part of a Kindermusik curriculum class for children ages newborn to 18 months. Do-Si-Do Home Materials: CD with songs from class, an instrument - Kindermusik eggshaker and scarf, a picture board book - Do-Si-Do - with lilting move-to-it rhyming text, and a set of Art Banners for the nursery wall that strengthens vision and promotes early literacy.
Our Time – for 18 months to 3 years
15 Wednesdays starting October 5; 10:30-11:15
Wiggles and Giggles
Splash in the tub, row your boat, jump in puddles, swim with the fish - all without ever getting wet! This unit is designed to reflect the importance of movement in the life of a toddler. You’ll learn 15 different dances, and explore many types of instruments and props. Dance and play, while developing language and cognitive abilities, fine motor skills, gross motor abilities, and social skills. At Home Materials include 2 CDs with over 50 songs, Home Activity Book, zig zag blocks instrument, and 2 books: Watch Me! and Pete and P.J.
¡SACABUCHE! – NCM Benefit Concert
Sunday November 27, 2011 @ 2:00 PM
St. Paul’s Anglican Church
Tickets $20, $15 for registered Nanaimo Conservatory of Music students
Linda Pearse, who grew up in Nanaimo, is the Director of ¡Sacabuche! ¡Sacabuche! is a sackbut and cornetto ensemble that began as a collegium ensemble based at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music’s Early Music Institute and performs the beautiful and lesser-known repertoire of baroque trombones, organ and voice. ¡Sacabuche! won the 2009 Early Music America Collegium Musicum grant competition, resulting in a well-reviewed performance at the Boston Early Music Festival fringe festival. The next year, by invitation, ¡Sacabuche! was the opening night headline ensemble at the June 2010 Berkeley Early Music Festival, and recently toured Beijing, China, with the multi-disciplinary program “Matteo Ricci: His Map and Music,” including performances at China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. The media coverage was exceptional, including large pre-tour articles in "The Beijinger" and "Time Out Beijing" magazines. They were voted No. 1 Critics’ Choice for December by "Time Out.” Concerts were "standing room only" events with the NCPA and Ullens both citing the highest audience attendance for their series for the entire 2010 year.
¡Sacabuche! artistic director and baroque trombonist Linda Pearse completed a master’s degree in early music performance at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland and worked in Europe for over ten years before returning to North America, where she now teaches early trombone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's Early Music Institute.
NEW FEDERAL ARTS TAX CREDIT
A new federal arts tax credit of up to $500 is available for music lessons. For more information please see:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/gncy/bdgt/2011/qa01-eng.html
ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS
· Nanaimo Youth Choir began at the end of August for our Concert Choir with camp at Capernwray on Thetis Island. They worked hard and played hard and are off to a good start with some of their repertoire for this year. Their first Concert will be Friday, Nov. 4th with the Vancouver Orpheus Male Choir at 8 o'clock in St. Andrew's United Church. Nanaimo Junior Youth Choir will begin their regular schedule of rehearsals on Wed. Sept. 14th. They meet from 3:45 - 5:15 PM in the Ensemble Rm. of NCM. If you are coming back, which we hope you are, we'll see you then.
For friends who might have children interested in this choir, please let them know that it is very good musical training not only for their voices but also general music knowledge in reading music, voice health, rhythm, and ear training. The ensemble work is not only fun but valuable for self confidence, self discipline, self expression and the latest research shows that children who sing in choirs do better in math and can increase their IQ. All those benefits and a lot of fun too! Please come and join us and advertise us to your friends.
INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE
· Heckel Contra-Bassoon #608. Excellent condition, including two Heckle bocals; “C” Bell; contra stand; soft and hard cases. Performed at Met Opera, N.Y. Phil., Carnegie Hall. Serviced by Frank Marcus. Contact 250 537 9290 lstubbs.bsn@hotmail.com.
WEBSITE
Please note that our Web site is updated as a donated service and although we have started the process it has not been updated as yet. We hope that this will be completed in the next two weeks. Thank you for your understanding!
