Course Catalog Spring 2010 January 4 - May 28, 2010
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Individual Violin Instruction Private lessons are available for students of any experience or background, from complete beginners through advanced levels of study, and for both children and adults. Practical violin lessons are scheduled on an individual basis, contingent upon teacher availability and student scheduling preferences (lesson time and studio location). Students enrolled in private lessons will have the opportunity to perform in repertoire group classes and recitals. Lessons are available in 45 and 60-minute increments. |
Music Theory K (Preschool - Kindergarten) This class teaches the fundamentals of music theory for Preschoolers who have started violin lessons with SSVS for at least three months. Ear-training and interactive games are the main modes of instruction. This class teaches skills that are critical for a developing musician. Topics Cover:
Time Table: Every Monday 1:30PM - 2:15PM Can My Child Join In Anytime? Yes, our curriculum is very flexible and is specifically designed to introduce new students into the class effortlessly. Price ($): 49.97 per session Instructor: Dr. T. Boswell |
Beginning Music Theory 1A
This class teaches the fundamentals of music theory for those young musicians who have learned to read basic music notation. Ear-training and assignments in writing make up some of the exercises done in class. This class teaches skills that are critical for a developing musician. Prerequisites: Music Theory K or Placement Exam Topics Cover:
Time Table: Every Sunday at 10:00AM-10:50AM Instructor: Dr. S. Thompson |
Intermediate Music Theory 1B
This class teaches the fundamentals of music theory for musicians who have passed Music Theory 1A. Ear-training and assignments in writing make up some of the exercises done in class. This class teaches skills that are critical for a developing musician. Prerequisites: Music Theory 1A or Placement Exam Topics Cover:
Time Table: Every Sunday at 11:00AM-11:50AM Instructor: Dr. S. Thompson |
Advance Music Theory 1C In this accelerated and fun class, students will learn the basics of music theory and quickly jump into fundamentals of college theory, including voice-leading, chromatic harmony, and including ear-training. A great course for high school students considering a career or future studies in music. Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of the on-line diagnostic evaluation (and on-line fundamental review course, if recommended). Students need to be able to read treble and bass clef fluently, have a basic understanding of notation, have a basic understanding of scales and key signatures, and are expected to be proficient on one of the standard instruments or voice. Course Content: This course introduces basic theoretical concepts dealing with common-practice melody, harmony, and voice leading, and demonstrates their analytical and compositions uses. You will develop sight singing and dictation skills. This course also focuses on rhythmic dictation, exercises that drill intervals, scales, triads, seventh chords, simple melodic dictation, and practical keyboard applications. Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to enable you to read, write, and comprehend the fundamental elements of common-practice harmony. This course is also intended to enhance your aural skills. Over the course, you will develop the ability to translate sound into notation and vice versa. Sight singing and dictation skills are of paramount importance to the aspiring professional musician. Sight singing improves your ability to sight-read on your instrument; dictation facilitates error checking, transcription, and a host of other skills. These skills are essential to the aspiring performer and composer. Expected Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course you should be able to: • Read music in treble, bass, alto, and tenor clefs. • Identify and write scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, and seventh chords • Compose short pieces in first- and second-species counterpoint • Understand the fundamentals of harmonic function and progression • Demonstrate any of the above on the piano • Perform a variety of rhythmic patterns at sight • Sing major and minor scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords using solfege. • Identify aurally size and quality of intervals, and quality of triads and seventh chords • Notate short melodic and harmonic dictation exercises • Sing short tonal melodies using movable do and do-based minor. • Improvise in a variety of tonal and rhythmic contexts Assessment of Learning Outcomes: The following methods will be used to assess your progress towards the learning outcomes given above: • Homework assignments • Dictation/aural skills exercises • Singing/Rhythm assessments • Basic Keyboard applications • MacGAMUT ear-training software • A variety of in-class activities Time Table: Every Wednesday at 5:00- 5:50PM Instructor: Dr. O. Nguyen |
Beginning Music History/Literature 2A This light-hearted and fun class is a great supplement to private lessons or any interest in music at all. Discussions involve story-telling about the lives and music of the composers while learning important facts about style periods, important musical locales, and genres. Our carefully formatted CDs provide a simple way to remember and name the most beautiful classical music themes. Some introduction to theory is included. A favorite of students and parents, who are invited to sit in as well. Time Table: Every Sunday at 10:00AM-10:50AM Price ($): 49.97 per session Can My Child Join In Anytime? Yes, our curriculum is very flexible and is specifically designed to introduce new students into the class effortlessly. Instructor: Dr. A. Zenkowsky |
Intermediate Music History/Literature 2B This light-hearted and fun class is a great supplement to private lessons or any interest in music at all. Discussions involve story-telling about the lives and music of the composers, while learning important facts about style periods, important musical locales, and genres. Some introduction to theory is included. A favorite of students and parents, who are invited to sit in as well Prerequisites: Cont. of 2A Time Table: Every Sunday at 11:00AM-11:50AM Price($): 49.97 per session Can My Child Join In Anytime? Yes, our curriculum is very flexible and is specifically designed to introduce new students into the class effortlessly. Instructor: Dr. A. Zenkowsky |
Masterclass Kids Masterclass Kids class is a great opportunity for students to play through their works in front of peers prior to an important performance. It allows them to cope with the issues of live performing and learn valuable strategies of stress management and stage etiquette, thereby becoming more confident recitalists. Instructor: Dr. O. Nguyen |
Ear Training (ET) 3A It is very important to learn to “hear” intervals. Why? Because intervals are the building blocks of music. The distance between each and every note on the page and the next is called an interval. And each interval has its own unique sound. Learning to recognize intervals is of critical importance on the violin for any musician looking to develop their relative pitch. It allows the violinist to tune the violin properly (as there is a fifth between each open string that the player must learn to recognize). Fundamental ear training includes intervals, major and minor scales, triads, and seventh chords in root and inverted positions, dominant seventh chords in same, rhythm reading in simple and compound meter. Sight singing includes simple diatonic major and minor melodies. Prerequisites: Music Theory K or instructor’s signature. Time Table: Every Saturday at 10:00AM-10:50AM Can My Child Join In Anytime? Yes, our curriculum is very flexible and is specifically designed to introduce new students into the class effortlessly. Instructor: Dr. T. Roberts |
Ear Training (ET) 3B Continuation of ET 3A with emphasis on triad and seventh chord inversions, chord progressions in major and minor modes, recognition of authentic cadences, melodic dictation in major and minor modes, and more advanced rhythmic reading and dictation in simple and compound meters. Prerequisites: ET 3A or instructor’s signature. Time Table: Every Saturday at 11:00AM-11:50AM Can My Child Join In Anytime? Yes, our curriculum is very flexible and is specifically designed to introduce new students into the class effortlessly. Instructor: Dr. T. Roberts |
Ear Training (ET) 3C Continuation of ET 3B with emphasis on triads and seventh chords in all inversions. Harmonic dictation to include modulations to near-related keys, non-harmonic tones, secondary dominants, altered chords and augmented sixth chords. Melodic dictation to include chromatic tones; rhythmic dictation to include complex examples in simple, compound and mixed meters. Prerequisites: ET 3B or instructor’s signature Can My Child Join In Anytime? Yes, our curriculum is very flexible and is specifically designed to introduce new students into the class effortlessly. Instructor: Dr. D. Chang |
The Concertante String Orchestra The Concertante String Orchestra is an introduction to orchestral playing. In this group, students learn important fundamentals of playing with others in an ensemble setting while still receiving close personal guidance. The main repertoire of the Concertante String Orchestra comprises of short, enjoyable arrangements for young players. Members are generally from 4-6 years of age. Applicants must have had private individual instruction for at least one year, must have memorized with proper bowing Twinkle Twinkle Variations A, B, C, D, and Theme; major scales G, D, A in first position. This orchestra is designed for Pre-Suzuki students who have had limited orchestral experience and who are working on mastering their reading abiity. The Concertante String Orchestra is featured twice a year in the annual Winter and Spring Concerts. We are the only formal Preschool / Kindergarten String Orchestra in the Sacramento area and one of the few in the country. This ensemble meets on Saturdays from 10:30 AM to 11:30 PM. |
The Sinfonietta String Orchestra Acceptance into the Sinfonietta String Orchestra is by audition only. Many students start in the Concertante String Orchestra. When they feel they are ready, they audition for the Sinfonietta Orchestra. String players who have mastered proper position, play with accurate intonation and resonant tone, and play with refined bow control are eligible for this orchestra. Members are generally from 6-12 years of age. The Sinfonietta Orchestra is featured twice a year in the annual Winter and Spring Concerts. This ensemble meets on Saturdays from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. |
Summer Violin Camp The Sacramento Suzuki Violin Studio will be hosting full- and half-day violin camp this year from June 7, 2010 - June 26, 2010. The full-day camp is a fun and relaxed camp for violin students, ages 6-13, to further their violin abilities in a supportive and social environment. The camp combines violin-based activities with arts & crafts, and performing short plays. Special additional activities included will be classes on conducting, note reading Suzuki repertoire, string duet, trio, quartet classes, and violin making. Younger, half-day students learn and play violin part of the day, while also participating in rhythm workshops, story time music and movement, as well as arts & crafts. These campers will also participate in the Mozart, Handel, Beethoven...plays. The camp will be staffed by professional violinists and music teachers. To register, or for more information contact: violinstudio@live.com |
