IMPORTANT NOTES. HAPPY MARCH BREAK!!

March 7, 2018       

PARENT NOTES

1. CHORAL STUDENTS : SPECIAL EVENT- Choral Concert Saturday April 21 evening. 
We maybe able to purchase a few tickets for choral/string students/parents- if you are interested in attending this lovely choral concert please see Yogita or Ms Currie this week. 

 Cantores Celestes women's choir will present MATT 

with a $1000 sponsorship at this concert. 

2. NO PRIVATE LESSONS THIS WEEK. (see calendar) 

3. SESSION III has begun. Please pay your fees at class March 21- last the MATT year!

4. LAST ROSE/ ROSEBUD Concert Saturday April 28. Order and pay by April 3!! Please ensure your child has attended at least one of these concerts- required, along with excellent attendance at classes lessons (and Theory -INT and Adv), to receive year-end certificate.

 5. MARCH BREAK : MARCH 12 TO 16. MATT is CLOSED.  

Regular classes and Week 2  lessons resume March 19th

 HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS

1. Long, Long Ago: Lines 1 and 2. Learn Correct notes and fingers 

                                      BOWING: Long short short long . Use the whole bow for long bows.

2. D Scale - review with LONG bows- half notes

3. NEW G scale. Same fingers starting on G string : g a b c d e f# g, down f# e d c b a g

4. READING MUSIC: Strictly Strings. Page 15. review all -2 lines every day. Keep Eyes on the notes! 

5. TWINKLES: Pick a different rhythm every day

INTERMEDIATE

1. HANDEL WATER MUSIC: Warm up:  SCALE OF D

                                      Review to bar 13. Mark in names and learn notes to bar 29.

2. CREPUSCULE: Warm up Scale of G 

                        NEW section:- learn bars 18 to 33- write in note names/practice "hard" bars

3. HAPPY BLUES: Scale of D Keep learning perfect timings and correct notes.

ADVANCED

1. BRING LAST YEAR'S MUSIC TO CLASS. Please sort into correct piles at end of class.                                                                            Thank you

2. SUITE FOR STRINGS.  Sarabande. 

                                           TUNING , especially all accidentals (added sharps/flats)

3. HARRY POTTER. Bowings/notes/rhythms to bar 77. Practice the new ending

4. GRIEG NORDIC LULLABY- . Find more challenging  notes/rhythms/bowings                                                                        Perfect! to bar 29.

5..FIDDLERS THREE: ALL- correct eighth note bowings, precise timing, light bow.

HAPPY MARCH BREAK ALL!!