posted Mar 28, 2012, 5:48 PM by Kristiana Henderson
Attend ISSI! I know many of you are signed up to go to
Intermountain Suzuki String Institute and several of you are thinking about
it/planning to sign up. April 1 is the deadline; however I have been told there
is NO late fee for twinklers to sign up after April 1. In fact, if you are the
parent of a twinkle student this is the best time to go! Your child will learn so much from being in a
musical environment every day. They will be so excited and motivated to learn
and play violin. They will have a ton of fun with the other students. (All of
these statements are true of every level, not just twinkles!) And twinkles
classes are only in the morning so it is easy to schedule and less expensive.
Things to know:
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This is NOT a drop-off camp for children under age
12. Each class lasts an hour and then you go to a different classroom for the
next class. ISSI is so large that children are usually with different children
each hour. And each hour has a different
teacher. There is also a 2-hour lunch break (well, one hour lunch and one hour
recital) that is unsupervised. ISSI is completely child friendly and most
parents bring all their children and either play with them inside the classroom
(coloring, quiet games, etc.) or wait outside for their child and help them
find each classroom.
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ISSI is a full day event. Classes are 9am-11am,
11-1 are the lunch and recital hours, classes are 1-4pm, then there’s an
evening recital at 5pm. There is so much going on for this fun camp that you
won’t want to have anything else on your schedule this week.
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ISSI is the largest Suzuki string camp in the
nation. There are so many participants and it is lots of fun! Please make sure
to label everything (violin, case, books) as most people have all the same
things.
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ISSI gets the best teachers ever! There are no
bad teachers at ISSI. Most of the
faculty for this string camp has been teaching for 20+ years and are the most
respected in the nation.
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Review is essential. We play review pieces every
lesson and it is expected you will be prepared to play any piece Book 1-4.
Please make sure to do LOTS of review leading up to ISSI. I may plan a special
group lesson for this purpose the week before institute.
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In addition to review there is a repertoire list
(for Book 1+ students) with performance pieces. It is also important to have
one or two polished pieces ready for your masterclass (mini private-lessons).
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Be prepared for fun, learning, and getting
excited about the violin! You will love this week!
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I attend ISSI every year for the teacher
training and get so many fun ideas for my own teaching. I also get to observe
classes and will definitely want to see your masterclasses and would love to do
a studio lunch, maybe on Tuesday, to help answer your questions and make sure
everything is going smoothly.
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