STEP Suzuki Strings

12/09/2025

I love this video of teen-aged Hilary Hahn on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood:

I couldn't find this on YouTube, so I thought I would upload it myself. I obviously don't own the rights to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. This is episode 1755...

11/11/2025

Loved playing Gwyneth Walker's "There is Time" with Larry Picard!

04/05/2025

What a wonderful spring concert we had last Saturday at the United Methodist Church of Enfield! Diversity is a blessing - in music and in people!

03/22/2025

What an inspiring story! Thank you, CBS, for fighting back against Trump's destructive actions.

After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.

08/07/2024

This is an amazing historical video of Prokofiev playing the themes from Peter & the Wolf for Walt Disney:

Walt Disney & Prokofiev about "Peter and the wolf"

05/25/2024

Joplin's The Entertainer conducted by Kevin Sharpe opened the second half of STEP's May 11 Suzuki String Serenade. The students really enjoyed this piece; so did the audience!

05/23/2024

Grateful for all the hard work of students and parents who made our May Suzuki String Serenade such a success!!! Here are some excerpts from our multi-faceted concert:

05/11/2024

Tomorrow night's the big night!

The Suzuki Talent Education Partnership
presents its 34th Annual Suzuki String Serenade
May 11, 2024
6:15 p.m. Twinkle prelude
Concert at 6:30 p.m.

Mozart Canon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Air and Gavottes in D Johann Sebastian Bach
from Orchestral Suite #3 (1685-1750)
Minuet in G Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Theme from Two Grenadiers Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)
Gavotte François Gossec
(1734-1829)
Minuet Anonymous
from Anna Magdalena Bach’s 1725 notebook
STEP Suzuki Strings
Tango Michael McLean
STEP quartet: Arjana Kunanele and Brandon Xu, violins
Govinda Kunanele, viola, Mason Xu, piano

The following STEP Soloists were chosen by audition.
Minuet J.S. Bach
Lalitha Iyer, violin
Musette J.S. Bach
Kadence Sharpe, violin

Here’s One Negro Spiritual arr. William Grant Still
(1895-1978)
Gamin from the Suite for Violin and piano W.G. Still
Lani Bortfeld, violin and Sarah Ehle, piano

 Interval 

The Entertainer Scott Joplin
(1867-1917)
Chispa Candela Colombian Folk Song
Andantino Shinichi Suzuki
(1898-1998)
Song of The Wind German Folk Song
French Folk Song
La Bamba Son Huasteco

02/11/2024

I had the privilege of playing under him as an undergrad at NE Conservatory when he guest-conducted the NEC Symphony in the last movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. He had such intensity and precision of movement at the same time - no extraneous movement, his whole being totally immersed in the music.

With great sorrow, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announces the death of its beloved Music Director Laureate, Seiji Ozawa.