05/13/2022
We are sad Aaron cannot join us for the recitals on Sunday, but excited to share a video of him! Aaron is a student of Sally Lewis who takes virtual lessons. He is performing French Children's Song. Congrats on a great performance!
Suzuki Music School of Arkansas Student- Aaron Cao
06/08/2020
We are excited to announce our online summer camp registration is live! Dates are July 13-17. Click here to register.
Suzuki Summer Camp 2020
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02/04/2019
Congratulations to SMSA violin students Anna Simmons (West Bentonville High School) who received 1st chair and Kexin Meng (Fayetteville High School) who received 20th chair at the Arkansas all state orchestra audition this weekend! This is Anna's second year to be first chair!
SMSA flutists Namrata Anand also placed first chair at the Arkansas all state band auditions and Kate Wolchok will be 12th chair in the concert band!
We are so proud of all of our students!
07/24/2018
SMSA flutists at the University of Arkansas Summer Music Camp last week!!
07/03/2018
SMSA guitarist William performing at Artosphere with Fernando Valencia and Garrett Jones!
If you have photos or video of an SMSA student performing or practicing this summer, please post them on our page. We would love to share them!
06/28/2018
SMSA flutist Nastassja performing at Stage Eighteen as a student in the Adult Jazz Camp at the University of Arkansas Community Music School.
06/27/2018
Musicians from the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) will be performing an all-Beethoven program on Thursday, July 12 at 6:30 pm at the Mildred Cooper Chapel in Bella Vista. The 1-hour program of works by Beethoven for flute, violin, viola, and piano will include Serenade, Op. 25, and “Spring" Sonata, Op. 24. SoNA musicians performing will be Miho Sakon, violin, Kristen Salinas, flute, Jesse Collette, viola, and Tomoko Kashiwagi, piano.
This concert is free and no tickets are required. However, note that seating is limited in the beautiful Mildred Cooper Chapel. The concert is sponsored by the North Arkansas Symphony Guild, and made possible by a gift from the late Elin Stene, a former symphony patron and resident of Bella Vista.
06/25/2018
SMSA flute student, Kate, at the University of Arkansas Community Music School Youth Jazz Camp!
06/21/2018
We love this photo of SMSA Violinist, Miho Sakon! She attended the Ojai Music Festival in CA to listen to one of her favorite violinists, Patricia Kopachinskaja from June 7th to 10th. Her photo was featured in the New York Times! (Link to the article in the comments!)
01/03/2018
Still looking for a New Year resolution? Consider music lessons! This article talks about some of the ways in which music lessons can be beneficial for the brain - including a higher IQ.
The Benefits of Music Education
Whether your child is the next Beyonce or more likely to sing her solos in the shower, she is bound to benefit from some form of music education. Research shows that learning the do-re-mis can help...
12/14/2017
Thank you to the Fayetteville Public Library for inviting Miss Miranda and Nastassja to play at Story Time! Here is a little clip from yesterday's performance.
Miss Miranda at the FPL's Story Time