UofL String Preparatory Center

Yesterday, the UofL String Preparatory Center had the privilege in hosting students for the annual Suzuki Festival. Over 100 people gathered and made music in the Suzuki Play-down and Featured Works performance. This was one of our largest turnouts to date!

A huge thank you to all of the Suzuki Teachers, Parents, and UofL Pedagogy Students that helped showcase this event. None of this would be possible without having the support of the Suzuki Community!

Music eX Series- March 3rd, 7:30 PM in Bird Recital Hall

Sidney King, double bass
Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano

Join us for our FINAL performance of the Music eX Series for the 2025-2026 school year!

This Wednesday, UofL School of Music is happy to host Double Bass Professor Marcos Machado from the University of Southern Mississippi. We hope to see you at one of the three events we have with him!

2/18-
- 3:00 PM- Performance Master Class, room 125 in the Music Building
- 4:00 PM- Technique Workshop “Tao of Bass” room 125 in the Music Building
- 7:00 PM- Guest recital featuring works of Proto, Popper, Boccherini, Aivazian and more, Bird Recital Hall

Music eX Concert Series- Faculty Chamber Performance
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Date- January 15th, 2026
Location- Comstock Concert Hall
Time- 7:30pm

Geoff Herd, Kevin Nordstrom, Paul York, and Anna Petrova perform Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor and Schumann Piano Quartet in E-Flat.

Ticket sales can be found in our bio. All proceeds go towards scholarships for String Students at UofL!

•Recap of High School String Day 2025•
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Saturday, the String Preparatory Center had the joy of hosting High Schoolers from all over the state for KY All-State Clinicians, Masterclasses, and Performances by UofL Faculty and Students!

Best of luck to all of the students auditioning for KY-All State this year!

Last night, Paul York and Soojin Kim put on a wonderful performance in the UofL Music eX Concert Series. Congratulations to the musicians!
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📸- Nate Roberts

Bass Day 2025 Recap 🎶🎻🎹

A special thanks to Sidney King, John Anderson, Sarah Ransom, Katherine Mercier, Maria Gramelspacher, Alice Markiewicz, and our guest clinician Joseph Conyers!
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Upcoming events UofL SPC events-
- 10/10-10/13- Guitar festival
- 10/16- Music eX concert series- Paul York, cello, and Soojin Kim, piano
- 10/18- High School String Saturday
- 11/1- Middle School Honors Orchestra

UofL Music eX Concert Series is here!

Kicking off the season with Piano Trios by Schubert and Brahms performed by Paul York, Soojin Kim, and Geoffrey Herd!

We hope to see you there!
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Date- September 18th, 7:30pm - Comstock Hall

Ticket information- https://music.louisville.edu/community/events/music-ex

UofL SPC is honored to host a number of pre-collegiate events every year. Bass Day 2025 is around the corner, and we are please to welcome our guest artist Joseph Conyers - Principal Bassist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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You can register for UofL Bass Day with the link below-

https://forms.office.com/r/86ErPdVKmf

Date- September 20th, 2025, 9am-6pm

UofL Viola Workshop with Professor Kevin Nordstrom is coming up! Activities include a student performances, viola ensemble, technique class, and a faculty recital.
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Register today via the link below-

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