Sarah Summar Music Studio

10/01/2022

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS: Conducted by David Itkin, the 7:30 WEDNESDAY evening performance of the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra includes the premiere orchestral performance, as new faculty members, of Horacio Contreras, cello, and Chloé Kiffer, violin, performing Double Concerto in A minor, Opus 102 by Johannes Brahms. See program and ticket links at https://tinyurl.com/UNTSO10522 Art&Seek Denton Record-Chronicle Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Abilene Philharmonic Sphinx Organization

03/20/2022

Still my favorite violin concerto ❤️

April 8-10

12/18/2021

January 7 - 9, 2022

01/30/2020

Violin students, this should be a great concert to get inspired!

Featuring Brahms, Bartók & Enescu

01/16/2020

Elliot Carter: I compose complex rhythms.
India: Hold my beer.

12/16/2019

Happy Beethoven’s birthday! (Probably) Here’s my favorite of all his symphonymovements

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op. 92 II Allegretto Wiener Philharmoniker Leonard Bernstein Musikverein, Vienna, 1978.

05/31/2019

Let’s do away with this notion that arts are the icing on the cake of a good education. Knowledge is the flour, sugar, and eggs. It’s essential, but without creativity, there is no cake. Let the kids create...and we’ll all have cake! 😃

Researcher Andreas Schleicher has told a House of Commons inquiry that he believed young people could benefit more from the skills gained through creativity than test-based learning

05/23/2019

Boy does this ring true!

I've had several conversations with students this week about fixed mindset vs. growth mindset. Here's a great graphic to show how these two mindsets react differently to the same stimuli. The great news: we can develop growth mindset!