The Centenary Suzuki School offers the highest quality string instruction in the area by starting ch In 1977, Mrs. The CSS was built on the model of the U.T. Mrs.
Laura Crawford began the Centenary Suzuki School by recruiting students through kindergarten teacher friends, then knocking on the doors of unsuspecting prospective violin students and inviting them to take violin lessons. Armed with her “Fuller Brush Kit” of miniature violins, a record album of the Suzuki Book 1 music, and a picture/poster of her young University of Texas (Austin) students, she r
Operating as usual
10/30/2023
Congratulations our viola student Noah Yang, the winner of the 2023 CYO Concerto Competition Winner!
Congratulations to our 2023 CYO Concerto Competition Winner: Violist, Noah Yang!!!
He will be performing the 1st movement of H. Casadesus/J. C. Bach-Concerto in C-Minor with CYO at one of our Spring Concerts. Our judging panel was complimentary of both he and all of his fellow competitors.
Way to go Noah!!
10/28/2023
https://stringsmagazine.com/the-enduring-strength-of-shinichi-suzukis-legacy/
The Enduring Strength of Shinichi Suzuki’s Legacy | Strings Magazine Suzuki’s vision—that providing children with the tools to foster their natural creativity and ability to communicate holds the promise of encouraging future social harmony—seems more resonant than ever in this era of intensifying polarization.
10/12/2023
10/02/2023
We were delighted to have Dr. Sparr last weekend for our Viola-LA!
09/17/2023
Shreveport Symphony opens season with concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony Attendees have the chance to enjoy a performance by an internationally emerging prodigy violinist.
09/03/2023
CSS Newsletter #196 - https://mailchi.mp/f47875190768/css-newsletter-10439076
We are back! Here you can check our Calendar and Group Class Schedule.
08/10/2023
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08/09/2023
Calvin Alexander and the Centenary Suzuki School were featured in an article in the International Suzuki Journal, written by Larua Crawford.
https://internationalsuzuki.org/journal/ISA-Journal-20-1.pdf
Cal Alexander, a student of Hurley Violin Faculty Laura Crawford, was chosen as a Young Artist Performer for the Violin Teachers' Symposium at Julliard! He and the Centenary Suzuki School received international acclaim through an article Laura wrote which was published in the International Suzuki Journal (check out pages 10-11)!
https://internationalsuzuki.org/journal/ISA-Journal-20-1.pdf
Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary Suzuki School
05/17/2023
Come listen to Cal's Senior Recital!
Saturday, May 20, 7 PM. Free Admission
Hurley School of Music
2911 Centenary Blvd, Shreveport, LA 71104
“The Centenary Suzuki School has been one of the most welcoming experiences in my life. I am very grateful to have such a tight-knit community of friends and musicians, and this community always reminds me of the pure joy and generosity that music embodies. I will greatly miss the Tuesdays we spent together and the performances we shared, and I’m grateful that our music-making will unite us in special ways for the rest of our lives.”
- Calvin Alexander Jr.
When the First Officer for your fight is also an accomplished violinist!
03/29/2023
Calendar Update -
Calendar Update In order to expose our students to the beauty of the violin, viola, and cello, we have decided to keep all of the instruments together for the upcoming spring concert. Our goal is to offer a "sampling" from all instruments and levels, so we encourage all cellists and violists to stay and listen to t...
03/22/2023
Come hear Laura Crawford and Dan Santelices perform Vivaldi’s version of LaFolia for two violins!
A simply entertaining and magnificent concert in the offing this Sunday, March 26 at 2pm in Anderson Auditorium, with refreshments afterwards☕️🍩
03/22/2023
Suzuki Summer Institutes - https://mailchi.mp/ab220e7df972/suzuki-summer-institutes-10427359
02/20/2023
Our 2023 Mardi Gras Workshop was an absolute success! We were honored to have such an outstanding faculty working with our students and a team of restless parents that worked hard to make it happen!
Due to severe weather both Holiday Concerts today will be postponed to January. Be safe!
12/12/2022
Congratulations to our Centenary Suzuki Schools students who comprised much of LMEA’s All-State Orchestra in Baton Rouge!
Vln. I: Cal Alexander (Concertmaster), Noel Strange, Ivy Joseph, and Jai Koticha;
Vln. II: Jessica Chu, Ass’t. Principal Second, Isabella Hamilton, John Thomas McGann,
Viola: Grace Nida, Jeffrey Schneider, and Parker Hofman
pictured with Conductor Dr. Franck Diaz of Indiana University
Teachers Laura Crawford, Adrienne Gabriel, Elizabeth McShane, Charles Regauer, and Dan Santelices are so proud of you!!
11/12/2022
What the Suzuki Method Really Taught A new biography of the program’s creator argues that reducing it to a system of music instruction misses its underlying point about human potential.
Last Saturday, we revived our traditional Viola-LA! It was a fun day with masterclasses, group classes, and snow cones for all our violists. We were honored to have Dr. Sparr, the viola professor at LSU, with us! Looking forward to the 2023 edition!
09/27/2022
This weekend Caddo Parish Parks and Recreation will host "Tiny Tots Concerts" featuring Shreveport Symphony Orchestra on October 1-2, 2022. Please see attached flyer for dates, times, and locations.
09/22/2022
CSS Newsletter #171 -
CSS Newsletter #171 Viola LA is back! We are excited to announce our one-day workshop for violists, with masterclasses, a group class, and a concert! All the young violists (K-12) are invited to celebrate the viola and its music! Registration is FREE and it includes a T-Shirt!
09/21/2022
Viola LA is back on Saturday, October 8, 2022! We are excited to announce our one-day workshop for violists, with masterclasses, a group class, and a concert! All the young violists (K-12) from north Louisiana are invited to join us and celebrate the viola and its music!
We are honored to have Dr. Kimberly Sparr, the viola professor at LSU-Baton Rouge, as our guest clinician.
Registration is FREE and it includes a T-Shirt! The deadline to register is Friday, September 23.
More information at: https://centenarysuzuki.com/violala/
09/21/2022
Join us on Saturday, September 24 at RiverView Theater for our Opening Night concert!
The mighty Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven opens our season with tenor and Louisiana native Paul Groves, soprano Sarah Rees, GRAMMY-Award winning mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, bass-baritone Dennis Jesse and the Centenary College Choir, Cane River Singers, FUMCS Chamber Choir and Prisma Vocal Ensemble.
Mr. Groves and Ms. DeYoung kick off the evening with arias and duets, including Una furtiva lagrima and O sole mio.
Details & tickets:
https://shreveportsymphony.com/site/concerts/sep-24-beethovens-ninth-symphony-revolution-in-music/
09/02/2022
CSS Newsletter #170 -
09/02/2022
Our CSS student, Calvin Alexander is currently in Switzerland for the International Jr. Tibor-Varga and he made it to the TOP 3!
You can watch him live from Switzerland Saturday, September 3, at noon:
https://sion-violon-musique.ch/concours-tibor-junior-2022-live/
Round 3: Kreisler Recitative and Scherzo
- 2nd movement of Bach Double Concerto
- Waxman “Carmen Fantasy”
Great appreciation for his teachers at Perlman Music Program the last 3 summers Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Li Lin and to Jan Sloman in Dallas, and of course Laura Crawford at CSS!
Calvin Alexander, 17 ans, USA
08/19/2022
Congratulations to Cal Alexander, one of the finalists of the Cooper Violin Competition! He will be playing Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Orchestra during the final. The concert will be live streamed, it starts at 7:30 PM CST and he is last, after intermission, probably about 9:15pm. He started in our program at age 4 and is currently studying with Laura Crawford, Jan Sloman of Dallas, and Itzhak Perlman for the last three summers at the Perlman Music Program.
Live stream link: https://www.oberlin.edu/conservatory/on-stage/live-webcasts/warner-concert-hall-live-webcast
Three Violinists Advance to the 2022 Cooper Competition's Concerto Finals | Oberlin College and Conservatory Six violinists gave poised performances in the August 19 recitals during Round Two of the 2022 Cooper International Competition. Three of the artists have earned the right to perform once again in the Concerto Finals beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 19, in Oberlin Conservatory's Warner Concert....
08/01/2022
CSS Practice Book Cover Art - https://mailchi.mp/60b24c11fa2a/css-practice-book-cover-art-8675839
07/15/2022
You can run, but you can't hide ...
04/19/2022
CSS Newsletter #162 - https://mailchi.mp/52146bf77e51/css-newsletter-8631875
CSS Newsletter #162 Please, sign up! These performances are a great opportunity to motivate your child to play and practice and a good chance to share all the music we have been learning!
04/14/2022
Congratulations to our violist Sebastian Gallego! He is a finalist for the ArtBreak Festival!
03/29/2022
Suzuki Summer Institutes - https://mailchi.mp/a4db4f7835d3/suzuki-summer-institutes-7927262
03/29/2022
CSS Newsletter #161 - https://mailchi.mp/377f7960c8f9/css-newsletter-7927258
CSS Newsletter #161 Saturday, April 2—7:30 PM RiverView Theater Shreveport Symphony Orchestra Michael Butterman, conductor Michael Grandinetti, illusionist
03/27/2022
Highlight for the Telemann Viola Concerto in G with our teacher, Mrs. Adrienne Gabriel, as the soloist!
03/09/2022
Caddo Parish Parks and Recreation will host free Tiny Tots Concerts featuring the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, March 12-13, 2022. 3:00pm at LSU-Shreveport Campus!
https://shreveportsymphony.com/site/education/tiny-tots-concerts-in-the-park/
03/09/2022
Students from the Juilliard School and the Perlman Music Programme will perform works for strings and piano, including pieces by Wieniawski, Paganini, Dvořák, Sarasate, as well as many others.
It's an ONLINE performance, Saturday 12 March at 6pm CST
https://www.thestrad.com/news/we-cannot-stand-idly-by-teenage-juilliard-students-to-perform-benefit-concert-for-ukraine/14580.article
‘We cannot stand idly by’: teenage Juilliard students to perform benefit concert for Ukraine The students will perform as Harmony for Healing, raising funds for medical and humanitarian aid in Ukraine, on Saturday 12 March
03/06/2022
CSS Newsletter #160 - https://mailchi.mp/c5bd084775bd/css-newsletter-7891034
02/22/2022
CSS Newsletter #159 - https://mailchi.mp/3f70ac4e0269/css-newsletter-7888234
02/08/2022
CSS Newsletter #158 - https://mailchi.mp/8f04f2e908ab/css-newsletter-7798918
CSS Newsletter #158 Local favorite John-Henry Crawford joins the orchestra for an evening that seamlessly blends the old and the new. Starting with Haydn and finishing with a work by a living Italian cellist/composer known for his eclectic style, this program will show just how versatile and entertaining the cello ca...
02/04/2022
Exploring the Undeniable Non-Musical Benefits of Learning to Play the Violin February 25, 2021, 2:01 PM · The best thing about learning to play the violin - or any other musical instrument - is that after all those lessons and practice, you can play the violin! But that long learning process also confers undeniable benefits in other areas of life. It's important to acknowle...
02/01/2022
, our January 29 concert is available to watch on our website through February 13:
https://shreveportsymphony.com/site/videos/mw3_crawford_livestream/
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, conductor
HAYDN Cello Concerto in D Major
with John-Henry Crawford
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
SOLLIMA Violoncelles Vibrez!
with John-Henry Crawford and Courtenay Vandiver Pierera
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