Shenandoah Conservatory Violin Studio

First snow of the semester!

What a fantastic week leading to fall break! A highlight for the studio was attending a faculty recital with our very own Professor Takayama, Dr. Vina, and Professor Zoeter.

Bravo! What an amazing weekend of performances from some of our studio members on the musical “Sweet Charity”.

A beautiful, sunny fall day in the valley ☀️ a great day to practice outside!

This morning, the Shenco violin studio had the honor of having a masterclass with the violinists of the Jasper Quartet, J Freivogel and Karen Kim. Three of our studio member performed, and all got to partake in the amazing guidance from J and Karen.

“Play in a way where the line wants to go!!”

Jasper Quartet, visiting Shenandoah Conservatory today!
We are looking forward to their concert this evening at Bright Box!

A wonderful performance last night by the Edge Ensemble including our very own Emily Ilyes.

This evening the ShenCo Violin studio had the honor of welcoming back a former student of Akemi Takayama. David McCormick spoke to the studio about African American musicians in Jefferson’s Virginia. As well as a demonstration of the evolution of the violin bow!

For the first week of class, the SU violin studio took a hike up to bears den to enjoy a picnic dinner, new introductions, and a beautiful sunset.

We thought of taking a picture after two players (Dean and Maddy) left, so this is only partial, but we had a great time performing together Brahms Sextet Op. 36 this afternoon!

With three students from Toho Graduate School in Toyama and the Shenandoah Conservatory Violin Studio, Tamaki Kawakubo and the host, Dr. Ueno.