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2010 SAWS Festival is October 8-9,
2010
WELCOME to the. . . .
31ST ANNUAL WASHINGTON STATE SUZUKI FESTIVAL!
This year, once again, the Suzuki
Association of Washington State will have its
festival at the beautiful campus of Central Washington
University in Ellensburg, Washington! The student
festival will take place on October 9, from 7:30 am
through 5:00 pm. Activities will include recitals,
classes (master, group and enrichment), and a final
play-in at the end of the day. Friday, October 8 is the
teacher workshop from 1-6 pm. Students and teachers
alike will come back to their home studios refreshed,
motivated and ready to take on the new school year!
Friday, October 8 is the teacher workshop from 1-6 pm.
This year we have as our strings clinicians Nancy Lokken
for violin and Beth Goldstein-McKee for cello. The piano
teacher workshop at the home of Carol Cross from 1-6 pm.
This year we are pleased to have Linda Nakagawa as our
clinician.
Cost for participants is $50 per student if you sign up
by the 30th of June and $63 if you sign up after July 1.
Registration officially ends on September 15. Cost for
the teacher workshop is $50, and is due on September 15
with your registration.
Following is information that you will need to know
before going to the SAWS festival:
Directions to CWU: From
I-90 Southbound (coming from Seattle)
Take the US-97 N. exit, Exit 106, toward
Ellensburg/Wenatchee
Stay Straight to go onto US-97
Stay straight to go onto Cascade Way Ext/I-90 business
loop. Continue to follow I-90 business loop.
Stay straight to go onto W 8th Ave/University Way
End at 400 E University Way.
From I-90 Northbound (coming from Spokane or Yakima)
Turn right onto Canyon Rd/I-90 business loop. Continue
to follow I-90 business loop.
Turn right onto W 8th Ave/University Way
End at 400 E. University Way
Registration for strings is at Hertz Hall at Central
Washington University between 7:30 and 8:30 on Saturday
morning. Registration for pianists is at the Music
Education Building at Central Washington University
between 7:30 and 8:30. You will be given your class
schedule at that point.
Directions to Hertz can be found at:
http://www.cwu.edu/newmap.html.
Directions to the Music Educationn Building, CWU: Take
the first Ellensburg exit to the corner of Main and
University Way. Travel east on University Way (5
stoplights) to Alder and University Way. Turn left
on Alder, (north) and proceed approximately 6 blocks.
Entrance to the New Music Facility is just before the
first stop sign.
Schedule for strings:
A general outline of Saturday’s schedule is as follows:
7:30-8:30 Registration at Hertz
8:45-9:15 Opening concert
9:30-11:30 Classes
11:30-12:00 Lunch
12:00-1:00 Parent Talk
1:00-1:30 Graduation Recitals
1:45-3:45 Classes
4:00-5:00 Final Play-In
Schedule for pianists
7:30-8:30 Registration at the Music Education Building
8:45-9:15 Opening concert
9:30-11:30 Classes
11:30-12:00 Lunch
12:10-12:50 Parent Talk
1:00-2:30 Graduation Recitals
2:30-4:30 Classes
You will be given a more specific schedule at
registration.
To Bring:
Cellists: cello chairs and stands with names and phone
numbers on them
All: snacks, instruments, rosin, notebook and pen, etc.
Please label your belongings.
Lunch:
Lunch can be purchased at restaurants around town or you
can bring a bag lunch with you. There is also the
possibility that the student center will be open for
lunch.
Hotel Deals:
Currently we have group rates for the following hotels:
Best Western: Lincoln Inn and Suites
211 Umptanum Road,
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone: 509-925-4211 or 866-925-4288 (for toll free
reservations), Fax 509-925-4211
$89.99 plus tax for double queen rooms (Fri. and Sat.)
$79.99 plus tax for single kings (Fri and Sat)
Ask for “Suzuki Festival 2010”
Holiday Inn Express
1620 S Canyon Rd.
Ellensburg, WA 98926
(509) 962-9400
$110 plus tax for double queens or kings (with pull-out)
Fri. and Sat.
Rooms must be reserved by September 8
Ask for “Suzuki Festival 2010”
Clinicians
Linda Nakagawa , piano
Linda Nakagawa received a Bachelor of Arts degree in
music from California State University, Sacramento, and
went on to do graduate work in music at Arizona State
University. She has studied Suzuki Piano with Dr.
Haruko Kataoka, co-founder of the Suzuki Piano Method
since 1985, and continued to study with her whenever
possible in the United States and Japan.
Since 1990, she has been the co-director of the
Sacramento Suzuki Piano Workshop featuring master
teacher, Dr. Haruko Kataoka. Then in 1993 she was
co-director, for the First International Piano Basics
Workshop also with Dr. Haruko Kataoka.
Linda has visited Japan to study with Dr. Kataoka on
many occasions since 1991. In 1994, 1996, 1997,
1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, her students
participated in the 10-Piano Concerts in Matsumoto,
Japan. In 1995, Atlanta hosted the 4th
International Suzuki Piano Workshop with Dr. Haruko
Kataoka and 21 of Linda’s students participated in the 5
Piano Concert. Linda has taught at various Suzuki
Workshops in Singapore and throughout the United States,
and maintains a studio in Sacramento. Her students
have performed at various workshops throughout the
United States, Japan, Singapore and Europe. She
has directed four 10-Piano Basics Concerts in
Sacramento, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005, 2007, 2009.
Linda produced and distributed the English translation
of Dr. Kataoka’s book, Sensibility and Education.
She is currently on the Board of Directors for the Piano
Basics Foundation and holds the office of Treasurer.
She is also Piano Coordinator for the Suzuki Music
Association of California –Sierra Branch.
Nancy Lokken directs Augsburg College Suzuki Talent
Education (ACSTE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She studied
with Dr. Suzuki in Japan and is an active Clinician and
Teacher Trainer throughout North America. She is a
founding member and first President of the Suzuki
Association of Minnesota, and served on the board of the
American String Teachers’ Association of Minnesota. She
was the Coordinator of the 30th Anniversary Conference
of the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) in 2002,
has presented at several SAA and American String
Teachers’ Association (ASTA) National Conferences, and
currently serves on the SAA Teacher Development
Committee.
Ms. Lokken has taught in Bermuda, Canada, Spain, Mexico,
and Peru. Her students have been recipients of numerous
awards and recognitions, including performances with the
Minnesota Orchestra. The ACSTE students were selected to
perform in the International Ensembles Concert at the
SAA Conference in 2004, invited to perform in Mexico
City at the International CEDROS-UP Festival in 2005 and
2010, and have toured throughout Mexico and Spain. Ms.
Lokken was honored by the American String Teachers
Association with the award of Master Teacher for the
state of Minnesota in 1998.
Beth Goldstein-McKee has been teaching the cello using
the Suzuki method for over twenty-five years. She
teaches at institutes and workshops throughout the
United States. She maintains a private studio in
Ashland, Oregon where she is also member of the Rogue
Valley Symphony and performs with local ensembles which
have included the Rogue Opera and Rogue Valley Chorale.
A registered Suzuki Association of the Americas teacher
trainer, Beth, recently trained teachers at the
International Suzuki Festival in Peru. She has given
presentations at both the American String Teachers’
Association and the SAA conferences and has served on
the Board of Directors of the SAA. While living in
Berkeley, California, Beth was on faculty of the Holy
Names College’s Suzuki Program and East Bay Center for
the Performing Arts, and maintained a private studio. As
the cellist in contemporary music ensembles in Boston,
NYC and London, Beth premiered cello and chamber music
works and received grants from the National Endowment
for the Humanities and the Polaroid Foundation to bring
new music to wider audiences. Beth graduated form
Brandeis University and was awarded the Sachar
International Fellowship for study in London, England.
She started her training as a Suzuki teacher in 1981
with Yvonne Taint, and completed long term training in
1983 at the School for Strings, NYC. Her cello teachers
have included Robert Gardner, George Neikrug and
Channing Robbins.
REPERTOIRE
Violin: (Bk 1) Twinkle, O Come Little Children, Allegro,
Happy Farmer, (Bk 2) Bouree, Minuet in G (Bk 3) Minuet,
Gavotte in D Major, (Bk 4) Concerto no. 2, 1st Mvmt
(Seitz), Concerto in A Minor, 3rd Mvmt (Vivaldi), (Bk 5)
Gavotte, (Bk 6) Allegro (Fiocco), (Bk 7) Courante
(Corelli), Allegro Assai (3rd movement from Concerto in
A Minor, Bach) (Bk 8) Largo (Bach)
Viola: To be announced (will depend on enrollment)
Cello: (Bk 1) Twinkle, French Folk Song, Song of the
Wind, Andantino, (Bk 2) Chorus from Judas Maccabeus, May
Time, 2 Grenadiers, (Bk 3) Scherzo, Minuet 3 (Bk 4)
Allegro from the Marcello Sonata, (Bk 5) Dance Rustique,
(Bk 6) Tarantella, (Bk 7) Gavotte by Popper, (Bk 8)
Grave from Sonata by Sammartini, Scherzo by Van Goens
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