2010 SAWS Festival is October 8-9, 2010

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