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FINE ARTS MUSIC PROGRAMS

              Dedicated to Artistry in Education

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BEGINNING VIOLIN WORKSHOPS
 
Gulf Gate Elementary Beginning Violin Workshops               Mondays 3:15-4:30     Begins September 19th
Ashton Elementary Beginning Violin Workshops                   Tuesdays 2:45-4:00      Begins September 20th
Southside Elementary Beginning Violin Workshops              Thursdays 3:15-4:30    Begins September 15th
Rowlett Magnet Elementary Beginning Violin Workshops   Fridays  3:15-4:30        Begins September 30th
 

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 'Strong Arts, Strong Schools’
 
“The arts are part of what makes people well educated.

Take them away and people will be less well educated. 

Children made to live without the arts are inevitably poorer for it.

This is why every young person, without exception, should be

given access to the study of the arts,

not to become an artist, but to be better educated.”

                                    -  Charles Fowler -                  

 “Fine Arts Music Programs beginning violin workshops provide our students with many skills that both enhance and contribute to our academic program. Their instructors are extraordinary…                                                                                    It is amazing to witness what they accomplish with the students.                                                                                                                                                                              The performances are inspirational.”  

                Dr. Catherine Gannon – Principal, Sutherland School, Chicago, IL

 

Fine Arts Music Programs have introduced our students to playing the violin in fun and creative ways achieving amazing results. Parents where mesmerized by what the students had learned and were able to demonstrate after just a couple of months of instruction. We are looking forward to expanding this incredible opportunity in years to come.

                                    Steven E. Dragon - Principal, Southside Elementary, Sarasota, Fl

 

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VIOLIN WORKSHOP TOOLBOX
Click on any of the following violin tools*

'Simple Havanera' (Audio)

'Rock On Strings' (Audio)

*Twinkle Twinkle (pdf)

Twinkle City Lights (Audio)

French Folk Tune (pdf)

French Folk Tune (Audio)

*Climbing Up - Warm Up

*The 1,000 Minute Club Practice Chart

The 1,000 Minute Club Hall of Fame

(The following students have completed 1,000 minutes of practice)

 

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*BOWING PRIMER

*Introduction to Beginning Violin

*Olympics Practice Chart

*How to Tune a Violin

*Ten Steps to Play the Violin

*A Guide to the Violin Bow

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LISTENING LIBRARY

CLICK ON ANY SELECTION TO LISTEN

Schon Rosmarin (Fritz Kreisler)

Prelude & Allegro (Itzhak Perlman)

Bach Prelude for Cello (Yo-Yo Ma)

Jig Party (Natalie MacMaster)

Josephin's Waltz (N. MacMaster)

 
Meet The Instructors
 
LINDA REYES - Violin & Viola: Studied at the Julliard School of Music in New York, also holds a performance degree from DePaul  University. An accomplished professional performer who has held principal chair positions in numerous major North American symphony orchestras including performances with the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago and the Soviet Emigre Chamber Orchestra of New York.  Mrs. Reyes was the founder and director of the Corelli Youth Ensemble of Chicago.
 
DAVID REYES - Violin & Cello: as a cellist has performed with the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and as a member of numerous major and regional symphony orchestras throughout the U.S. 
At age five, Reyes was among the first American violin students to perform for the legendary violin pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki in master classes at Northwestern University.
Mr. Reyes has performed under the baton of some of the world's most famous conductors such as Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim,  and Michael Tilson Thomas.
A dedicated violin and cello teacher and founder of Fine Arts Music Programs, providing quality string instrument education to public and private school students throughout Chicago and Sarasota.
 

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Please call us at 773-844-1211 to learn more about our programs