Category Archives: point contest

Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma, Day 3

Posted on January 3, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor, Gigue. Day 3 Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, Prelude. Day 3 I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer … Continue reading →

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Looking for more points?

Posted on January 2, 2016 by miriamtroxler

I have a special category of learning music “on your own.” Piano: Are You Sleeping? for 25 points Piano: Streabbog, Op 63, No 1 for 25 points Piano: Polonaise, from the Notebook for Wolfgang for 25 points Violin and Viola: … Continue reading →

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Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma, Day 2

Posted on January 2, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor, Gigue. Day 2 Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, Prelude. Day 2

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Mystery Composer 2016

Posted on January 1, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Listen to the musical samples at the following links. Submit your answers on paper at your lesson or by email. Composer and name of the work is required for 25 points. Mystery Composer 1 Mystery Composer 2 Mystery Composer 3

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Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma

Posted on January 1, 2016 by miriamtroxler

At the Proms, Yo-Yo Ma presented all six of the Bach Cello Suites in the same performance, from memory, with no intermission.  During one of the interviews, he talked about learning and memorizing the suites. He began when he was … Continue reading →

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Point Contest Starts January 1

Posted on December 30, 2015 by miriamtroxler

Point contest begins January 1, 2016. For six weeks musical points are awarded at lessons. Each category has a first, second, and third place trophy winner. Point Contest Rules Listening Chart

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Chamber Music

Posted on December 28, 2015 by miriamtroxler

Chamber Music ($55) Thursdays (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4) 8:00 to 9:30 PM 1527 Third St, Beaver PA 15009 Get your music ahead of time …. 6 Landler http://imslp.org/wiki/6_L%C3%A4ndler_for_2_Violins_and_Cello,_WoO_15_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van) 15 Short Trios http://imslp.org/wiki/15_Short_Trios_(Vanhal,_Johann_Baptist)

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Spring Recital Photos 2015

Posted on March 29, 2015 by miriamtroxler

  Thanks to my Point Contest Award’s Ceremony Assistants, Chloe and River.   A fun gallery of families and friends who played at the recitals.

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Point Contest Results 2015

Posted on March 29, 2015 by miriamtroxler

Everyone worked very hard again this year during point contest. The following are the top three places in each category.   Strings A: Violin Josephine 238 Grace 57 Elisabetta 24   Strings A: Cello Grant 134 Christian 105 Bella 44 … Continue reading →

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Open Rehearsal, Feb 12

Posted on March 8, 2015 by miriamtroxler

The Chamber Music sessions on Thursday nights during Point Contest had an Open Rehearsal on February 12.  Listeners could hear Stephen Foster’s Oh! Susanna and Mozart’s String Quartet No 3 in G Major, Presto, Adagio and Tempo di Menuetto.

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