UWM String Academy
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The UWM String Academy provides comprehensive and professional instruction on violin, viola and cell
Founded in 1990, the UWM String Academy has become one of this country’s model schools, offering students between the ages of 4 and 18 a comprehensive musical education with a focus on the violin, viola or cello. Highly qualified artist faculty provide musical instruction based on the methods and philosophies of Mimi Zweig, Shinichi Suzuki, and Paul Rolland. The special training, experience, and
05/18/2024
We are excited for Elliana Kang, winner of the 2024 String Orchestra Concerto Competition, who will perform Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No 5 tomorrow on the MYSO concert! Good luck to Elliana, and also to our other UWMSA students who will be on the concert. 🌠
05/07/2024
🎻Summer is the best time to get your budding violinist off to a great start, with instruction especially for children who have never played a stringed instrument. June 17-July 27, 2024. Register your child now! (Deadline to register is June 10) We are also accepting new students to our regular summer session who already play.
Learn more at http://arts.uwm.edu/stringacademy
Register here 👉 https://forms.office.com/r/04RSNz0dtM
String Academy - Peck School of the Arts Dates Ages Location Contact Fall, Spring & Summer Sessions 4–18 Music Building [email protected] Students at the UWM String Academy learn to use their minds, ears, and bodies to express themselves through music. Through this journey, each child learns valuable lessons …
11/28/2023
Today is , and your support can make a real difference. Help us offer scholarships to families in the greater Milwaukee area for music education at UWM String Academy. Every donation counts and keeps the music playing for our students. Thank you for your generosity!
Donate here: https://secure.supportuwm.org/s/1902/m19/interior-dev.aspx?sid=1902&gid=3&pgid=666&cid=1653&dids=848&bledit=1&appealcode=ITL
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11/08/2023
In case you missed it, here is our Halloween Concert on YouTube!
UWM String Academy Halloween Concert 10.28.2023 Performed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Recital Hall on October 28, 2023.http://arts.uwm.edu/stringacademy 00:00 The Violin Song/Ants02:02 The Lon...
10/28/2023
Today's the big day! Please join us at 10:30, UWM Peck School of the Arts Recital Hall for our Halloween Spooktacular! If you can't make it in person, you can join is *virtually* on YouTube:
UWM String Academy Halloween Concert UWM String Academy Halloween ConcertCome see the incredible students of the UW-Milwaukee String Academy (ages 3-18) perform a festive Halloween program. Ther...
10/25/2023
Our string academy students have been preparing a spooky, spectacular concert for this coming Saturday!
Link to the event and more details below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/d4AEafBBz79JCLoQ/?mibextid=9VsGKo
07/05/2023
Happy 4th of July, everyone!!! 🇺🇸🎵🎆🎇Celebrate with the students of the UWM String Academy with this special rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner we recorded in May! https://youtu.be/OjzXexZGMC4
The Star-Spangled Banner 🇺🇲 by the UWM String Academy 🎆🎇 🇺🇲🎆🎇 Happy Independence Day from the UWM String Academy! 🎆🎇🇺🇲http://arts.uwm.edu/stringacademyhttps://www.facebook.com/stringacademy/https://www.yout...
05/22/2023
🎻Summer is the best time to get your budding violinist off to a great start, with instruction especially for children who have never played a stringed instrument. June 19-July 28, 2023. Register your child now! (Deadline to register is June 12) We are also accepting new students to our regular summer session who already play.
Learn more at https://uwm.edu/arts/outreach-events/string-academy/
05/18/2023
Following up on our special Music Collection tour, Music and Performing Arts Librarian and String Academy parent Anna Grau Schmidt has curated this page with some fun and interesting books for the string player in your house that you can find in the UWM Golda Meir library (or your own local library). You should definitely CHECK THEM OUT!! (Get it??? 😂)
https://guides.library.uwm.edu/uwmsa
Happy Mother's Day to all our amazing String Academy moms!!! ♥ For all the driving, practice-helping, encouraging, patience, note-taking, scheduling, cheerleading, etc. etc, we are forever grateful!!!
Last week our students at Escuela Vieau performed on the school Mother's Day concert. It was a great way to thank all the mothers for all they do.
05/12/2023
We are looking forward to welcoming Almita Vamos to UWM this Saturday at 11:00 AM! Here is what the students will perform:
Almita Vamos Masterclass
05/08/2023
Should I play the violin??? What kind of silly question is that!
05/07/2023
We had a wonderful time this morning exploring the Golda Meir Library-UWM Music Collection thanks to Music and Performing Arts Librarian and UWMSA parent Anna Grau Schmidt. Our students (and parents!) left feeling inspired by the incredible resources housed in this collection. Thank you, Anna!!! 🎶📚
05/04/2023
Come hear this special recital *TONIGHT/7:30* at the Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum. This innovative program will showcase a diversity of repertoire, including works by American women composers and Johannes Brahms, William Grant Still, and a transcription by Jascha Heifetz of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. PianoArts Competition & Music Festival Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum
See LIVE artists interview of Melissa White and Pallavi Mahidhara
With Elaine Schmidt, frequent Milwaukee Journal Sentinal arts and entertainment contributor
6:30 pm at Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee
Elaine Schmidt Melissa White Pallavi Mahidhara Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum
05/03/2023
UWM String Academy students shared a wonderful outreach concert last weekend at the beautiful Betty Brinn Children's Museum! Enjoy!
Betty Brinn Children's Museum Concert Performed by students of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee String Academy. Steve Ayers Piano. Heather Barker, Heidi Barker, Jamie Hofman faculty. Apri...
04/05/2023
String Academy families and friends: TOMORROW evening at 7:30/UWM Recital Hall UWM violin professor Bernard Zinck and French pianist Carole Chicha will present a FREE recital. It's so important to expose our children (and ourselves!) to good music. Hope you can make it!
Program:
Szymanowski’s Sonata Op. 9 in D Minor
Brahms Sonata No. 2 in A Major
Respighi’s Sonata in B Minor
Violin-Piano Duo to Perform Brahms, Respighi and More at UW-Milwaukee The Bernard Zinck-Carole Chicha duo’s musical reunion.
03/18/2023
Lights, Camera, MUSIC!!! 🎥 We are LIVE on YouTube now...catch the UWM String Academy Spring Concert live from Recital Hall!
The UWM String Academy presents: Music from the Movies! The UWM String Academy presents: Music from the Movies!Lights, camera, MUSIC! Join us for our Spring concert, featuring some of the most iconic movie themes...
12/29/2022
Happy holidays from the UWM String Academy! We're grateful for your support of our program and excited to announce that we are now an official pre-college program here at UW-Milwaukee. Help us continue providing high-quality string education to all families in the Milwaukee area by making a donation to our scholarship fund. Gifts can be made online or by mailing a check to the address listed below. Thank you for your generosity!
Online giving: https://secure.supportuwm.org/s/1902/m19/interior-dev.aspx?sid=1902&gid=3&pgid=666&cid=1653&dids=848&bledit=1&appealcode=ITL
UWM Foundation
3271 N. Lake Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53211
(Please make checks payable to The UWM Foundation, memo “UWM String Academy Fund.”)
11/04/2022
Masterworks Concert - UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Join the UWM choirs and symphony orchestra for an evening of choral/orchestral masterworks conducted by Dr. Jun Kim.
11/01/2022
The Halloween Concert was GREAT! Congratulations to all the young performers and thanks to all the guests who came to cheer them on. Here are some photos, and in case you missed it, you can see the "instant-replay" on YouTube now: https://youtu.be/em0BVkX259o
10/29/2022
We're LIVE on YouTube ▶ NOW! Catch our Halloween concert as it happens (or later for an instant replay)
UWM String Academy Halloween Concert UWM String Academy Halloween ConcertCome see the incredible students of the UWM String Academy (ages 3-18) perform a festive Halloween program. There will be...
10/25/2022
Dress rehearsal ✅ The kids are all ready for our big Halloween Concert! Hope you can join us this Saturday! https://fb.me/e/1Z6c9wjJv
08/24/2022
Parents! The String Academy is now enrolling violin and viola students ages 4-18, beginner to advanced, for the Fall semester! See our website for details and to register online. 🎻https://uwm.edu/arts/outreach-events/string-academy/
07/29/2022
A good end to Violin beginner classes! Lots of hard work and beautiful music, with a dash of silliness thrown in... Can't wait to continue growing together.
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Founded in 1990, the String Academy of Wisconsin (SAW) has already become one of this country’s model schools, offering students between the ages of 4 and 18 a comprehensive musical education with a focus on the violin, viola or cello. Highly qualified artist faculty provide musical instruction based on the methods and philosophies of Mimi Zweig, Shinichi Suzuki, and Paul Rolland. The special training, experience, and expertise of the SAW faculty in the musical training of young people results in students playing with technical ease and musical sensitivity. SAW’s summer teacher training workshops are attended by string players from across the United States, Canada and Europe.
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