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PROGRAMS (cont.)
Academy Strings
The Vancouver Academy of Music houses three string ensembles modelled on the classical string orchestra. The senior ensemble rehearse weekly for two hours and are under the direction of Robert Rozek.
The Intermediate Academy Strings (one and a half hours weekly) and the Junior Academy Strings (one hour weekly) are conducted by Joseph Elworthy and DeAnne Eisch. Admission for new students to the Academy Strings is by audition. Students wishing to arrange an audition should contact the Registrar.
Music History and Theory
A complete range of history and theory classes designed to meet the requirements of The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) are offered at the Academy. Rules and regulations governing the conduct of examinations can be found in the Conservatory’s yearly syllabus. Students wishing to enroll in these classes are asked to make arrangements to write an examination for acceptance and placement.
The classes offered are:
Musicianship (Pre-Rudiments)
Basic Rudiments
Intermediate Rudiments
Advanced Rudiments
Basic Harmony
Intermediate Harmony;
Advanced Harmony
Counterpoint
Analysis
History 1, 2, 3
Suzuki Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano and Flute
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki developed a program of music instruction for young children based upon the belief that children can learn to play musical instruments as naturally and effectively as they learn to speak. Dr. Suzuki believed that the environment a child lives in is of supreme importance to the development of learned skills. Musical skills can be nurtured at home by parents in the same way many other skills are developed. Suzuki parents attend lessons with their children, and become acquainted with the ideas and techniques introduced by the teacher so that they can carry through the learning process in daily practice at home. Parental support is vital to the musical development of Suzuki students.
Pre-registration meetings with parents are held before students are enrolled in Suzuki violin, viola, cello, and piano. After enrollment, parents and children attend group preparation classes which explain the fundamental skills of playing, demonstrate care and handling of instruments, and introduce ideas regarding how parents and children can work together to foster an interest in music. Private lessons are begun when it is agreed that the child is ready to learn to play and the parent is ready to make the necessary commitment to assist.
Once the student can play the beginning pieces, a weekly group performance class takes the place of the group preparation class. (In Suzuki flute, group performance classes are held from the beginning of the course.)
An orientation session for parents of children enrolled in the Suzuki Piano program is held as one of the weekly group preparation classes. This session will help parents understand the basic requirements and procedures of the program.
Following the first semester preparatory classes, the students will attend a 16 week 45 minute Suzuki Group Piano Class with a maximum of eight students per class, each student with his/her own instrument. There are no group performance classes in the Suzuki Piano program.
All Suzuki students attend a Kodaly or Orff class at the beginning of their first full year of instruction.
Rosalind O’Keefe is Head of the Suzuki Violin Department. Mrs. O’Keefe has been a member of the Academy Suzuki program since 1972. She studied the Suzuki method with John Kendall, Thomas Rolston, and Marian Schreiber, and she has taught summer institutes sanctioned by the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Teresa Ho, Head of the Suzuki Piano Department, received her B.M. Degree from the University of British Columbia and a Teaching Certificate from the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She studied the Suzuki method with Doris Koppleman and Madame Kataoka.
The Head of the Suzuki Cello Department, Audrey Nodwell, received her B.M. Degree from the University of British Columbia and a M.M. Degree from the University of Victoria. She studied at the Richard Strauss Konservato- rium in Munich and in master classes with Janos Starker, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Mihaly Virizlay.
The Suzuki Flute Program is under the direction of Anne-Elise Keefer. Ms. Keefer received her M.M. degree in Performance from the University of Toronto. She has studied with many eminent flautists including Nicholas Fiöre, Robert Aiken and Louis Moyse and received her Suzuki Teacher Training at the Eastern Tennessee State University. Ms Keefer is a member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Abbotsford Symphony Orchestra and performs as a freelance musician with the Vancouver Symphony.
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