Congratulations to Bonnie Greene for her extraordinary achievement on 2007
Bonnie obtained a significant
grant for the project Music Makers, a fantastic enterprise that endeavors
to enrich the development of low-income children through the long-term
mastering of music performance skills. Children are taught to play string
instruments (mostly violin at the beginning of the project) in small-group
classes and participate in performance ensembles. Among other goals, Music
Makers seeks to bring young people of different backgrounds together in
a community setting to share non-competitive music-making and to nurture
a non-competitiev and cultrally rich environment to make music available
to young people.
Suzuki String of Madison will be touring Costa Rica on June, 2007. Congratulations to Diana Popowycz for all her work organizing the tour
Sonora Strings , the touring ensemble of Suzuki STring of Madison
is going on tour to Costa RIca this June 18th-25. Part of the trip
is an exchange with students from the Sinfonía Nacional of
San José. Two concerts will be performed in San José-one
in the Teatro inside the Museo del Niño and another in a
local primary school in San José.
The students will also be staying in Punta Leona in the rainforest
on the Pacific ocean and performing two concerts at the Resort de
Punta Leona , one in an outdoor amphitheater and another in a restuarant.
Their fifth concert will be in conjuction with the Scarlet Macaw
project and performed in an outdoor ring for 2000 school children
of that peninsula area.
Sonora Strings has been fundraising since this past September and
is nearing its goal to make this trip a success. The students will
also have the opportunity to meet with naturalists in the area do
discuss the Scarlet Macaw conservation project : http://www.lappacr.org
as well as learn about the research and work being done on the coral
reefs in that area.
They will also partake in some salsa and merengue dance lessons
and be seen zipping through the rain forest canopy.
A short week but it will be packed with the wonders of the natural
world and music.
If you are interested in finanacially assisting (tax deductible)
this exchange please contact
Diana Popowycz 233-6165 home or 695- 4020 mobile