Clavinova
Festivals
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“Participating
in the Clavinova Festival is a good way to keep students interested in
summer lessons and for the teachers to learn more about the technology,”
says Freeman Dopp. “We’re already planning to make it bigger
and better next year.”
At the end of July, eight different Schmitt Music locations hosted 21
recitals. Students were judged on accuracy, interpretation, use of Clavinova
features, and overall musicianship. They also had the option of performing
in a competitive or non-competitive recital, and those who won in the
competitive recitals were awarded trophies. Each location raffled off
a CLP810 to Festival participants. Five-year-old Sarah Myhre won the Clavinova
after performing her original composition, “My Dog Spike” at
the Duluth store’s Festival. Louie Lincoln, Sales Representative
from
the Duluth Schmitt Music Center says the Festival has really helped out
the store’s sales staff. “In preparing for the Festival, all
of us in the store learned the different features of the Clavinova much
better,” says Lincoln.
Echoing that sentiment is Ann Mathews of Keith Jorgensen’s in Orem, UT. While working with local music teachers to prepare for the Festival, she had what she calls an “open door” policy. “I worked with the teachers every Friday, and it really helped me learn more about the Clavinova,” she says. “I would demonstrate different functions and help them with arrangements.”
Jorgensen’s Clavinova Festival had 185 participants, ranging in age from 4 through 65. The performances were broken down into groups of students from each of the 15 teachers. The awards ceremony featured special guests: local musician Kurt Bester and his wife Melody Bester both played for the excited audience; Kurt performed a creative medley of patriotic songs for the July 4th holiday, and Melody performed a piece by Rachmaninoff. Festival adjudicator and Yamaha specialist Dan Rodowicz gave out participation certificates and door prizes and raffled the CLP810 at the ceremony. Instead of handing out trophies, Mathews said they chose to give out $25 store gift certificates.
“The teachers said that the kids were so jazzed about the Clavinova Festival, and that it’s the perfect thing to get them through the summer,” says Mathews.
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