SEMSA is offering gift cards during the holiday season on a pre-paid basis. Orders must be received by 12/7 and will be delivered at the December 16 Group Lesson. Order gift cards for your holiday giving and SEMSA receives a portion of the proceeds.
Kwik Trip has increased our percent on gift cards to 10%. This special will end on April 1, 2012. You can order Kwik Trip gas cards or get them at group lessons.
On Saturday, November 12, about a dozen SEMSA students performed concertos accompanied by the Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, led by Jere Lantz. To the best of our knowledge there is no other program like this in the country. The workshop is featured in SEMSA's November 2011 Newsletter.
The Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association is old by American Suzuki standards. Teachers here began working with the method in the mid-1970's. A public school teacher, Georgia Daniels, was first to experiment with the new ideas coming out of Japan. In 1984 a group of teachers met to plan a workshop for area music students. SEMSA was formed to secure funding for that event.
Over our twenty-five year history, we have sponsored over sixty honors recitals, teacher recitals, parent workshops, and field trips to the Twin Cities to hear orchestra concerts and operas. Our biennial workshop, Gasshuku, focuses the community's attention on special topics like the Dalcroze method, chamber music, accompanying and concerti. For the November, 2009, Gasshuku, we commissioned a chamber work by nationally known composer, Catherine McMichael. Students studied the art of composition, composed their own original pieces and premiered McMichael's work.
