The first annual Celebrate Earth Celebrate Music concert is scheduled for Saturday, April 25 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Riverside Café at 2223 E. Rosser Avenue in Bismarck. The cost is $5 per individual and $10 per family at the door. The concert features three local bands ranging in style from folk/rock to urban cowboy groove and students from the Suzuki School of Music (SSOM).

Performance schedule features: 5-6 p.m. – SSOM students, Con Brio, a student string ensemble, and a mother/daughter Ehren’s family duet; 6-6:45 p.m. – Midnight Noise Orchestra, an experimental Americana band; 7-7:45 p.m. – Luke Graner, folk-rock singer/songwriter; and 8 – 9 p.m. – Frog Point Landing, an urban cowboy groove band.

A family-friendly Earth Day celebration, enjoy a healthy dinner at the spacious restaurant while enjoying the music of featured acts. Donate your aluminum cans to be recycled for the cause! Proceeds will benefit the Suzuki School of Music and its Early Childhood Education Program.

The Suzuki method of talent education is a philosophy developed by Shinichi Suzuki after World War II in Japan. The philosophy is based on the idea that every child can learn. Beginning at an early age, a child’s active participation, listening to music, and parental involvement are all integral components of this proven method.

The Suzuki School of Music, serving Bismarck-Mandan since 1986, is dedicated to enriching the lives of people in the community through the Suzuki approach of talent education. SSOM offers talent education classes in violin, viola, cello, piano and voice for all ages and infant, toddler and preschool classes for ages newborn to five years old.

Spring Solo Recital at High Prairie Arts and Science Center in the Imagination Theater on Sunday, March 29, 2009. Two recital times will be offered – 1:30pm and 3:15pm. Contact your teacher for your recital preference. Come in nice dress. Reception following each recital.

A Suzuki violin Workshop will be available on Saturday, February 28, 2009 from 9:45-3:15 at Minot State University for any Suzuki student. The cost for the workshop will be $20 plus extra for lunch. The workshop provides an excellent opportunity for Suzuki students to  meet and play with other Suzuki students and teachers.  There will be a cost of $10 for anyone who wishes to observe the workshop. For further information, contact Colleen Lively @ 701-838-0794.

The school played at Kirkwood Mall for the “Live Art in Motion” Event on the 7th of February. An ensemble of suzuki strings players led by their teachers serenaded shoppers. Here is a movie of them boiling some cabbages down.

A big thank you to all who took part.

The Bismarck Suzuki School of Music proudly announces The Dakotas Suzuki Summer Institute 2009.

From Aug 10-13, the Suzuki School of Music will host this four-day strings experience. Each participant will receive one private lesson, one master class in their instrument and one theory/orchestra class per day, along with two enrichment classes. Summer institutes have a long tradition of providing Suzuki students with a unique, concentrated learning experience with long lasting benefits.

Approved by Suzuki Association of the Americas, The Dakotas Suzuki Summer Institute is the only summer institute offered in our region.

Registration will begin in February 2009.