SAO Conference, November 13 &14, 2010

Keep these dates open for a wonderful weekend in Guelph!!

You can register online via the SAO website. Application forms will be included in your next newsletter.

The weekend's events will take place at the

Guelph Youth Music Centre, 75 Cardigan St. N1H3Z7

and the River Run Centre 35 Woolwich Street N1H 3V1

Here's the exciting agenda for the weekend!

Friday November 12

• Afternoon Piano Student Masterclass with Karl Paulnack , Location TBA
• Nectar Cello Day: 1-5 pm
  Guelph Youth Music Center (GYMC)
  75 Cardigan Street, Guelph, N1H 3Z7

Saturday November 13

• Observation of Student Workshops/Parent Talk and Concert: 8:30am-5:00pm
  Guelph Youth Music Centre(GYMC) and River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich Street, Guelph, N1H 3V1
• Teachers' Reception: 7:30-9:00pm
  Holiday Inn Guelph
  601 Scottsdale Drive, Guelph, ON, N1G 3E7

Sunday November 14

• Teacher conference: 8:30am-4:30pm
  Guelph Youth Music Centre
  75 Cardigan Street, Guelph, N1H 3Z7

General Schedule

8:30 am: Registration - GYMC
9:00 am: Karl Paulnack 'The Importance of Music'
10:00 am: Break
10:15 am: Carrie Reuning-Hummel 'Working with Parents'
11:15 am: BREAK
11:30 am: SAO Annual General Meeting

12:30 pm: LUNCH

1:30 pm: Breakouts

• Carrie Reuning-Hummel - Group Class Ideas (all instruments)
• New Piano Repertoire in Books 1-4, Panel Discussion
• Karl Paulnack - Preparing Student for Studying at the University Level

2:30 pm: BREAK
2:45-3:45 pm: Instrument Breakouts

• Violin/Viola with Carrie Reuning-Hummel and Karen Kimmett
• Piano: Ellen Berry - Practicing with Purpose
• Cello
• Flute/guitar/harp

3:45-4:30 pm: Karl Paulnack
4:30 pm: SAO Board Meeting

Hotel Accomodation Information

** We have been offered a group rate of $114.99 plus tax for a standard room (2 double beds or 1 queen) at the Holiday Inn of Guelph. Please contact them before October 13th if you are interested in booking a room at this special discounted rate. Just mention that you are a SAO conference attendee.

Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre
Tel: 519.836.0231
Direct: 519.836.7124
Fax: 519.836.5329
salesco@holidayinnguelph.ca
www.higuelph.ca

PAUL PAULNACK Hailed by the Boston Globe as "a firecracker of a pianist" and "master of his instrument," Karl Paulnack has partnered vocal and instrumental soloists, chamber groups, orchestras, conductors and opera companies in nearly a thousand concerts throughout North America, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Macedonia, Norway, Romania, and Russia. Committed to a diverse, comprehensive practice of collaborative musicianship as an artist/teacher for more than two decades, Karl Paulnack has served as Director of the Boston Conservatory's Music Division since 2002. He also serves as music director and conductor of the Contemporary Opera Lab of Winnipeg, and chef de chant of the Orchestra de Picardie in Amiens, France. He cochaired the highly acclaimed accompanying and coaching department of the University of Minnesota, and served on the faculties of the Tanglewood Music Center, University of Southern California, Ithaca College and Music Academy of the West. He holds an undergraduate degree in solo piano from Eastman, and completed the MM and DMA degrees at USC, where his teachers included Gwendolyn Koldofsky and Brooks Smith.

CARRIE REUNING-HUMMEL Carrie Reuning-Hummel began the study of the violin at the age of five with her parents, Joan and Sanford Reuning in Ithaca, New York.  She was one of the first Suzuki students in the U.S. and studied with Shinichi Suzuki on numerous occasions. Carrie is very active as both as a Suzuki teacher and as a registered Suzuki Teacher Trainer. She has taught at hundreds of institutes and workshops throughout the continental U.S. as well as in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and Israel. In 1986 she was honored to receive the Shar Distinguished Young Teacher Award. Carrie served on the national Board of Directors of the Suzuki Association of the Americas for six years. Carrie received a BA in Psychology from the University of Iowa and is a professional violist and an active performer. She is currently finishing a Master’s of Science degree in Communications at Ithaca College. Carrie home-schooled her two children and is especially interested in exploring parent/child practice partnerships with families. She has written a book called “Time to Practice: A Companion for Parents.” Her website is soundcarries.com.