Author: Lauren Haley Studios

Congratulations to the following students for winning and retaining spots in their school’s very highest orchestra!

 

Ananya, Austin HS

Sophie, Clements HS

Chris, Clements HS

William, Elkins HS

Danielle, Travis HS

Deepa, Travis HS

Esosa, Travis HS

Mustafashah, Travis HS

Amanda, Baines MS

Sneha, Bowie MS

Isaac, Dulles MS

Danae, Dulles MS

Megan, Sartartia MS

Sharon, Sartartia MS

Special congratulations to Danielle and Esosa for jumping straight from their middle schools to the top orchestra at Travis High School. Well done, girls!

Congratulations to everyone on another successful round of auditions! We’ll update this list as the good news keeps pouring in.

 

All LHS students and families are invited to live-stream Evelyn Lam’s Collaborative DMA Recital at the Eastman School of Music’s Hatch Hall tonight at 8PM CST. Follow this link: http://www.esm.rochester.edu/live/hatch and enter this password: gniMaerts1!

Congratulations to Deepa (10th grade) for performing as first desk violist at Carnegie Hall with her orchestra from Travis High School over spring break!

Sophomore violinist Ananya performed at Carnegie Hall last week with Austin High School’s orchestra — well done, Ananya!

Congratulations to Isaac, who won his first concertmaster position at Dulles Middle School at the beginning of March. Isaac also took home a new violin recently from Amati Violin Shop.

Congratulations to Sneha, our newly crowned 1st desk, 1st violin section leader at Bowie Middle School! Sneha is Deepa’s sister, and it’s a delight to watch both girls excel musically.

Baris has finally found his dream violin bow! After playing bows throughout Houston, he purchased a bow from Gold Violin Shop.

On an academic note, let’s all congratulate Asher (7th grade, Sartartia MS) for taking the SAT and scoring better than the majority of HS seniors on both state and national levels. Keep up the good work, Asher!

Please join us in welcoming our newest studio member, Aleezay. Aleezay is in 6th grade and studies violin in Sartartia Middle School orchestra.

Congratulations to Paige, who chose a Jan Kriml violin from Gold Violin Shop and an Alfred Knoll bow from Lisle Violin Shop after winning a Grade 1 on a Level 1 piece for her high school Solo & Ensemble competition.

Hello, all!

I’m finally back from a wonderful trip abroad that ended with a lecture and performance at ACS Egham International School in Surrey, England.

I thoroughly enjoyed talking to HS International Baccalaureate students about what it takes to earn a conservatory degree in performance and what the pursuit of music teaches us about learning. It’s inspiring to see how Irina Walters’ music program at ACS has grown with spectacular guest artist and student performances.

While in London I also had the chance to meet up with Levine Andrade, my violin and viola teacher in England for the years I spent there. I was so excited to see my former teacher that I forgot to take a picture! But, needless to say, I am so grateful to both Levine and Irina for the profound impact their musical mentorship has had on my life.

 

 

Special Congratulations to the 2016 Grade 1 Solo & Ensemble Performers!

*Edited 2/26 to include more winners*

MS & HS performers are graded on a scale from 1 (best) to 5, and the following students took home the Grade 1 marks:

Amanda*

Ananya*

Anisha

Ayushi

Chris*

Danae

Deepa*

Enara

Esosa

Isaac

Kayle

Maggie

Megan

Neha

Nikita*

Paige*

Sarah

Seline

Sharon*

Sneha

Sophie*

Taruni

*Denotes Grade 1 on a Class 1 piece (highest level of difficulty through HS).

Congratulations to Danae, Deepa, Sophie, Kayle, and Isaac for auditioning for both solo and ensemble competitions and securing Grade 1 marks in both categories!

Congratulations also to Sneha for earning the current concertmaster spot of the Bowie Symphony, to William for maintaining the concertmaster spot in his orchestra at Elkins, to Amanda for maintaining her principal viola spot at Baines, and to Jacob for maintaining his principal viola chair at Quail Valley. We’re all so excited for Deepa, who will play first desk viola for Travis HS’s upcoming performance in Carnegie Hall over spring break!

Congratulations to everyone on your wonderful progress!

 

 

Congratulations to all of the performers of the Lauren Haley Studios February 2016 Student Showcase Recital at Virtuosi of Houston!

As Solo & Ensemble competitions gear up, we have our first Grade 1/Level 1 winner! Congratulations to Nikita, who received the top mark of a Grade 1 on a Level 1 piece  (the highest HS level) for her Solo & Ensemble performance by memory on February 6th! Nikita will advance to the Texas State Solo-Ensemble Contest in Austin this May. Watch this page for more good news as student auditions from FBISD begin on February 19th and 20th!

By popular demand, LHS announces a group workshop day on Saturday, February 27th, with classes beginning at 1pm. This round’s topics will include advanced bow techniques (Ready, Set, Spiccato!), Spring Into Scales (2- and 3-octave), Vroom Vroom Vibrato, and peg tuning. For those new to violin, we’ll be hosting a Pepperoni Pizza party! Contact Ms. Haley directly to RSVP as these small group classes fill quickly.

Ms. Haley is excited to direct students and parents to the Eastman School of Music website, where families can read about the success of the Eastman alumni and faculty who won Grammy awards this week!