8 LHS Violinists & Violists Make Region!

Congratulations, everyone!

Iniya, Sartartia MS (Violin)

Seline, Sartartia MS (Violin)

Sharon, Sartartia MS (Violin)

Silvia, Fort Settlement MS (Violin)

Tarunikha, Fort Settlement MS (Viola)

Amanda, Baines MS (Viola)

Sophie, Clements HS (Viola)

Chris, Clements HS (Viola)

 

Join us for the LHS Arts Supplement Seminar This Saturday!

Lauren Haley Studios Presents: The Arts Supplement & the Ivy League

A Seminar for Families with Children Ages 5 – 15

Please join us this Saturday, September 10th from 2:00 – 3:00PM at the Sugar Land Art Center & Gallery (Blue Room) for a one-hour seminar on setting children up for success with the arts supplement. $10 Admission Per Family (tickets at the door)

 

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Princeton University. Photo by Albertine Wang (Princeton, ’14, Clements HS ’10)

This Weekend — Violinists Catherine & Elizabeth Perform!

Come see LHS violinists Catherine (left) and Elizabeth perform twice this weekend!

On Friday, September 9th at 6:30PM Cat & Lizzie will be performing at the Marilyn Dickey Open Juried Art Competition at the Sugar Land Art Center and Gallery.

On Saturday, September 10th at 3:30PM they’ll perform at the Atria Senior Living Center (Soldiers Field Drive) in Sugar Land.

Congratulations to both girls on their acceptance into the Houston Youth Symphony! Best of luck for your first HYS rehearsal this Sunday!

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Catherine & Elizabeth at an LHS Student Showcase Recital, December 2015

Bravo, Manasa and Manjunath!

Congratulations to Manasa and Manjunath, who performed duets and solos this past week at the Sugar Land Art Center & Gallery for a Fort Bend Women’s Shelter event! These talented twins share their family’s love for music and it’s an absolute joy to see them perform. Well done, kids!

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LHS Violinists Manasa and Manjunath Perform Tonight!

We’re so excited about tonight’s performance by twin violinists Manasa and Manjunath at the Sugar Land Art Center and Gallery for a Fort Bend Women’s Shelter event! Congratulations and good luck, Manasa and Manjunath!

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Manasa and Manjunath smile with their wonderful family following the 2015 LHS Winter Recital!

 

 

LHS Launches New Studio Space

With great excitement, Lauren Haley Studios announces a new lesson space within the Sugar Land Art Center and Gallery! This energizing learning environment furthers the LHS vision for dynamic music education and performance.

Our partnership with the Sugar Land Art Center and Gallery, a non-profit 501c3 organization and Fort Bend Star Readers’ Choice Award 2016 Winner, presents fantastic opportunities for group lessons and performances as well as a dedicated space for private lessons. We’re thrilled for the growth this move will foster in our young musicians. 

More information about the Sugar Land Art Center can be found online at http://www.sugarlandartcenter.org. Lessons at our new studio location will commence on August 1st, 2016!

Sugar Land Art Center and Gallery
104 Industrial Blvd. Suite Q, Studio #9
Sugar Land, TX 77478

 

LHS Students Win Spots in Top School Orchestras

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.

 

A Celebration of Eastman in Houston

Hello, all!

Last week I had the honor of attending A Celebration of Eastman in Houston with Eastman’s wonderful leadership faculty, alumni, and supporters. Eastman Dean Jamal Rossi presented Todd Frazier with the 2016 Luminary Award in recognition of Frazier’s incredible contributions to the arts. Students, you’ll know Todd Frazier as the founder of the American Festival for the Arts here in Houston! He is currently the Director of the Center for Performing Arts Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital.

I was so happy to see Donna Brink Fox at the reception and to have the chance to thank her for her profound influence on my musical life. To students, Dr. Fox champions academic achievement, joy, and perseverance. To teachers, she demonstrates the lifelong positive impact you have on your students and their communities.

Speaking of Eastman’s leadership, I was thrilled to connect with Jamal Rossi, Eastman’s Joan and Martin Messinger Dean. His enthusiasm for music’s ability to change the world perfectly demonstrates Eastman’s dynamic role in the 21st century.

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With Dr. Donna Brink Fox, Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY
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With Jamal J. Rossi, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music

Tonight! Live Stream LHS Pianist Evelyn Lam’s DMA Collaborative Recital at the Eastman School of Music

Evelyn Lam, B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music

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!

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Evelyn Lam with LHS students Elizabeth and Catherine at the February 2016 Student Showcase Concert

Studio News

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!

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Ananya at Carnegie Hall, March 2016

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.

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Paige poses with her new violin and bow