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Ms. Haley Talks Pedagogy at the Eastman School of Music

February 20, 2020by Lauren Haley Studios

Photo credit: Dr. Lisa Caravan. Shared with permission.

Last week was so full of teaching inspiration! It was a dream come true to speak about pedagogy with string performance students at the Eastman School of Music (mobile users, click through to your browser to view the photos). Eastman’s performance majors (both graduate and undergrad students) already had so much insight into teaching and it was such a privilege to spend time with them! Many thanks to Dr. Lisa Caravan and Eastman’s Music Teaching & Learning Department for sponsoring my visit. It was especially exciting to hear that Dr. Caravan and her students headed to ROCMusic to teach immediately following our class together! If you haven’t heard of ROCMusic, click this link and check it out!

LHS Violist Accepted to Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra!

September 13, 2019by Lauren Haley Studios

Congratulations to Ryder J., who this week won a spot in the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra! Ryder is a freshman at Travis HS and will join LHS violinist Anna M. in performing with the FBSO in their upcoming Russian Fireworks concert on Sunday, October 6th at 2pm. Works will include Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #2, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture, and Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain. We are exceptionally proud of Ryder’s musicianship, dedication, and awesome speedy progress over the past two years! Way to go, Ryder!

LHS Young Musicians Make Top Orchestras at School Auditions!

September 5, 2019by Lauren Haley Studios

Congratulations to everyone on your stellar spring auditions! We are so excited to celebrate the successful varsity and JV audition results below!

Christian, viola (Clements HS)

Anika, viola (Dulles HS)

Seline, violin (Austin HS)

Hamsini, violin (Elkins HS)

Morgan, viola (Baines MS)

Jordan, viola (Travis HS)

Ryder, viola (Travis HS)

Berkay, violin (Quail Valley MS)

Zayn, viola (Garcia MS)

Taruni, viola (Elkins HS)

Rishab, viola (Fort Settlement MS)

Archana, violin (Clements HS)

Olivia, viola (Ridge Point HS)

Amanda, viola (Ridge Point HS)

Catherine, violin (Dulles MS)

Elizabeth, violin (Dulles MS)

Pramiti, violin (Fort Settlement MS)

#AuditionGoals (photo by Albertine Wang)

LHS Young Artist Makes Conducting Debut

April 30, 2019by Lauren Haley Studios

Best wishes to Olivia for her conducting debut tonight at 7 pm at Baines MS! Olivia will be conducting the top Baines orchestra (Honors) and then performing in the orchestra (viola, first desk!). Olivia has also been chosen for a special duet performance this evening. Congratulations, Olivia!

Olivia – Conductor, Soloist, and Principal Violist !

Happy News from Eastman!

February 5, 2019by Lauren Haley Studios

The Eastman School of Music bookstore will carry Kids Aren’t Lazy: Developing Motivation & Talent Through Music. Kids Aren’t Lazy has been included in reading lists for select pedagogy courses (graduate and undergrad) at ESM this semester and last.

In other news, click HERE to check out a list of brilliant Eastman alumni who have been nominated for Grammy Awards! You can catch the Grammys this Sunday, February 10th.

Last but not least, click HERE to read about Eastman in a list of the 20 Best Colleges and Conservatories for Music in the US (listed alphabetically). Here’s a small snippet from the article:

“Time and time again, Eastman has availed itself as one of the top conservatories in the world. You don’t have to look too deeply into the school to see why.
The faculty rate among the very best around the globe. You can take a look at any department and see what makes this school so incredibly amazing. . . . What we especially like about the school is its close-knit relationship to the University of Rochester, one of the premiere research universities in the country.
Eastman is exceptionally difficult to get into . . . but for those who want the balance of an incredible education with musicians on par with those studying at schools such as Juilliard, you cannot beat the Eastman experience.“

Kids Aren’t Lazy Now Available at Gold Violin Shop!

January 9, 2019by Lauren Haley Studios

We’re delighted to announce that Kids Aren’t Lazy: Developing Motivation & Talent Through Music is now available from Gold Violin Shop in Houston, Texas. It’s an honor to partner with Philip Gold, a highly respected luthier whose string instrument shop has been a Houston staple for decades. Read more about Mr. Gold and his shop in the Houston Chronicle, HERE.

Kids Aren’t Lazy is also available from Barnes & Noble, Amazon (Kindle and Paperback), Amati Violin Shop, Cardiff Violins, Johnson String Instrument, Carriage House Violins, The River Oaks Bookstore, and the Sugar Land Art Center and Gallery. To read the recent review of Kids Aren’t Lazy in the European String Teachers Association (ESTA UK) Magazine, Arco, click HERE.

Announcing the February 2019 LHS Winter Showcase Concert!

January 7, 2019by Lauren Haley Studios

Happy New Year!

We’re excited to invite LHS musicians, families, and friends to the 2019 LHS Winter Showcase Concert on Sunday, February 24th, 2019 at 6:00PM in the Virtuosi of Houston Studio. We’re thrilled to welcome back pianist Evelyn Lam to collaborate with LHS young musicians. All are welcome to join us for a reception following the performances. See you there!

An Evening of Chamber Music with LHS, December 2018.

LHS Young Musicians Shine!

December 19, 2018by Lauren Haley Studios

We’re thrilled for everyone’s amazing performances this past Saturday at the LHS Evening of Chamber Music at the Virtuosi of Houston Studio! From Seitz to Lalo to Brahms (with a little bit of Twinkle!), LHS musicians performed both solo works and ensemble favorites.

As this semester comes to an end, we’re so excited to reflect on the leadership we’ve seen from LHS young musicians. From concertmaster solos (Jessica, Lizzie!) to principal viola solos (Jordan, Anika!), from coaching younger orchestras (Olivia, Jordan!) to leading ensemble performances in the community (Sugar Strings!), from being first chair (Morgan, Jessica, Jordan, Anika, Lizzie, Amanda, Christian…we’re surely missing a few young musicians in this list, let us know!), to performing in the Houston Youth Symphony (Christian, Archana, Catherine, Elizabeth!) from making region (LHS violinists/violists in ALL FOUR region orchestras!) to teaching lessons themselves (Molly, Lauren!), we have seen everyone grow tremendously.

This week, we send lots of luck to Seline (violin) and Dhruv (viola). Both are traveling to Chicago this week as members of the top orchestra at Austin HS. Dhruv and Seline will be performing in their orchestra at the Midwest Clinic. Have fun, guys!

Smile, everyone! Photo by Karen Needham

Amber (left) and Emily (Photo by Karen Needham)

Cheers! Photo by Karen Yang. Catherine (left) and Lizzie with Ms. Haley and Ms. Lam

LHS Musicians Make Region, Perform this Weekend!

November 16, 2018by Lauren Haley Studios

We’re proud to announce that LHS violinists and violists will be performing tomorrow in ALL FOUR Region groups! (Mobile users, click through to website to view concert details.)

Special shout-out to Lizzie (6th grade, Dulles MS) for winning the Concertmaster spot (and solo!) in the MS Philharmonic. Musical leadership runs in the family — Lizzie’s twin sister, Catherine, will perform as Principal 2nd Violin in the MS Symphony!

46356473_346119176198298_1615921663470206976_n — Image courtesy of The Sugar Land Moms

An Evening of Chamber Music with LHS

November 16, 2018by Lauren Haley Studios

Lauren Haley Studios Presents

An Evening of Chamber Music

6pm on Saturday, December 15th, 2018

Virtuosi of Houston Studio

303 Memorial City Way Suite 235

Houston, TX 77024

We welcome everyone for an evening of chamber music, solo performances, and a guest appearance by the LHS Sugar Strings! Pianist Evelyn Lam (DMA candidate, Eastman School of Music) will join us from New York to collaborate with LHS young musicians.

We’ll perform music by Tchaikovsky, Lalo, Bach, and Rachmaninoff in addition to holiday classics! All are invited to join us for a reception following the performances. See you there!