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Welcome! Founded in 1990, the String Academy of Wisconsin (SAW) has already become one of this country's model schools, offering students between the ages of 4 and 18 a comprehensive musical education with a focus on the violin, viola or cello. SAW's summer workshops are attended by string teachers from across the United States, Canada and Europe.



May 6, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Katherine Brooks from the SAW violin faculty has been selected by the Civic Music Association to receive this year’s studio teacher award at a ceremony on Wednesday, May 6. Scott Cook from the SAW cello faculty was the 2008 recipient of this award.

The annual Scholarship Benefit Concert will take place on Monday, May 18 in the Recital Hall of the UWM Peck School of the Arts.  The concert will include performances by String Academy student ensembles and soloists.  Violinist Gabi Rakidzich, winner of the 2009 String Academy Concerto Competition, will perform Kreisler’s Praeludium and Allegro with the SAW Chamber Orchestra.  A reception will follow in the Recital Hall lobby.  Tickets to this event are $25 and are available by phone.  For more information, please call 414-963-4729.

The 2009 Summer Session will take place from June 15-July 24 with individual instruction and group classes.  String Beginners sessions for violin and cello will occur during the same time. Early Bird registration is May 15 - register by this date to avoid the summer registration fee of $20!  Call 414-963-4729 for more information and a brochure.



LAKE EFFECT on The String Academy with Darcy Drexler May 8, 2009

 


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at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 11941
Milwaukee, WI 53211
E-mail: highdee@uwm.edu
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