AUDIO/VIDEO RESOURCES

Access all the Suzuki and Irish tune recordings that we are studying in your lessons: please listen every day!

Practice videos for pre-Twinkle-ers!

Listening Resources

In addition to doing your assigned Suzuki and/or Irish listening, I'd love for you to develop a music listening practice of your own choosing.  To help get you started, I've put together this Spotify Playlist of some of my favorite classical music.   I'll update it as we go along, and I'll also be putting together other themed playlists.  Please take some time to explore!

Note: if you don't have access to Spotify, let me know - I may be able to put something similar together on YouTube.

Attending live concerts and music events is one of my favorite activities.  Listed below are some local Saratoga Springs venues and organizations that regularly put on concerts that may be interesting and inspiring to you:

Caffe Lena - MainStage concerts Thurs-Sun plus open mics and other events Mon-Wed

Crandall Library Folklife Center, Glens Falls - free concert series in the fall & spring

Flurry Festival - a festival of traditional dancing & music held every February

Saratoga Arts Center - occasional events & hosts First Night

Saratoga Chamber Players - presents chamber music concerts thought the year

Saratoga Library - various programs including Artists in Action

Skidmore - concerts featuring students, faculty, and internationally renowned musicians

SPAC - check out their expanded year round programing

Spring Street Gallery - hosts occasional concerts

The Studio in Greenfield - hosts occasional concerts 

 

  • camps & workshops

Spanning from tune repertoire classes to song arrangement workshops, Oona has extensive experience teaching in a variety of settings, and a great love of musical gatherings large and small developed from a lifetime of experience.

A few favorite past and future Camps and Festivals: 

SUZUKI RESOURCES:

Nurtured By Love, Shinichi Suzuki 

Helping Parents Practice, Edmund Sprunger 

Ability Development From Age Zero, Shinichi Suzuki 

Teaching From The Balance Point, Edward Kreitman 

To Learn With Love, William & Constance Starr 

The Suzuki Violinist, William Starr 

Journey Down The Kreisler Highway, Craig Timmerman 

They’re Rarely Too Young and Never Too Old To Twinkle, Kay Collier Slone 

Time To Practice: A Companion For Parents, Carrie Reuning-Hummel 

Suzuki Association of the Americas: www.suzukiassociation.org 

Shar Music (books and supplies): www.sharmusic.com

BLOG: MUSINGS ON MUSIC

Musings on Music #2

I learned a tune yesterday! 

"What," I hear you think, "don't you do that every day, or at least every week?" 

In fact, sadly, no.  I rarely take time to learn tunes for the fun of it.  What a shame! 

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News

Special Day of Workshops

We are celebrating St. Patrick's Weekend with a special afternoon of Irish music workshops at Caffe Lena led by The Grady Girls! 

-->>Irish fiddle with Oona Grady: come prepared to learn a tune by ear, add ornamentation, explore variations, and…

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Spring Music News!

Hello Friends! 

This little tease of Spring has been so exciting, and I am looking ahead for more on the horizon! 

Drank The Gold have a lot of music plans to share with you all, and we hope…

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Int. Irish Fiddle Workshop Series

Continuing from the fall: a bi-weekly Irish Fiddle Workshop Series. 

Come learn a tune by ear*, add bowing and ornamentation, and play it together with a small group. 

Historical and musical background will be offered with the…

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Now Enrolling

Known as the Mother Tongue Method, the Suzuki Method aims to create an immersion program to help young children learn music. 

Emphasis is on learning by ear (including listening to music at home), working incrementally to develop physical…

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The Grady Girls @ Caffe Lena!

A couple of weeks ago, Karan Casey made an inspired speech at a concert in Ireland about female representation in Irish music.. I can't summarize it properly; you should really just read it yourself! https://www.facebook.com/karan.casey.9/posts/1132873010187534 
In any case, I'm…

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  • NEW: tune of the month club 

IF WE'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT OR PLAYED MUSIC TOGETHER, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE TO LEARN NEW TUNES AND SHARE THEM WITH FRIENDS. 

During these days of staying at home, I've been thinking of ways to continue to share music, from a distance, with friends, family and people I have yet to meet. 

I invite you to join my Tune of the Month Club, a place to gather and share our love of Irish dance tunes and other related fiddle music.  Let's stay connected through music! 

Join as a Listener: each month you will receive a video of me playing the selected tune. 

Join as a Learner: each month you will receive a video of me teaching the tune (broken down phrase by phrase, using multiple camera angels), a PDF with the musical notation, as well as the Listener video. 

My specialty is Irish dance music, so that will be my focus with this club, but I invite you to join me as I delve into related fiddle traditions along the way. 

Your monthly support will help me to spend the time to choose, learn, and perfect these tunes, as well as filming, editing, and notating. 

Thank you for considering joining - I think it's going to be a lot of fun, and I truly appreciate your support!

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Suzuki Violin Lessons

Known as the Mother Tongue Method, the Suzuki Method aims to create an immersion program to help young children learn music.

Emphasis is on learning by ear (including listening to music at home), working incrementally to develop physical control, and producing a beautiful tone.

Ultimately, my goal as a teacher is to encourage joyful musicians who develop into wonderful people.

Parental involvement is an essential part of lesson and home practicing success.  Parents are encouraged to study along with the child.

The Suzuki program includes weekly private lessons, bi-weekly group classes, and many opportunities for performance.

More information about the Suzuki Method.

Use the Contact Form to discuss rates and schedule.

May 9 2019: Pigtown

Our tenth tune is called Pigtown (a single reel), learned from the album Music at Matt Moloy's Pub: 

Please check out the entry in the IrishTune.Info database - lots of info about who has recorded this tune and which collections…

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Apr 18 2019: The Ten Penny Bit

Our ninth tune is called The Ten Penny Bit, a jig, learned from the album Music from the Lost Continent: 

Buy the CD here to listen my source recording - it is not available online. 

Here is a recording of…

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Apr 4 2019: Anderson's Reel

Our eighth tune is called Anderson's Reel, learned from the album Music from the Lost Continent:

Please check out the entry in the IrishTune.Info database - lots of info about who has recorded this tune and which collections it appears…

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Bonus Tune: The Goblachan Polka

Our February bonus tune is called the Goblachan Polka (the duck's bill polka)

Please check out the entry in the IrishTune.Info database - lots of info about who has recorded this tune and which collections it appears in (in this…

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Feb 7 2019: Sullivan's Polka

Our seventh tune is called Sullivan's Polka (or Mickey Chewing Bubblegum):

Please check out the entry in the IrishTune.Info database - lots of info about who has recorded this tune and which collections it appears in.  For example, it was…

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Jan 10 2019: Jerry's Beaver Hat

Our fifth tune is a jig called Jerry's Beaver Hat: 

Please check out the entry in the IrishTune.Info database - lots of info about who has recorded this tune and which collections it appears in.

Listen to this recording of…

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