Children learn about violins with A2SO principal second violinist Barbara Sturgis-Everett and are led through dance by Gari Stein to songs played by Sturgis Everettt and pianist Kathryn Goodson. The movements help children enjoy music in an active way that encourages learning and creativity. Also, there will be an "instrument petting zoo" so that children have the opportunity to handle and play small violins and cellos. This concert is sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, the Ypsilanti District Library, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, TCF Bank, and the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor.
Barbara Sturgis-Everett studied with artist-teacher Berl Senofsky at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and with members of the LaSalle Quartet at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati where she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree. She was an Associate Professor at Eastern Illinois University from 1982 until 1991, where she was a member of the Eastern Trio and Sinfonia da Camera. Dr Sturgis-Everett has lived in Ann Arbor since 1989, where she is Principal Second Violin in the Ann Arbor Symphony, and teaches privately. She has taught at Interlochen Arts Camp since 1990.
Kathryn Goodson is an internationally known pianist and accompanist. Gari Stein is the founder and director of Music for Little Folks and a highly sought-after early childhood educator who has developed music and movement curriculum for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra is a premier regional orchestra with live, symphonic music for all ages – over 76,000 people annually from tiny tots to seasoned citizens in venues ranging from the Michigan Theater and Hill Auditorium, to schools in the five-county area, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti District Libraries and senior centers. -- www.a2so.com
