Miss Utah performs with Suzuki Strings Cedar City
By Sara Penny
The 35th annual Suzuki Strings Spring Concert will take place May 3 at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Center in Cedar City. The guest artist is Miss Utah, JessiKate Riley, who started violin with the program at age 3 and played as a soloist with the Orchestra of Southern Utah a few years ago.
The Suzuki Strings Cedar City program teaches violin, viola, and cello to students from age 3 to adult and plays music ranging from fiddling to classical music. The orchestra has selected music from multiple eras, including music composed by Handel and “Somewhere Out There” from the movie “An American Tail.” The advanced violinists are setting their talents to one of Mozart’s challenging rondos and Corelli’s “La Folia.” Cellists will play music composed by J. S. Bach and the theme from “Mission Impossible” while the violists will perform a popular Allegro by Suzuki and a Baroque dance. Fiddling is a popular part of the program with “Down Yonder” and a duet of “Boil the Cabbage Down.”
Thirteen teachers cooperate to teach the students individually. The weekly group classes help solidify skills and ensemble experience.
Group class teachers include Marin Colby, Amy Gold, Karaly Carter, Bethany Jeffs, Lindsay Szczesny, Sarah Chugg, and Sara Penny. Pianists are Sunny Chen, Mary Cozzens, Mel Jeffs, and Beth Stephenson.
Suzuki Strings Cedar City is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is supported by the Cedar City RAP tax fund. For more information on the concert or Suzuki Strings contact suzukistringscc@gmail.com.
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