Suzuki Strings Cedar City will feature Susan Reed for concerts on Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Heritage Center in Cedar City. On Friday, she will present original stories and songs in a performance at 6:15 p.m. The public is invited to this free performance.
A regional workshop concert will be given on Saturday at 5 p.m. featuring students from throughout the area performing music by Schumann, Prokofiev, Weber, and others, plus fiddling and “America the Beautiful.” Dr. Xun Sun will be the guest conductor for the orchestra pieces. Both concerts are free and open to the public.
Reed is a classical violinist, folk musician, singer, and storyteller from the Boston area. She is a multi-instrumentalist who uses original songs and stories on local and national stages. Her aim is to inspire a lifelong love of music. Common to all of her performances is a trademark sense of humor and optimism and her conviction that music has the power to broaden people’s understanding of the world around them.
Before launching her solo career, Reed was director of Suzuki studies at the New England Conservatory of Music. Reed’s formal training includes both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Reed is active both nationally and internationally as a Suzuki clinician, including at the Bryce Canyon Music Camp. She is also serving as chair of the Board of Overseers at New England Conservatory of Music.
Suzuki Strings Cedar City provides instruction in violin, viola, and cello for students from age 3 through adult. Students have a weekly private lesson as well as group classes to develop their talents. Students will be coming from throughout the region to participate in classes for two days, and the Saturday concert will be a culmination of months of preparation. Over 20 teachers are preparing the students, in addition to several pianists. Some of the pieces were also performed at the Celebration Concert in Salt Lake City this fall involving over 1,000 students under the Suzuki Association of Utah. For more information on Suzuki Strings Cedar City, visit suzukistringscedar.blogspot.com.
