Director's Notes June 2019 - Sharyn Peterson Website

– Director’s Notes: June 2019 –

Greetings to all of our families and friends! It’s time to bloom in June, so keep practicing until the final recitals of the year as you have for our two youth symphony concerts, both of which were genuine watermarks – very powerful and inspired performances. Both overtures were very exciting and showed significant advancement from all parties: beautiful English horn and flute duet, beautiful cello – bass quintet, lovely Borodin Nocturne, spirited St. Louis Blues, wonderful Moon River. There were so many stunning moments it’s hard to cover them all here!

Please know that Mr. Peterson and I truly value your musical artistry and the contributions everyone made to make these two concerts so special. We are so proud of our many PCMA students who are involved in the youth Symphonies. One of the reasons we keep these symphonies active is so that private students can have an opportunity to play larger orchestral works and ensembles together! A creative artistic entity which also supports social needs is a huge benefit to all our lives.

Now for more news about our Peterson Conservatory: we are moving our school to a larger facility on Avon Allen road – Calvary Chapel, Skagit Valley, and expanding to include Fir-Conway Lutheran Church as our southern location. Both are convenient to Highway 20, and have large rooms and great parking, in a rural, not urban neighborhood. Schedules will be maintained as previously planned, with only a few exceptions, and also the summer schedules are a little lighter depending on your instructor. As a music Conservatory we are reaching out to students in the Skagit Valley and beyond, and both north and south facilities are enrolling new students now. To enroll, contact the instructors from our website pcmusical.org, set up a lesson time, and at your first lesson fill out a registration form, give to your teacher, and we will see you on stage very soon!!

Practice does not make perfect; practice makes progress. It is my joy to help enable and witness the progress of each of our devoted students.

Kind regards and best wishes for a fruitful and rewarding summer.