by Kaylene Duttchen Aug. 7-12, 2022 I attended the String Orchestra Adult Retreat (SOAR) week in New Denver and Silverton, British Columbia. This is run concurrently with the Valhalla Fine Arts Summer School of Music. SOAR is organized by Anne Scott (cello instructor and conductor) and Ronelle Schaufele (viola and violin instructor). It provides opportunities for beginner to intermediate string players to play in an immersive orchestra, chamber music, attend technique classes

Hi everyone, Well, I really don't know what happened because I remember looking forward to July and now all of a sudden, it is September already! Where did all the time go? I retired from my paid job at the end of May and I remembered that I was looking forward to embracing my new found freedom of spending more time on my music learning. The first thing I did this year was to participate in the week long CASSA Jazz Piano Camp July 11-15 for the first time! Wow, it was really