<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Hello String Teachers!</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">The CMU School of Music is having their annual <a href="https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/cam/MUS/Events/Pages/String-Day.aspx">String Day</a> on Thursday, February 20, 2020 in conjunction with the <a href="https://eliasstringquartet.com/">Elias String Quartet</a> <a href="https://events.cmich.edu/Calendar/Details/59179?eventStartDate=02/20/2020%2000:00:00&eventEndDate=02/20/2020%2000:00:00">Concert</a> and Master Class.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">All string students 7th-12th grade are encouraged to attend.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Please register your attendance here,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/cam/MUS/Events/Pages/String-Day.aspx">https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/cam/MUS/Events/Pages/String-Day.aspx</a></font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Wonderful Opportunity for Preformed String Groups</b> </font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">String Day provides a wonderful opportunity for pre-formed string groups. One high school chamber ensemble (trio, quartet, quintet, sextet) will be selected to play for the Elias String Quartet Master class at 11 am on Thursday, February 20th at the CMU School of Music.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">All high school chamber groups who would like to be considered for this unique opportunity should submit a video recording playing a movement of their choice from the chamber music literature to Jamie Fiste at <a href="mailto:fiste1ja@gmail.com">fiste1ja@gmail.com</a> by Monday, February 10th by 5 pm.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Even if your string students are not in a preformed ensemble, they are encouraged to join us for the day as there will be many string activities!</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Schedule of Events</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;background-color:transparent;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit">10 am: Presentation on rehearsal technique </span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22px"> </span></font></p><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22px"><br></span></font></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;background-color:transparent;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit">11 am: Elias String Quartet Master Class</span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22px"> </span></font></p><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22px"><br></span></font></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;background-color:transparent;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Noon: Pizza lunch provided</font></span></span></p><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;background-color:transparent;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></span></span></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;background-color:transparent;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit">1-3 pm: Chamber music reading with faculty/coaching of pre-formed groups. </span></span></font></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit"></span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22px"> </span></font></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;background-color:transparent;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit">3-4 pm: Workshop sessions by instrument.</span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22px"> </span></font></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit"></span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:22px"> </span></font></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-BCX4 gmail-SCXO110303974" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;background-color:transparent;line-height:22px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit">4-5 pm: Student concert (students will have the opportunity to </span></span></font><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">perform) </font></p><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXO110303974 gmail-BCX4" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-wrap:break-word;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">7:30: Elias String Quartet Concert </font></p></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Please feel free to contact me with any question!</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">All the best,</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Jamie Fiste</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Professor of Cello</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Central Michigan University</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:fiste1ja@cmich.edu">fiste1ja@cmich.edu</a></font></div></div></div>