The Alpert Studio of Voice and Violin

The Alpert Studio of Voice and Violin invites you to join us for a hysterically irreverent musical with one of the best musical theater scores ever written. With a wonderful professional cast and a live band, this will be a memorable theatrical experience. Seating is very limited, so order your tickets soon! Opens Friday, February [...]

How do you balance family life and the Suzuki method, from the busy life and extra activities, to the time spent, to the growth of the child and parent? from:Ask the Experts, part 11: Balance – by Carol Ourada from the Suzuki Association of the Americas Expert’s Column Embrace the philosophy: “When love is deep, [...]

The Alpert Studio is proud to announce Brandon Alpert will be appearing in the rock musical Rent, at the Grove Theater in Upland. Brandon is appearing the role of Mark Cohen. Please join us in supporting Brandon, and also supporting high quality theater in our own community. Performances run between January 15 – February 7. [...]

Happy New Year and Welcome Back! We hope you had a wonderful holiday. Studio Reminders (please mark your calendar) VOICE STUDENTS Voice lessons resume on Monday, January 4 at your regularly scheduled time. Very important: As always, please contact me as soon as possible, if you are unable to attend your regularly scheduled lesson, so [...]

Alpert Studio recital participants (photo: Deb Tracey Photography) Colds, flu and busy performance schedules notwithstanding, it was standing room only at the Alpert Studio Winter Recital, held on December 5. Bill and Melanie wish to congratulate each and every performer on a job well done. Also, a heartfelt thanks our extended studio family for all [...]

Brandon Alpert performs If I Didn’t Believe in You from The Last Five Years, by Jason Robert Brown All of the countless hours of dedication and solitary devotion to our instruments bring us personal growth, enjoyment and fulfillment. Still, we bring the greatest value to the world only by sharing our gifts. I once read [...]

The Alpert Studio recital will be held on Saturday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m. Studio Recital: Saturday, December 5 • 4:00 p.m. Studio Performance Facility Rehearsal with pianist will be held at the same site on Friday, December 4 beginning at 4:30 p.m. Students will be assigned an individual rehearsal slot in advance. All students [...]

Friends of the Studio The Pacific Trio perform in Rybnik, Poland Our dear friends John Walz, Edie Orloff and Roger Wilke write: Greetings from Europe. We are having a wonderful tour with the Pacific Trio. We have done concerts in Poland and Germany so far, tomorrow we are in France, then back to Germany. We [...]

Yehudi Menuhin plays Bach Chaconne Studio students Jessica and Mike Ciao recently took the challenge and contributed their selected recordings. Will you take the challenge too? Listening Challenge Selections: Can you name a famous violinist that performed in each of the following time periods? 1900-1935 1936-1950 1951-1979 and one more for posterity, Alison Krauss, 2007 [...]

Darrah Carattini-Garcia and Brandon Alpert featured as Rosie and Albert in Bye Bye Birdie (photo: Deborah Tracey Photography) Bye Bye Birdie opens July 24 – Design: Carlos Musquez Bye Bye Birdie is a favorite of the Broadway musical theater stage with book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. Originally [...]