The Denison University Suzuki Program hosts its annual Winter Festival weekend beginning Friday, Jan. 7:

           • “Challenging Children,” lecture by Edmund Sprunger at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 7, and at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9.

           • Concert at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8.

All events are at Burke Recital Hall (240 West Broadway) and are free and open to the public. Additional support for the festival comes from the Granville Arts Commission and The Loft Violin Shop.

Saturday’s concert showcases cellist Alice Ann O’Neill, flautist Wendy Stern and violinist Scott Conklin. O’Neill has performed throughout Europe, Canada, Japan, and the United States. Stern has played with the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony and the New York City Opera National Company. Conklin regularly appears across the United States and abroad; he teaches violin at the University of Iowa School of Music and the Preucil School of Music.

Sprunger is a former student of Shin’ichi Suzuki, the originator of the Suzuki method, and has taught violin for more than 25 years. Sprunger is director of the Child Development Program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. His book, “Helping Parents Practice: Ideas for Making It Easier,” is available from yespublishing.com.

For information, contact program director Jim Van Reeth at vanreethj@denison.edu.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING— The Denison University Suzuki Program lecture “Challenging Children” by Edmund Sprunger at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 7, and at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Burke Recital Hall (240 West Broadway). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jim Van Reeth at vanreethj@denison.edu.

CALENDAR LISTING— The Denison University Suzuki Program free concert at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Burke Recital Hall (240 West Broadway). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jim Van Reeth at vanreethj@denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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