Clinics at SFA

Clinics

Each year the string faculty at Stephen F. Austin State University provide a number of clinics and masterclasses.

All-State/All-Region Clinic
Saturday, September 27, 2008, 9-4 pm
The All-State/All-Region clinic is a great chance for students preparing for these auditions to get helpful tips and insight from SFA's string faculty. The one-day clinic explores all the etudes and repertoire for the current auditions.

East Texas Honor Orchestra
A bi-annual event, the East Texas Honor Orchestra (ETHO) offers junior-high and high school string players the opportunity to work with the Director of Orchestral Studies of SFA during a two-day intensive study of orchestral repertoire. The clinic ends with a concert on Saturday afternoon that is open to the public.

Guest Clinicians

Each year, SFA brings in guest artists to work with SFA students and perform great concerts in collaboration with SFA. These are normally free of charge and open to the public. For more information, you may call the School of Music at (936) 468-4602.

HANNAH HOLMAN, cello, began her professional career in England, playing with the English String Orchestra under Yehudi Menuhin and later with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle. On returning to the US, she became principal cello of the Jackson Symphony and assistant principal with the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Michigan Chamber Orchestra. An active chamber musician, she was a founding member of the Beaumont Piano Trio, which performed recitals around the United States and England, and was also a founding member of Quadrivinium, a music ensemble in residence at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She has an active solo career, performing with orchestras in Michigan, Virginia, Georgia and Iowa. Additionally, Ms. Holman was invited to and participated in the Pablo Casals Cello competition in Germany and the Luis Sigall Cello Competition in Chile. Ms. Holman has served on faculties of the Worcester College (UK), Michigan State University Community School and Virginia Union University. She was also assistant principal cellist of the Richmond Symphony, and participated in the Grand Tetons Music Festival. She studied at the Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University, where she completed her Bachelor of Music degree. She obtained her Master of Music Degree with Fritz Magg at the New England Conservatory.