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SMALL GROUP ENSEMBLES

IRISH SPRING CAMP 2024

I will be directing another Small String Ensemble Group of 5 - 8 student musicians during Spring Break 2024 from Wednesday, March 13th through Saturday, March 16th from 12 noon to 3:00 pm at:

Round Rock Music School
1151 Provident, Suite A
Round Rock, TX  78664

followed with a St. Patrick’s Day concert at a live venue on Sunday, March 17th.

The string ensemble will be a combination of any of the following instruments:  Voice, Violin, Viola, Guitar, Ukulele, Cello, Bass, Piano, Harp, Percussion, and/or Wind instruments. Students must be at the advanced beginner to intermediate level to participate.

Repertoire will include the following:

  • Irish Faire (by Soon Hee Neebold),
  • Danny Boy (Arranged by Stephen DeCesare), and
  • Prayer of St. Patrick – The Breastplate (Arranged by Connie Boss).

The Schedule will be as follows:

REHEARSAL
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

FUN IRISH ACTIVITES
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Irish Trivia, Word Games, Music Flash Card Competition for Prizes, Crafts, an Irish Music Historical Documentary, and Irish Animated Movie Entertainment.

REHEARSAL
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

More FUN IRISH ACTIVITIES
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Tuition is $275 per student.

For more information, contact me at 512-800-3217 or at lessons@victoriahammill.com.

To register for the Irish Spring Camp, sign up at: https://www.RoundRockMusic.com/music-camps.

 



SUMMER GROUP ENRICHMENT CLASSES

"Singing Lessons for Little Singers" is a fun and engaging group class for pre-school age children and parents, which is currently being offered on Thursday from11:55 am to 12:30 pm, and from 12:30 pm to 1:05 pm, by Victoria Hammill at Round Rock Music, Round Rock, Texas, beginning June 10, 2024, and ending July 30, 2024.

Parents and/or guardians are required to purchase the "Singing Lessons for Little Singers: Level A - Very Young Beginner Series" book online through Amazon, or ordered through Round Rock Music when registering.

Sing-a-long tracks for each song can be downloaded at no charge, for practice time at home between classess,

Required number of participants: 3 (min) - 4 (max)

Tuition: $100 per month with a minimum committment of two months. ($200 payable in two monthly installments of $100.)

Meeting weekly, from 11:55 am to 12:30 pm and from 12:30 pm to 1:05 pm, on Thursdays at:

Round Rock Music School
1151 Provident Lane, Suite A
Round Rock, TX, 78664

For more details, contact Victoria Hammill. To enroll and register a student, contact  Matt Slack at Round Rock Music at 512-745-7605, or stop by Round Rock Music to register during hours of operation. .


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Victoria Hammill offers other group music instruction and appreciation through her cross cultural workshop, The Melding of North and South America, and her Electric Violin Workshop.

VICTORIA HAMMILL: ELECTRIC VIOLIN WORKSHOP & CONCERT

In this electric violin workshop, participants will learn about the electric violin, as well as how to design and enhance their rig with various amps, loopers, pedals, pedal boards, and processor effects using TH2 modeling software by OverLoud, with a laptop and USB audio midi interface. Various electric violin bowing techniques, slides, hammer-ons, rakes, etc., are also demonstrated, and participants have the opportunity to try these techniques out on Zeta Five, Victoria's "number one" custom made five string electric jazz series violin made by Zeta Music. The workshop ends with an electricfied LIVE violin / vocal performance with Victoria Hammill & Zeta Five.

The workshop will be offered in several different formats:

  • 1 day for intermediate to advanced string students, with lecture, modeling, and demonstration of various electric violin stylings and techniques, and instruction with on hands application of techniques for participants during the day, and a live evening concert performane from Victoria Hammill and her Zeta Five string violin with pre-recorded rhythm tracks. Click HERE for course outline.
  • 1 week residency for advanced string students, with lecture, modeling, and 2 - 3 planned trips to local retail and/or rental music stores to give each participant on hands experience of designing their own personal rig, as well as group master classes, and a live evening concert with Victoria and her Zeta Five with pre-recorded rhythm tracks. Click HERE for course outline.
  • 2 week residency for advanced string students, with lecture, modeling, and 2 - 3 planned trips to local retail and/or rental music stores to give each participant the experience of designing their own personal rig, as well as group master classes, and a live evening concert with the Victoria & Zeta Five Duo. Click HERE for course outline.
  • 2 week residency for advanced string students, with 2 - 3 planned trips to local retail and/or rental music stores to give each participant the experience of designing their own personal rig, as well as group master classes in preparation for performing in the finale piece of a live evening concert performance with the Victoria & Zeta Five Band. Click HERE for course outline.

Contact Victoria Hammill to book and register your special event today!

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THE MELDING OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA SPRING & FALL WORKSHOP SERIES

In this workshop series, participants learn about the historical development of music in North and South America through story, demonstration, instruction, and expression.   Various music genres, such as; rock, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, fusion, funk, classical, folk, and Latin / Brazilian, and more, are illustrated through voice, electric and acoustic violin / fiddle, guitar, drums & percussion.  Participants are also taught the parts of the violin, how to rosin and hold the bow and violin properly, how to play open strings, how to tune the instrument, how to take care of the instrument properly, and learn the differences between acoustic and electric violin, in particular, amplification and effects. Similarly, the guitar and open chords and strumming, the piano, and voice with sight singing and easy vocalizations to relax the vocal chords for low, mid, and high range, and breathing techniques are also introduced. In addition, participants have the opportunity to learn and play signature rhythms native to North and South America with various percussive instruments.  The series ends with a live concert performance of originals from Victoria & Zeta Five.

The workshop will be offered in three different formats:

  • 8 classes (once a week for eight weeks) on weekdays, for pre-schoolers, kindergartners, and first graders.
    Click HERE for course outline.
  • 8 classes (once a week for eight weeks) on weekdays, for age 8 to age 12 with beginning to intermediate instructional group classes following for violin, guitar, piano, voice, and percussion students, in preparation for live concert finale performance piece with Victoria & Zeta Five. Click HERE for course outline.

  • 2 week residency, for age 8 to age 12 with instructional group classes following for violin, guitar, piano, voice, and percussion students, in preparation for live concert finale performance piece with Victoria & Zeta Five. Click HERE for course outline.

Contact Victoria Hammill to book and register your special event today!

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POLICIES

For local group ensembles, payment is due in full the first day of each month.

For the Electric Violin Workshop & Concert and the Melding of North and South America Workshop Series, a $100 deposit is required to reserve a slot, and payment in full is required 21 business days prior to the workshop start day online or with cash, check, or money order. 100% money back guarantee for cancellations made within 5 or more business days prior to first day of the workshop.

Make checks and money orders payable to Victoria Hammill and mail to:

Victoria Hammill: Music Instruction for All Ages 
16021 Biltmore Avenue #314
Pflugerville, Texas 78660

Cash payments must be made to Victoria Hammill in person.

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