NACOGDOCHES - Registrations are now being accepted for the

spring classes offered through the Stephen F. Austin State University

Music Preparatory Division.

Students, including adults, may register for weekly private lessons in

voice, harp, piano, classical guitar, violin, Suzuki violin, viola,

cello, bass, flute, percussion and other requested instruments. The

16-week classes, taught by upper-level music preparatory faculty, begin

the week of Jan. 10, but late registrants are still being accepted. The

12-week classes, taught by SFA student instructors, begin the week of

Feb. 7.

Dr. Ping-Ting Lan will teach a 14-week intermediate adult piano class

that will meet on Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m., beginning Jan. 31, in

Room 302 of the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

Laura Treadaway’s musicianship classes will begin Monday, Jan. 24, and

Wednesday, Jan. 26, in Room 302 of the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

Kindermusik classes for two different age levels, spanning newborns to

-year-olds, will begin the week of Jan. 24 and be taught by certified

Kindermusik teacher Karen Greer.

The early childhood and movement program is based on the beliefs that

every child is musical, every parent is the child’s most important

teacher, the home is the most important place for learning, and music

nurtures a child’s development, explained Pat Barnett, director of the

Music Preparatory Division.

Young people interested in singing in a choir may audition for the SFA

Children’s Chorus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in the

Music Prep House, 3028 Raguet St. Interested third through eighth

graders should come prepared to sing a simple song for choir directors

Nicole Stewart and Brandon Nichols.

The chorus, which will meet on Tuesdays from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m.

beginning Feb. 8, will be performing a wide repertoire, including works

by classical and contemporary composers, folk songs and songs with

foreign language texts.

Registration forms for private lessons and/or classes can be downloaded

from the division's website at www.music.sfasu.edu/prep and turned in

at either the SFA School of Music office, Room 150 in the Tom and Peggy

Wright Music Building on the SFA campus, or at the Music Prep House,

3028 N. Raguet St. On-line registration for 16-week and/or 12-week

private lessons is also available on the website.

For more information, contact Pat Barnett, director of the Music

Preparatory Division, via e-mail at pbarnett@sfasu.edu or call her at

(936) 468-1291. The Music Prep office is open 1 to 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday, or by appointment.

Cutline: Sarah Oliver, principal harpist of the Corpus Christi and

Baton Rouge symphonies, is one of the many instructors offering private

lessons through the SFA Music Preparatory Program. Registrations are

now being accepted for spring classes.