2077 South Clinton Ave Rochester, NY 14618 (585) 244-6910 Home About School Mission and Values Suzuki Method Alice Kanack Faculty Classes Calendar Media Gallery Registration / Policies Past Events Contact Us / Directions Achievements Sign up for newsletter: Sign Up Name: Email: Phone: Message: Send Students & Faculty quartet performing at Fiddler's Fair Students perform at Fiddlers Fair | | | | Chamber Groups - Register Now for Next Session Publish Date: 02/13/2015 Any students who have already been participating and any new students are welcome to join a chamber group! Our next session will begin the week of February 23rd . The deadline for registration is extended to ... read more Book Signing/CD Release Party! FEB 22 Publish Date: 02/07/2015 You're Invited! Come enjoy Live Music, Book Signing, Great Food and Fun. Featured performers will include Alice Kanack, Drew Robertson, Linda Boianova, the "Hard Chord... read more Pre-Twinkle Suzuki Violin Class Starting JAN 31 Publish Date: 09/07/2014 Pre-Twinkle Suzuki Violin Class Starting January 31st These 10 week sessions are open to children ages 2-9 and their parents. Students are introduced to basic techniques on violin; parents learn techniques plus Suzuki... read more Summer Camps Publish Date: 01/08/2015 Week 1: June 29-July 3 Week 2: July 6-July 10 Week 3(Fiddle): Aug 10-Aug 14 Orchestra & Chamber Music: Weeks 1 & 2, Book 4 and up Students participate in daily orchestra, improvisation, master class, chamber music and fiddle.... read more Save the Date: FIDDLE CAMP 2015--AUGUST 10-14 Publish Date: 01/08/2015 Openings available-- Kanack School Fiddle Camp 2015 August 10-14, 2014 The Kanack School Fiddle Camp brings together outstanding teacher/performers in Celtic, Old Time and Bluegrass, Contra, Klezmer, and Rock fiddle styles for a... read more 2015 CAD Performance Workshop and Teacher Training Sche Publish Date: 11/24/2014 Creative Ability Development Performance Workshop and Teacher Training with Alice Kay Kanack Experience the magic of this unique system! The Creative Ability Development pedagogy of practiced free... read more Improvisation Tour Group performs in Toronto, NOV 2014 Publish Date: 11/06/2014 The Creative Ability Tour Group was formed over 20 years ago. Its purpose is to demonstrate, through live improvised concerts, that all children can develop their innate creative ability to a very high level. The students in the tour group... read more NY Times: Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits Publish Date: 10/05/2013 When children learn to play a musical instrument, they strengthen a range of auditory skills . Recent studies suggest that these benefits extend all through life, at least for those who continue to be engaged with music. But a study... read more Promote lifelong feelings of well-being--brief article Publish Date: 01/26/2011 Music and art provide the two most important elements needed to promote lifelong feelings of well-being. These elements are distraction and purpose. Each helps remove us from our day to day worries, our focus on loss or on feelings of isolation.... read more © 2009, Kanack School of Music. All rights reserved. 2077 South Clinton Ave, Rochester, NY 14618 Creative Ability + Music = Musicality, Musicality + Technical Facility = Artistry From “Musical Improvisation For Children” by Alice Kay Kanack published by Warner Bros.