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Fairbanks Suzuki Institute: Gathering a Community Around Suzuki's Vision
October 8, 2008 / Awards, Institutes, Vision, Gail Johansen
at the airport, you are greeted by a group of violin and cello students playing along with their smiling parents. Keep… Read more
Looking for a cd of suzuki tracks for violin
April 28, 2013 / Violin
3 years ago.It is like an accompainment for suzuki violin students but instead of using just piano it used guitar… Read more
2008 Minijournal Cover Winners
June 1, 2008 / Contest, Minijournal, Students
Winner Elizabeth Miles, age 12 Parkland, FL Elizabeth has studied violin 7 years with teacher Tina Raimondi. 2nd Place Hannah Newman… Read more
Rodney's Fabulous Adventure: Honoring Dr. Suzuki in Japan
July 10, 2008 / Human Interest, Japan, Shinichi Suzuki, Rodney Farrar
in Tokyo on March 28th. The others were Nicholas Kendall, violin…Terada, Suzuki cello teacher from Tokyo and Mr. Naoki Matsui, violin teacher and Executive Committee Chairman for this auspicious event. I…this was the opportunity of a lifetime, to play her violin in this concert as a special guest, to experience a…of girls about her age, children of two different local violin teachers, who spoke no English and she, no Japanese. I… Read more
Balancing
June 1, 2008 / Articles for Parents, Parents, Piano, Student Perspectives, Rebecca Moore
and think of how I am balancing homework, piano and violin practice, twenty hours of gymnastics workouts a week, and six… Read more
Meet the Cavani Quartet
July 10, 2008 / Chamber Music, Honorary Board, Interview, Quartet, Kirsten Docter, Annie Fullard, Kimberly Meier-Sims, Merry Peckham, Mari Sato
Annie Fullard, Violin Mari Sato, Violin Kirsten Docter, Viola Merry Peckham, Cello It was a pleasure… Read more
Looking for a used violin Nagoya Suzuki 1/16
November 16, 2012 / Violin
I’m in desperately need for a violin for my 4 year old daughter. Is anyone selling one…violins.com/Specials.html#Peccard Free Handouts for Music Teachers &…violins.com/library.html#handouts I have a 1/16 Nagoya…Susuki violin—in excellent condition for sale. There have only been two… Read more
Looking to upgrade my son's violin case
October 17, 2015 / Case, Equipment, Violin
We are looking to upgrade my son’s (full size) violin case, and I don’t know much about the brands…the best. He is in middle school and takes the violin back and forth a lot, on the bus, so it… Read more
Chinese Songs for Violin
March 24, 2013 / Songs, Violin
Essie posted some info on Chinese songs for violin. I looked them up, but could not find a way…you want? And at what difficulty level? I have a violin beginner book that is all in Chinese… Read more
Benjamin Verdery: Master Guitarist, Teacher, and Composer
March 5, 2008 / Guitar, Honorary Board, Interview, Andrea Cannon, Benjamin Verdery
seen any Suzuki students perform? My two children took Suzuki violin at The School for Strings. The experience was so positive…that even though they no longer play the violin, I really think it was one of the better things…Rie and I concerning practicing especially when they were studying violin. We talked about it and tried not make it a… Read more
O'Connor Violin Method
November 22, 2010 / Supplementary Repertoire, Violin
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Good Place to buy a violin
November 11, 2014 / Violin
and the parents want to buy a good medium student violin (it’s really hard to buy here in Brazil, almost…from China and aren’t good ones). They want a violin between $700 and $1000 dollars. Do you have any suggestions…the entire outfit? Well, you mentioned not liking Chinese-made violins, but in that budget range, I’m pretty sure all…some setup work done on an old 1/2-size violin for my youngest, and they were great (and charged me… Read more
Violin Videos
January 14, 2007 / Video, Videos, Violin
Nice page with collection of violin videos: http://vegyeskar.hu/violin.hegedu.video/violin_video_home.htm Free Handouts for Music Teachers &…violins.com/library.html#handouts Thanks for posting, I’ve had…site can be very good if it has biographys of violin…nicer design but overall is vergood Nice work, mahmoud My Violin Teaching Diary fiddlepeople wow…thanks for posting This site can… Read more
2007 Minijournal Cover Winners
June 1, 2007 / Contest, Minijournal, Students
Ozwa Burns, age 9 Sunnyvale, CA Aislinn has been studying violin since age two, with Cathryn Lee. 2nd Place Eliza Block…WA Eliza has been studying piano for eight years and violin for one year. 3rd Place Julius Buonanno, age 7 Sunnyvale… Read more
Helping my almost 8 year old with violin
March 15, 2009 / Violin
some clarification. My son is almost 8 and we started violin at the local suzuki institute when he was 5.5…so this will be our 3rd year with violin. He is currently beginning work on Minuet 1. My son…and attentional issues…he has had therapy for both and violin was initially started as an extention of therapy. He has…really done well with violin in some areas…he has an extremely strong ear and… Read more
Recommendations for 4/4 Violin for mom to practice with son
June 28, 2016 / Practice, Violin
I have a four year old who started to play violin in September. His teacher has loaned me a Nagoya Suzuki…understanding of Suzuki. Anyways, it is time to give the violin back. I want to buy a cheap violin for myself…teacher is wonderful but is not familiar with cheaper brand violins. We also live in a small town so the violin…needing to be changed out in order for make cheaper violins be playable. Does anyone have a brand to recommend? I… Read more
Gripping violin with head
November 3, 2012 / Violin, Working with Students
pupil. I’m trying to stop her from gripping the violin too much with her head. She grips it so much…to swing her arms, put toy tea cups on her violin but it still happens. Any ideas how to stop this…Almost Dropped It Game.” Being allowed to almost drop a violin is usually enough to rivet their attention. The rest is…you. -1 Put your hands under, but not touching the violin to catch it in case of accidents. -2 Ask her… Read more
Going forward with violin book 2 need help
July 28, 2009 / Book 2, Violin
not have great focus or stamina. Despite all he plays violin reasonably well…he has very very strong muscle memory and…than the bare minimum and he is like this in violin too…he will play what he wants to play and…care. I finally asked him if he wants to continue violin or if he wants to stop after we finish book…honestly DS is never going to be an athlete and violin is the only extra curricular activity he really shines in… Read more
Converting a violin to a viola
August 5, 2011 / Injury Prevention, Instrument Size, Viola, Violin
How do you change a violin to a viola. My son (3 1/2) wants to…to figure out how to convert a 1/10th size violin to a viola. What size strings would we need to…can do. The most practical is to take correctly sized violin strings, and move them all over a space- take the…G spot rather than an E so the re-strung violin would have two G strings. The little Sabatier violas sound… Read more
Karibu! Suzuki Flute in Tanzania
August 1, 2007 / Africa, Flute, Tanzania, Kelly Williamson
in Arusha Kimbra Dixon is the woman behind the Suzuki violin program in Arusha, Tanzania, which now numbers 65 students in…music at the International School where a number of the violin…expand this program in the near future. Now that the violin program is off and running, and has the full support…important consideration, especially since three of the young Dixons are violin… Read more
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