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Winter 2008
Most recent issue: ASJ Winter 2008 (volume 36.2).
About the Cover Design
Benjamin Verdery. Read about our 2008 guitar clinician on page 42. Photograph by Katie Coneary.
In this issue…
- Interview with Ben Verdery
- SAA 13th Conference in Minneapolis
- 2008 Summer Institute Listings
Fall 2007
ASJ Fall 2007 (volume 36.1).
About the Cover Design
The Albers Trio—Becca, Julie, and Laura Albers—will perform at the 13th Biennial SAA Conference.
In this issue…
- SAA joins with MusicLink
- Launch of SAA Certificate Program
- 2008 Scholarship applications due soon
- Research Symposium
- Support the Conference Latin American Suzuki Ensemble
- More about the 13th Conference
- Interview with the Albers Trio
- Invitation to young teachers to come to Minneapolis
Summer 2007
ASJ Summer 2007 (volume 35.4).
About the Cover Design
Cover painting by Ashley Cecil, inspired by a Suzuki performance she attended in Louisville. To view more artwork by Ashley Cecil, visit her website: the Painting Activist.
News from Here and There
- Leadership Through Service: Remarks at the SAA Annual Meeting, May 2007 by Dee Martz
- Meet Our Honorary Board Members: Introducing Dr. Richard K. Miller by Christie Felsing
Columns
- Raise Your Ability with a Piece You Can Play…Have Played…Will Play by Joseph Kaminsky
- Learning with Laughter: Theory Class for Younger Students by Barbara Schneiderman
- Multi-Level Group Lesson Ideas compiled by Carol Tarr
- Suzuki Students from the Start: Early Childhood Music and the Suzuki Studio by Andrea Cannon
- Fitting the Fiddle: Sizing Violins and Violas by Winifred Crock
- The Suzuki Method in Mexico by Gabriel Pliego
Features
- SAA 13th Conference in Minneapolis, MN
- Karibu! Suzuki Flute in Tanzania by Kelly Williamson
- Paul Rolland, String Pedagogue by Barbara Barber
Teaching and Learning
- Tricks for Tricky Spots and Other Practicing Pointers by Danielle Charboneau
- Take Five for Suzuki Piano: Mystery Panelists Share Five Insights compiled by Gail Lange
- Making the Gift of Music Memorable by MaryLou Roberts
- On Structuring Practice at Home: Ten Pointers to Ponder by Enid Wood
- Remember, Practice Only on the Days You Eat! by Suzanne Brookes Rickman
- Prepped for Reps: Using Prepared Guitar Techniques to Inspire Repetition, Review and More by Kevin Hart
- The Sound of Intonation by Pamela Wiley
- Ways to Help Your Child Become a Better Student by Jeanne Ludeke
Viewpoints
- Keeping the Ball Rolling by Rochelle Pearson
- Personal Reflections on Dr. Suzuki’s Nurtured by Love by Pablo Torrealba
Stories, Poems and Tributes
- A First Performance by Christina David
- Tribute to Lynn Baughman by Patty and Daniel Presto
- Remembering Yuko Honda by Lamar Blum
- My Life According to Yuko by Allen Lieb
Spring 2007
ASJ Spring 2007 (volume 35.3).
About the Cover Design
Photo of student Bernardo Vera Canchucaja with Fernando Piñero at the Peru Festival.
News from Here and There
- Meet Our Honorary Board Members: Interview with Jung-Ho Pak by Paul Salerni
- Videos of Dr. Suzuki are Now Online by Pat D’Ercole
- Friends, Old and New, Meet in Miami by Laura Tagawa
- Un Projet pour les étudiants Suzuki de Québec! par Mélanie Grenier
Conference 2008
Columns
- Chromatic Harmony and Adolescence by Barbara Schneiderman
- Rock-to-Back Workshop: A Cool, Fun Perspective on Music History by Andrea Cannon
- Tuna Observation by Pam Devenport
- Violin Duet, String Quartet or String Orchestra for Suzuki Violin Repertoire by Winnifred Crock
- A Modest Proposal by Kelly Williamson
Features
- Breathing for the String Player by Sanchie Bobrow
- Model-Nurture-Offer: Music, Neuroscience and Suzuki by Edith Gettes
- Flower Song and Monkey Song by Barbara Barber
- Suzuki in the Berkshires by Elaine Moyant
Teaching and Learning
- For the Sake of the Child: Teacher-Parent Collaboration by Françoise Pierredon
- Finding the Meaning in the Music by Daphne Hughes
- Japan’s Gift to Me by Susan Grilli
- Becoming a New Teacher Trainer: Introducing Fernando Piñero by Marilyn O’Boyle
Stories, Poems and Tributes
- Becoming a Beginner Again by Devin Arrington
- Getting a Life: Why Learn to Play the Cello at Age 70! by Martha Frantz
- Dad’s Gift by Annie Marie Olson
- All Around the World so Sweet by Jean Nehm
- Path of the Violin by John Jarboe
- Teaching a Dream by Serena Doyle
Winter 2007
ASJ Winter 2007 (volume 35.2).
About the Cover Design
Photo of the Pasadena Suzuki Music Program in Swedish costume during their tour.
Columns
- Fun with Compositions in Mexico by Claudia Reynaud
- Some Home Practice Tips for Parents, A brainstorming session from Columbus Ohio “Suzuki Piano Friends”
- SAA 13th Conference letter from Sally Gross
- Cultural Exchanges by Kelly Williamson
- The Suzuki Voice Method in Argentina by Analia Capponi
- A New Experience at Suzuki Institute by Andrea Cannon
- Suzuki Piano Group Classes: A Teacher’s Reflections by Joan Linklater
Features
- PSMP Tours Sweden, The Land of the Midnight Sun! by Karla Berglund Hughes
- Okagesamade (in your honorable shadow) by Helen Higa and Hiroko Driver-Lippman
- The Search for Excellence by Daphne Hughes
- AV Lib. Adds New Titles by Kathleen Spring
- Poem: When I See Strings by John C. Jarboe
Teaching and Learning
- Dollars and Sense, The Tips and Traps of Running a successful Suzuki Studio by Charles Krigbaum
Viewpoints
- Greater Pittsburg Suzuki Institute, Summer 2007 bt Tom Underiner
- The Ongoing “Nature vs. Nurture” Controversy by Joseph Kaminsky
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Last updated March 12 2008