Sessions & Schedule
Schedule as of March 26, subject to adjustments.
Download: Research Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, May 26
6:30pm–9:30pm
Every Child Can
Thursday, May 27
8:30am–11:30am
Every Child Can, continued
8:30am–1:30pm
Teacher Trainer Meeting
1:00pm–3:00pm
Short Introduction to Suzuki Early Childhood Education
Dorothy Jones
1:00pm–7:00pm
Suzuki Early Childhood Stage 1: Prenatal and Baby Years
Dorothy Jones
1:30pm–2:30pm
Leadership Luncheon
2:00pm–4:00pm
Conference Team Meeting
3:00pm–7:30pm
International Research Symposium on Talent Education
Pat D’Ercole, Alice Ann O’Neill
6:00pm–8:15pm
SYOA 1 Rehearsal
Winifred Crock
SYOA 2 Rehearsal
Marilyn Kesler
6:00pm–9:00pm
Suzuki Student Chamber Music and Minnesota Orchestra Concert
6:00pm–10:00pm
Check-In for Conference and Informal Networking
6:45pm–8:30pm
Flute Performing Ensemble Rehearsal
Sasha Garver
8:00pm–9:45pm
Bad Boyz of Bass Concert
Paul Sharpe, David Murray, Volkan Orhon, Anthony Stoops
8:30pm–9:30pm
Ice Cream Social for SYOA and Flute Performing Ensemble
Friday, May 28
6:00am–12:00pm
Exhibits set-up
8:30am–9:20am
Alexander Technique for Suzuki Guitar Teachers: How to reclaim the advantages of the beginning child
Christopher Conly Mincer
Basses Please Stand, Basses Please be Seated 2010
Michael Fanelli
Body Mapping for Developing Healthy Cellists
Constance Barrett
Chamber Music for All: A Successful Program for Multiple Levels and Instruments
Katherine Monsour Barley, Jennifer Madge
Overview of Piano Techniques
Cathy Williams Hargrave
Splendid Spiccato
Barbara Barber
Supplemental Materials for Suzuki Harp Students Books 1-5+
Mary Kay Waddington, ShruDeLi Ownbey, Delaine Fedson, Elinor Niemisto, Jill Whitman
8:30am–9:30am
International Research Symposium on Talent Education, continued
8:30am–10:00am
Flute Performing Ensemble Rehearsal (open to observation)
Sasha Garver
8:30am–10:30am
Suzuki Early Childhood Stage 1: Prenatal and Baby Years, continued
Dorothy Jones
8:30am–11:45am
SYOA 1 Rehearsal
SYOA 2 Rehearsal
9:40am–10:30am
How Children Learn…and How They Don’t
Robert Duke
10:50am–11:40am
Book One Bass-ics
Nicole Castleberry with Grant Gobezie, Book One Student, Music Settlement
Borrowing principles of the Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, and Gordon Methods to Enrich Your Suzuki Teaching
Abigail McHugh
Early Childhood Demo Class
Dorothy Jones
Hot Teaching Tips – Bring your best ideas to share!
Mary Kay Waddington
How to Structure a Reading Development Curriculum for the Guitar
William Kossler with Several other Suzuki Guitar Teachers (TBA)
International Symposium on Talent Education, wrap-up
Pat D’Ercole, Robert Duke
Teaching Beginning Lessons and Technique to 3-5 year old Suzuki Piano Students
Anne Marie Olson
Viola Ensemble Playing Session
Elizabeth Stuen-Walker
Your Best Other Bow Hold
Cathryn Lee
10:50am–12:15pm
Chamber Group Masterclass, Rosewood Trio and Royal Quartet
Teri Einfeldt, Claremont Trio
11:30am–1:30pm
Flute Teachers Get-Together Luncheon
Rebecca Paluzzi
11:50am–12:15pm
Piano Masterclass
Donna Kwong
12:00pm–1:00pm
Recitals that Inspire and Impress
Lea Marshall, Charles Krigbaum
12:00pm–7:00pm
Exhibits
12:15pm–3:00pm
Claremont Rehearsal
1:00pm–1:50pm
Improvising String Quartets, Rehearsal with Royal Quartet
Sera Jane Smolen, Alice Kay Kanack
Teaching points of the Bach Solo Suites for Double Bass
Dennis Whittaker
1:00pm–2:00pm
I Encuentro de Alumnos Suzuki de America Latina: Suzuki Association of Peru
Caroline Fraser
1:00pm–2:30pm
SYOA 1 Rehearsal
SYOA 2 Rehearsal
2:00pm–2:50pm
Arranging Music for Flute Ensembles
Noelle Perrin
Developmental Steps in the First Three Years
Dorothy Jones
Making Music Together: Association of Chamber Music Players (ACMP) and the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA)
Doris Preucil, Gwendoline Thornblade, Daniel Nimetz
Making the Most of Suzuki Guitar Accompaniments
Seth Himmelhoch
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Biber Sonata
Beth Titterington, Pierre Yves Gagnon, Mary Halverson Waldo
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Bizet Trio
Pierre Yves Gagnon, Vicki Blechta, Pam Weest-Carrasco
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Schumann Piano Quintet
Jessica Meyer, Carlynn Savot, Mark George
Piano Masterclass
Doris Koppelman
The Wonderful World of Etudes
David Littrell
Top Ten Licks and Tricks for Arranging Harp Parts from UIL Scores: Bridging the Gap
Delaine Fedson
Violin Masterclass
Thomas Wermuth, Allegra Wermuth
2:00pm–4:00pm
Bass Masterclass
Nicole Castleberry, Paul Sharpe
3:10pm–4:00pm
A Teamwork Approach for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Playing Related Injuries
Mark Bjork, Jonathan Reynolds
Developing the Young Suzuki Student’s Reading Skills
David Madsen
From Phase One Training to Running a Successful Suzuki ECE Ages 0-3 Program
Shirley Jamison Koch, Sharon Jones, Alyse Korn
Improvising String Quartets
Sera Jane Smolen, Alice Kay Kanack
Meat and Potatoes Never Tasted So Good
Carey Beth Hockett, Annie Barley Givler
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Mendelssohn Piano Quartet
Gail Lange, Paule Barsalou, David Evenchick
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Sturm Trio
David Gerry, Kathy Kienzle, Joseph Pecoraro
Playing All Review Pieces Well: A Plan for “How To”
Rita Hauck
Training 21st Century Flutists
Stephanie Pedretti
Viola SYOA Masterclass
Matthew Anderson Dane
3:10pm–5:00pm
Competitions and Recordings: Advanced Repertoire & Technique Tips
Angela Willis
Tools for Schools: Development of Assessments and Data Collection in the No Child Left Behind Era
Winifred Crock, Laurie Scott, Patricia Purcell, Constance Barrett
4:00pm–7:00pm
Exhibits, Reception and Auction
4:20pm–5:10pm
A Mozartean Masterpiece for Viola Book 9: The Sonata in Eb Major for Viola and Piano by J.N. Hummel
William Preucil
Cello SYOA Masterclass
Gilda Barston, Amy Sue Barston
Imagine That! Enhancing Musicality Through Mime, Movement & Merriment
Irene Mitchell, Alan Brown
MusicAlchemy: Transforming Teachers into Coaches
Gillian Rogell with string quartet (tbd)
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Grandjany Aria
Beth Goldstein-McKee, ShruDeLi Ownbey, Rebecca Moench
Rasgueados and alzapuas and golpes, Ole!
Eric Schroeder
Violin SYOA Masterclass
Scott Conklin
4:20pm–5:30pm
Bass Choir Rehearsal
Nicole Castleberry, Paul Sharpe
5:10pm–6:00pm
Flute Performing Ensemble Rehearsal
Sasha Garver
Recorder Masterclass Rehearsals
Linda Perry
6:00pm–9:00pm
Suzuki Student Chamber Music and Minnesota Orchestra Concert
7:15pm–7:50pm
Teamwork: Embracing Paradox
Carrie Reuning-Hummel
8:15pm–9:30pm
Claremont Trio Concert (ticketed)
Claremont Trio
Saturday, May 29
8:00am–9:30am
Flute Performing Ensemble Rehearsal
Sasha Garver
8:15am–9:20am
Annual General Meeting
with Board of Directors
8:30am–9:20am
Bass Choir Rehearsal
Nicole Castleberry, Paul Sharpe
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Biber Sonata
Beth Titterington, Pierre Yves Gagnon, Mary Halverson Waldo
8:30am–6:00pm
Exhibits
8:45am–11:15am
SYOA 1 Rehearsal
SYOA 2 Rehearsal
9:40am–10:30am
Chamber Group Masterclass, Johnson St. Trio and Gansdorf Trio
Claremont Trio
Employing Suzuki Pedagogy in a Public School Within a Traditional Orchestra Program
Amy Rosen
Flute Masterclass
Sara Traficante
Harp Masterclass
Elinor Niemisto
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Mendelssohn Piano Quartet
Gail Lange, Paule Barsalou, David Evenchick
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Schumann Piano Quintet
Jessica Meyer, Carlynn Savot, Mark George
Recorder Masterclass, Part 1
Patrick O’Malley
Suzuki ECE: Curriculum Layers ‘Week One’
Sharon Jones
Teaching Rest Stroke and Relaxation
Mary Lou Roberts
10:50am–11:40am
Cello Masterclass
Gilda Barston, Amy Sue Barston
Chamber Group Masterclass, Bohemian Quintet and Augsburg Galaxy Quartet
Claremont Trio
Introducing a Suzuki Flute Annotated Bibliography
Sasha Garver
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Bizet Trio
Pierre Yves Gagnon, Vicki Blechta, Pam Weest-Carrasco
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Grandjany Aria
Beth Goldstein-McKee, ShruDeLi Ownbey, Rebecca Moench
Piano Masterclass
Hikari Nakamura
Staying True to Myself as a Suzuki Teacher in my First Year of Public School Teaching
Alicia Kulla-Branz, Daniel Gee
Suzuki ECE: Curriculum Layers ‘Week Two’
Sharon Jones
Viola Masterclass
William Preucil
11:20am–12:10pm
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Sturm Trio
David Gerry, Kathy Kienzle, Joseph Pecoraro
11:40am–12:05pm
Chamber Group Masterclass, Willey Sisters Duo
Amy Sue Barston
11:45am–1:00pm
Piano Concerto & Orchestra Rehearsal
Kirsten Marshall
11:50am–12:20pm
Active Listening: The Chamber Music Conversation
Claremont Trio
11:50am–12:30pm
Recorder Masterclass, Part 2
Patrick O’Malley
12:15pm–1:45pm
Institute Directors Lunch & Meeting (ticketed)
Cynthia Scott, Kathie Reed
1:00pm–3:30pm
Clinicians Concert Rehearsals
1:15pm–2:30pm
SYOA 1 Open Rehearsal
SYOA 2 Open Rehearsal
2:00pm–2:25pm
Defining Progress
Edward Kreitman
Group Therapy with Book 1
Carey Beth Hockett
Playing Well & Performing Well: The Best Motivator
Rita Hauck
Teaching Students Independent Practice and Self Monitoring Skills from the Start
Danielle Charboneau
2:00pm–2:50pm
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Bizet Trio
Pierre Yves Gagnon, Vicki Blechta, Pam Weest-Carrasco
Pain, Tendinitis and Arthritis: Musculoskeletal Problems Encountered by Musicians
Jacob Ijdo
Using Improv and Composition to Teach Music Reading
Joanne Hall Erwin
2:25pm–2:50pm
How to Motivate Your Children
Nicole Elliott
New, New-to-Us, and Well-Loved: Ongoing Parent Education in the Facebook Age
Diane Slone
The Suzuki Method for Children with Autism
Michelle Chinn-Cannon
Tried and True Ideas for Violin Group Classes
Carol Dallinger
2:45pm–3:45pm
Jammin’ (open to SYOA and Flute Choir Students)
Constance Barrett
3:00pm–3:50pm
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Biber Sonata
Beth Titterington, Pierre Yves Gagnon, Mary Halverson Waldo
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Sturm Trio
David Gerry, Kathy Kienzle, Joseph Pecoraro
3:10pm–3:35pm
All for One and One for All: A Model for Suzuki Program Organization
Susan Bakshi, Neil Bakshi, Elizabeth Guerriero, Aimee Morrill Briant
Balancing Home Practice
Alice Ann O’Neill
Build a Suzuki Community…Build a Business
Shana Guidi
Top Ten Group Class Ideas
Marilyn O’Boyle
3:10pm–4:00pm
Suzuki Jam: An Improvisation Workshop Using Contemporary Arrangements of Suzuki Repertoire Tunes
Renata Bratt, Jody Harmon
Ten Challenges Parents Present to Teachers
Jane Kutscher Reed, Carrie Reuning-Hummel, Dorothy Jones, Edmund Sprunger
3:30pm–4:00pm
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Mendelssohn Piano Quartet
Gail Lange, Paule Barsalou, David Evenchick
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Schumann Piano Quintet
Jessica Meyer, Carlynn Savot, Mark George
3:35pm–4:00pm
Group Lessons: It’s Not About You!
Nancy Lokken
Helping Parents Make Practice Sessions Efficient and Effective
James Hutchins
Money Matters: Strategies for Managing Studio Finances
Jennifer Brooke Taylor
The Suzuki Triangle, the teamwork that every community needs
Zeida Garcia Casillas
4:00pm–4:30pm
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Mendelssohn Piano Quartet
Gail Lange, Paule Barsalou, David Evenchick
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Schumann Piano Quintet
Jessica Meyer, Carlynn Savot, Mark George
4:00pm–5:30pm
Bass Choir Rehearsal
Nicole Castleberry, Paul Sharpe
Flute Performing Ensemble Rehearsal
Sasha Garver
4:20pm–4:45pm
Character First, Then Ability: Reflecting on Our Priorities as Suzuki Teachers
Karin Hendricks
Effective Home Practice: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Allen Lieb
Finding the Courage to Get What You Want: Secrets and Strategies for a Thriving Program!
Meg Lanfear, Charles Krigbaum
4:20pm–5:10pm
Crafting Community: Putting the “Group” back in Group Lessons
Ann Montzka-Smelser, Sarah Bylander Montzka
Do You Like Chords?
Christopher Rathbun
Motivating the Teenage Suzuki Student
Carol Dallinger, Joanne Bath, Mark Mutter, Sarah Smith
You Are Your Instrument
Elizabeth Panzer
4:45pm–5:10pm
Practice Practicing
Ronda Cole
Recruitment 101: How to Build a Strong Studio or Program
Heather Watson Hardie
The Benefits of a Suzuki Education in the 21st Century
Delaine Fedson
5:00pm–6:00pm
Reception with Light Snacks
5:10pm–5:50pm
Non-Preformed Chamber Rehearsal, Grandjany Aria
Beth Goldstein-McKee, ShruDeLi Ownbey, Rebecca Moench
6:00pm–7:15pm
Young Artist Clinicians’ Recital
6:30pm–9:30pm
Suzuki Student Chamber Music and Minnesota Orchestra Concert
8:30pm–10:00pm
Informal Chamber Music—Bring Instruments and Stands!
9:00pm–10:15pm
Chapters & LA Country Association Meet & Greet (by invitation)
Sunday, May 30
7:15am–8:20am
Institute Directors Informal Get-Together (bring your own breakfast)
8:00am–9:30am
Flute Masterclass
Bart Feller
8:00am–12:00pm
Exhibits
8:30am–9:20am
Dance to the Music
Deborah Price, Constance Barrett
Go, Cello Team! Winning Ensembles for your Cello Program
Jeanne Johannesen, Carol Ourada, Sally Gross
Harp Masterclass
Angela Willis
How to Tie Suzuki ECE into the Institute Setting: Nurturing the Youngest Suzuki Triangles
Shirley Jamison Koch, Lynn McCall
Non-Preformed Chamber Group Masterclass, Mendelssohn and Schumann Piano Ensembles
Linda Perry, Scott Conklin, Matthew Anderson Dane
Starting a Bass Program From Scratch
Tracy Rowell
Teaching Points in the Stamitz Viola Concerto
Julia Hardie, Dee Martz
8:30am–10:20am
Guitar Masterclass
William Kossler, Adam Kossler
9:40am–10:30am
Dr. Suzuki’s Vision: Parents as Dedicated Observers of Their Child’s Learning
Shirley Jamison Koch, Dorothy Jones, Sharon Jones, Wan Tsai Chen, Lynn McCall with Joyce Hodge, Nancy Brown
Expanding the Triangle: How Teamwork Among Administrators, Teachers, and Communities Ensures the Implementation of Dr. Suzuki’s Philosophy in Texas Public School Programs
Davis Holden with Suzuki Team Members of Greenville ISD, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, and Houston ISD’s Parker Elementary
Five Different Animals: Aria in a Classic Style by M. Grandjany
ShruDeLi Ownbey with Caroline Richards, harp and Mary Richards, piano
From the Bottom Up: Building a Strong Foundation for Your Orchestra
Kathryn Elizabeth Jones
Good Vibrations
Bart Feller
Non-Preformed Chamber Group Masterclass, Biber Sonata
Beth Titterington, Pierre Yves Gagnon, Patrick O’Malley, Sarah Titterington
The Growing Hand from Ages 4 to 14: The Piano Teacher Needs to be a “Hands-On” Observer
Marilyn Andersen, Gail Lange
Violin Masterclass
Thomas Wermuth, Allegra Wermuth
10:00am–12:00pm
SYOA 1 Rehearsal
SYOA 2 Rehearsal
10:50am–11:40am
Bass Student Group Class
Domenick John Fiore
Non-Preformed Chamber Group Masterclass, Bizet and Sturm Trios
Bart Feller, Angela Willis, Sara Traficante, Daniel Sturm, Matthew Anderson Dane
So Much More! Balancing the Knowledge of the Advancing Student to Include the Practical Tools Needed to Become a Musician
Teri Einfeldt
10:50am–12:00pm
A Tool Chest for More Expressive Music Making
Phyllis Young
10:50am–12:10pm
Family Affair: Teaching your Own Child (Concert & Round Table Discussion)
William Kossler, Mary Lou Roberts, Andrea Cannon, Kathleen Schoen, Adam Kossler with Cory Roberts / The Schoen Family
The New International Suzuki Piano Volumes 4-7
Mary Craig Powell
11:45am–12:15pm
Bass Choir Rehearsal, w/piano
Linda Perry, Nicole Castleberry, Paul Sharpe
Flute Performing Ensemble Rehearsal, w/piano
Sasha Garver, Frank Viola
11:45am–12:30pm
Piano Concerto Dress Rehearsal
Kirsten Marshall
12:45pm–1:15pm
International Ensembles Concert Dress Rehearsal—Cellissimo
Sally Gross
12:45pm–1:20pm
Bass Choir and Flute Performing Ensemble Performance
1:30pm–2:30pm
The Talent Code: How to Dramatically Improve Virtually Any Skill
Dan Coyle
2:15pm–3:00pm
SYOA 1 Dress Rehearsal
2:40pm–3:05pm
Non-Preformed Chamber Group Masterclass, Grandjany
Angela Willis, Scott Conklin
2:40pm–3:30pm
Are You Really Listening?: Developing our Students’ Musical Taste
Ellen Berry
Coyle Keynote Breakout
Creativity in Group Class with Guitar (And More!)
Kevin Hart, Brent Weaver, Daniel Srugo
Remembering George Vance: How Does the Progressive Repertoire Benefit Your Program?
Virginia Dixon, Nicole Castleberry, Paul Sharpe, Tracy Rowell
The Business of Baby Class: What We Do When We’re Not Teaching
Wan Tsai Chen, Danette Schuh
2:40pm–4:00pm
Teamwork: Cello Group Class from Pre-Twinkle through Book 4
Tanya Carey, David Evenchick, Barbara Balatero
Violin Book Revisions Playing Session
Ronda Cole, Lorraine Fink, Allen Lieb, Karen Kimmett
3:00pm–3:30pm
International Ensembles Dress Rehearsal—Allegro!!!
Edward Kreitman
3:00pm–3:45pm
SYOA 2 Dress Rehearsal
3:05pm–4:20pm
Harp Masterclass
Angela Willis
3:45pm–4:10pm
Flute Performing Ensemble Dress Rehearsal
4:30pm–6:00pm
Flute Performing Ensemble and SYOA Concert
6:15pm–7:15pm
Buffet Dinner (badge required)
7:15pm–8:00pm
Heritage Presentation & Awards
7:30pm–7:40pm
Teamwork in Action: The Suzuki Association of Peru
Roberta Centurion, Caroline Fraser
8:15pm–9:15pm
Piano Concerto and International Ensembles Concert
Monday, May 31
8:00am–9:20am
Dalcroze: Developing Skills of Rhythm, Pitch, Improvisation, and Creative Musical Expression Through Using the Entire Body
Jared Ballance
8:30am–9:20am
Chording (and Chopping!) on Cello
Renata Bratt, Donna Davis
Piano Group Classes: Just Do It!
Caroline Fraser
Suzuki ECE: The Foundation—Ability Development from Age 0
Wan Tsai Chen, Lynn McCall
Suzuki Teaching in Latin America
Mary Halverson Waldo, Kelly Williamson, Fernando Luis Formigo, Renata Pereira
The “By ear” to “From the page” Transition in the Suzuki Harp Student—A Discussion
Phala Tracy
Tone
Carrie Reuning-Hummel
9:40am–10:30am
A Mother/Daughter Journey Through Suzuki Early Childhood Education
Dorothy Jones, Sharon Jones
Bass: Toward 2012
Nicole Castleberry, Paul Sharpe
Cello: Sharing Fun Ideas and Toward 2012
Carol Tarr, Marilyn George
Flute: Toward 2012
Susan Friedlander, Cynthia Man
Guitar: Toward 2012
Mary Lou Roberts, Andrea Cannon
Toward 2012: Piano Wrap-Up
Joan Krzywicki, Malgosia Lis
Up, Down, and Sideways: Aural Skills for the Beginning Ensemble Musician
Winifred Crock, Laurie Scott
10:50am–11:30am
Closing Ceremonies
Christie Felsing
Last updated August 25 2010
