“Cafezinho” for Violins: Building Skills with Brazilian Music

Discover vibrant melodies from Brazil to enrich your Suzuki teaching! This course introduces a selection of music from composers like Hermeto Pascoal, José Eduardo Gramani, Pixinguinha and Ernest Mahle, in short pieces for violin choir with and without piano. You will gain practical strategies to teach technical and musical skills — including traditional rhythms and related bowing techniques, in a way that is both fun and challenging for young violinists. Expand your teaching toolkit with exciting new music that can spark their interest in music from other another place in the world!

You must be logged in to your SAA account and have Active Membership to join the course roster below. 

Scroll down to the bottom of this page to the enrollment box, click “+”, then click “get tickets”. Follow the prompts to pay the nonrefundable deposit for this course. 

After getting tickets below, you’ll receive a confirmation email from the SAA. You’ll also be able to verify your enrollment on your profile under Upcoming Courses.

If the enrollment box isn’t visible and you only see the waitlist option, it means you’re missing a course prerequisite on your training profile (Unit 1). Please join the waitlist while you complete that class. You can check your training profile here to see what you are missing: https://suzukiassociation.org/person-profile/

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