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Monday, July 7, 2008 / , ,

Flute Books 2 and 3 were offered for returning teachers, including participants from Peru, Colombia, and Chile, and Book 1 was offered for new Suzuki flute teachers from Peru and Colombia. A new course, Introduction to Flute, was also offered for one teacher who is interested in taking Book 1 next year, but who needed to acquire basic skills on the instrument. As is usual at the Peru festival, all courses save Book 1 and the new introductory course include ten additional hours of “teaching strategies”, in which teachers have the opportunity to give lessons to children participating in the festival, and explore opportunities to develop their skills using the teaching descriptors developed by the SAA.

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Monday, October 22, 2007 / , ,

The 5th Suzuki Music Festival of Buenos Aires took place from September 14th to 23rd, 2008. For the first time at the Buenos Aires festival, there were teacher workshops in flute, thanks in great part to the efforts of Fernando Formigo, who brought a large group of his students to the festival two years ago to give a workshop. Two teacher classes for flute were offered: the Book 2 class had six participants, and the Book 1 class had seven. Teacher participants came from all over Argentina (Patagonia, Bahia Blanca, La Plata, Cordoba, Rosario, and Jujuy as well as Buenos Aires). Two teachers from the January 2007 Book 1 class in Lima also came to Buenos Aires for Book 2, from Colombia and Chile.

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Africa

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 / ,

The very first Suzuki flute workshop was held in Arusha, Tanzania this March. The workshop was held over two weeks and included a flute care clinic and a final celebration concert. Eleven flutists of varying ages participated, four of whom began with Kelly at the workshop. The focus was on exploring group class possibilities with a group of flutists diverse ages and levels; the Arusha group ranged in age from 10 years to 50-odd, and in level from beginner (no experience) to intermediate players. Kimbra Dixon, who has spearheaded the establishment of a Suzuki violin school in Arusha as well as the flute workshop, has dreams of one day having an international Suzuki institute in Tanzania.

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Last updated August 13 2008

Latin America Flute Teachers

Argentina

Fernando Formigo's flute ensemble

Fernando Formigo

Patagonia
Book 1-3 (Lima), Book 2 (Bs As)
40 students, ages ?, books 1-?
About 10 students share flutes. Fernando is very active in arranging multi-level group pieces and in promoting and supporting Suzuki flute in Argentina.

Mariana Capponi and student

Mariana Capponi

Buenos Aires
Book 1-3 (Lima)
Mariana has a program at a school for children of low economic means.

Eugenia Gallego

Bahia Blanca
Book 1 (Lima), Book 2 (Bs As)

Alicia Basta

Buenos Aires
Book 1 (Lima), Book 2 (Bs As)

Javier Blanco

Buenos Aires
Book 2 (Bs As)

Alejandra Hall

Buenos Aires
Book 1 (Bs As)

Ianina Pietrantonio

Buenos Aires
Book 1 (Bs As)

Sylvana Turco

Buenos Aires
Book 1 (Bs As)

Silvina Lopez

Cordoba
Book 1 (Bs As)

Claudia B. Gutierriez

Jujuy
Book 1 (Bs As)

Cecilia Diaz

Patagonia
Book 1 (Lima)

Dario Serpi

Rosario
Book 1 (Bs As)

Jorge Luis Ruiz De Huidobro

Tucuman
Book 1

Monica Zuvela

Cordoba
Book 1

Brazil

Katya Ramos Silveira

Rio de Janeiro
Books 3-5

Chile

Pablo Torrealba

Santiago
Book 1 (Lima), Book 2 (Bs As)
Pablo is interested in creating a Suzuki method for saxophone. He also teaches music classes at a Montessori school.

Colombia

Diana Bettin's students

Diana Bettin

Bogota
Book 1 (Lima), Book 2 (Bs As)
Diana’s class includes two students and a teacher from the local institute for the blind.

Laura Natalia Niño

Bogota
Book 1 (Lima)

Gloria Millan Grojales

Bogota
Books 1-2

Ecuador

Eugenia Aizaga

Quito
Books 1-10

Peru

Winivere Roman

Arequipa
Book 1 (Lima)
30 students
Winivere has a flute ensemble.

Keyla Mallea

Arequipa
Book 1 (Lima)

Jaime Arias

Cuzco
Books 1-3 (Lima)
Also plays and teaches quena and makes beautiful quenas.

Abad Molina

Juliaca
Book 1 (Lima)

Renato Calderon

Lima
Books 1-4 (Lima)

Erika Rojas

Lima
Book 1 (Lima)