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So what does it mean for the SAA to be the Suzuki Association of the Americas, plural? When the SAA was established in 1972, it was charged with the responsibility to care for and nurture the development of the Suzuki method in all of North and South America, which includes Canada, the United States and all of the countries in Central and South America! This is a huge territory and involves people speaking four different languages: English, Spanish,…
Practicum: A Great Way to Sharpen Your Teaching Tools
Practicum
Un gran medio para afilar tus herramientas de enseñanza.
Con comentarios de Etna Diemecke y Fabiola Sigala
Este extraordinario taller nos ha llevado a apreciar aún más el arte de enseñar.
Este arte involucra el instrumento, la música, el alumno y los padres de familia; cuando el instrumento está bien afinado o la altura del banco es la adecuada, cuando el cuerpo está en equilibrio, lo que resta es poner la música en las manos del alumno…y ahí es cuando comienza el arte…cuando la mente y la energía del profesor se unen, utilizando las herramientas correctas, que ayuden…
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News from Peru
The 26th International Suzuki Festival and 5th Latin American Suzuki Teachers’ Conference were held in Lima, Peru, in January 2011. More than 1500 people attended these events with participants traveling from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Scotland, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, the United States and from all over Peru.
Many thanks to our SAA Teacher Trainers: David Evenchick, Doris Koppelman, Mary McCarthy, Marilyn O’Boyle, Fernando Piñero, Mary Lou Roberts, Shinobu Saito, Ann Montzka Smelser and Kelly Williamson. In addition to Suzuki courses, workshops for teachers in Dalcroze and Kodaly were offered by Iramar Rodriques from Switzerland and Lydia Mills from California. For David and Ann it was their first time in Latin America.
Los “Cubos” de “Estudio”
Es cierto que todos los maestros de Suzuki han trabajado con alumnos que, a pesar de practicar y escuchar, todavía tienen problemas tocando “Estudio” sin que se pierden. Como maestros, necesitamos tener muchas maneras de atacar el problema para encontrar la solución correcta para cada alumno. Espero el modo siguiente les ayude a solucionar el rompecabezas para algunos de sus alumnos.
Entre todas las canciones que encontramos en Libro 1, “Estudio” tiene la forma más complicada. Frases irregulares, y notas repetidas que van en direcciones diferentes presentan un puesto que constituye un reto. Algunos alumnos están…
Desarrolla Tu Habilidad Con una Pieza que Puedas Tocar
Este extracto de Cuando el amor es profundo se tradujo en el Festival de Lima, Perú, 2011.
No solo en la música, sino en todas las áreas, el éxito o el fracaso de la educación dependen de si cumples o no el “principio de la fomentación de la habilidad”.
Después de que un estudiante aprendió a tocar una pieza, le digo durante la lección, “Ahora que tu preparación está completa, vamos a practicar para poder desarrollar tu habilidad. La lección recién comienza.” Lo dejo practicar comparando su interpretación con la grabación, o tocando junto con ella. Esto sirve para, gradualmente, fomentar el…
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A Magical, Musical Experience: Suzuki Philosophy in Puebla, Mexico
It has become the custom in Mexico that wherever a Suzuki philosophy course is taught, piano students travel to participate in demonstration lessons, sometimes within the same city and at other times to a different state. Etna Diemecke has brought students from her city, Guanajuato, all the way to Xalapa, Guadalajara, and Mexico City, sometimes driving up to 11 hours to attend the course.
In the Mexican Suzuki Association, we have made it a point that one of us…
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Una Experiencia Musical Mágica: Curso de Filosofía Suzuki en Puebla
En México se ha hecho costumbre que, en donde sea que se de un curso de Filosofía, hay alumnos de piano que viajan para participar en clases de demostración; algunas veces dentro de la misma ciudad y algunos otras a otros Estados de la República. Etna Diemecke ha llevado alumnos desde Guanajuato hasta Guadalajara, Monterrey, Ciudad de México e incluso a Xalapa, manejando hasta 11 horas en algunas ocasiones.
En la Asociación Mexicana del Método Suzuki (AMMS) nos hemos…
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News from Peru
X National Workshop, Iquitos May 10-15
Iquitos is a city in the Amazon jungle. It is accessible only by plane or by river. This was the first Suzuki event ever held in the jungle region of Peru.
Everything began in July 2009 in California, when Gretchen Klein, a participant in the Holy Names University Teacher Training Institute expressed interest in helping the Suzuki program in Peru. She was particularly interested in Iquitos as she had been there. Gretchen made a donation to our Latin American Scholarship Fund, earmarking it for a participant from the jungle city of Iquitos.
Thanks to an agreement between…
Flute Dreams Take Flight
Fernando Formigo and flute group from Patagonia, Argentina in front of a billboard advertising their public concert in Asuncion, ParaguayThe excellent quality and affordability of Di Zhao flutes have made dreams come true for a number of students in Latin America, and they are inspiring many others to see their own dreams as a real possibility.
In the fall of 2009, a group of Suzuki flute teachers and students in Canada, the US, and Taiwan contributed to the purchase of a Di Zhao alto and bass flute for the Orquesta de Flauta Traversas de San Martin de los Andes in Patagonia, Argentina.
In September 2010, members of the ensemble traveled to Paraguay to give demonstration concerts in local schools, and participate in master classes in Suzuki pedagogy for twelve teacher workshop participants. The twenty-seven-member tour group included flutists from the ages of seven to adult, and they performed Argentinean folk music as well as standards like Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, the concerto for two flutes in C major by Vivaldi, and Passacaglia by Handel. They made big waves: the teachers who heard them play in Asunción immediately set the goal of founding a flute orchestra in Paraguay over the next few years.
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2011 Scholarships & Latin America Festivals
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