Edmund Sprunger

Edmund Sprunger

Edmund Sprunger is a registered SAA teacher trainer. He has presented at numerous state, national, and international conferences and taught hundreds of workshops throughout North and South America. He holds a BA in music from Goshen College—violin with Lon Sherer, and piano and piano pedagogy with Marvin Blickenstaff. Also trained as a psychotherapist, Mr. Sprunger holds a master’s in social work from the University of Michigan and extensive post-degree training with the Michigan and St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institutes. Additional violin studies with Chihiro Kudo and Reinaldo Couto (Alexander Technique/Violin). He has served on the SAA board, was chair of ASTA’s Committee on Studio Instruction, and in 2004 received the ASTA Citation for Leadership and Merit. He is author of Helping Parents Practice, past editor of the Violin Forum for American String Teacher, and currently serves as director of the Child Development Program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute.

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Ask the Experts #6: Practicing and Psychological Development

November 16, 2009 by Edmund Sprunger

Last summer, focus groups at summer Institutes were asked to submit questions for a panel of “Suzuki Experts” to answer. This is the 6th installment, on practicing and psychological development. What are some ways to make practicing more interesting? I’m certainly not… Read more ▶

Watching the Leader

Book Review: Helping Parents Practice: Ideas for Making it Easier

Down Bows and Up Bows

Louise Behrend: Representing Suzuki in the Cultural Center of the World

Deep Love

Teaching from the Balance Point by Edward Kreitman

Progress: When, Where, and Why (Part 6 of 6)

Progress for a Teacher (Part 5 of 6)

Parents’ Progress (Part 4 of 6)

Children’s Progress (Part 3 of 6)

Noticing Progress (Part 2 of 6)

Progress: What It Is and Isn’t (Part 1 of 6)

The No’s of Learning

The No’s of Learning