Pat D’Ercole

“The American Suzuki Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: The Suzuki Method in Action”

The American Suzuki Institute, the International Suzuki Association and the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Committee is proud to announce that 24 hours of video of Dr. Suzuki teaching at the 1976 American Suzuki Institute is now online for anyone to see. Now teachers, students, parents and researchers all over the globe will be able to view the collection under the above title and see Dr. Suzuki teaching children, demonstrating his ideas to teachers and speaking about his philosophy, just as many of us, who were…

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As an association, the SAA, like many other associations, organizes its history by who was chair when the event took place. However, while that may be a useful way to recall the year of a specific event or other details, no chairperson is totally responsible for the vision or the history that takes place. The Board collectively is the ultimate leader and the chair facilitates the work the Board decides to do.

I have been very fortunate during these two years to work with fifteen very capable and dedicated people who have shared the responsibilities of leadership of the SAA. Together…

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