William Preucil

To all my colleagues in the SAA:

Thanking Our Lucky Stars—what a wonderful sentiment to contemplate for the SAA’s Annual Fund Drive 2010. We each have had the good fortune to know many people, whose lives having touched ours, have left a lasting impression for the good in our own. There are teachers and mentors in our past, but also friends and family in the present, and colleagues whose programs have inspired us to reach for our own personal best. Choosing just one to honor now with a twinkling star may be daunting, but let’s get started and perhaps we can add others to our galaxy in ensuing years.

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Last summer, focus groups at summer Institutes were asked to submit questions for a panel of “Suzuki Experts” to answer. This is the seventh installment.

When a student decides to pursue music professionally, how do you nurture them to uphold Suzuki’s philosophy while guiding them toward more concrete goals such as winning auditions and sustaining a profession in music?

When Suzuki students graduate, do they know what Suzuki was all about? Do they exhibit a “beautiful heart?” Especially in the teen years it is important to bring Suzuki and his beliefs into the lesson to remind students of…

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