We are very happy to welcome Benjamin Verdery as our 2008 Conference Guitar Clinician. Ben is a very highly regarded performer, composer, recording artist and teacher, all in addition to being an honorary SAA board member. As part of his day with us at the conference, Ben will be offering a master class for guitar students, a workshop for Suzuki guitar teachers, and he will participate in a Clinicians’ Concert.
In keeping with the Conference theme, “Expanding the Vision”, we hope to have panel discussions of supplementary repertoire and mixed level group classes, and we invite interested teachers to participate in these talks. Instructors may also offer individual presentations of topics related to Suzuki guitar pedagogy.
At the 2006 Conference we had the largest number of guitar teachers in attendance to date—let’s see if we can do even better this time! Take advantage of this great opportunity spend quality time with colleagues, to relax, to learn and to share. See you in Minneapolis in May!
Mychal Gendron, Guitar Coordinator
Andrea Cannon, Assistant Guitar Coordinator
For those interested in presenting a session on any aspect of Suzuki pedagogy:
- Complete the session proposal form and submit online, or download the form to complete and send by mail.
- All Conference Session Proposals are due by October 30, 2007.
For those interested in having a student perform in the Verdery master class:
- Complete the [url=]student event application form[/url] and submit online (audition video required).
- All Student Event Applications are due by October 30, 2007.
