Violin at SAA Conference 2008
by Margot Jewell, Lucy Shaw
September 7, 2007 / Topics: Conference, Conference 2008, Violin
The violin committee for our 2008 Conference (Lucy Shaw, Margot Jewell, coordinators) is deep into plans for many exciting sessions and classes. We are pleased to present our master teacher, the internationally acclaimed conductor and violinist, Joseph Silverstein. Mr. Silverstein is a long time supporter of Suzuki education, and an SAA honorary board member. In addition to master classes Mr. Silverstein will present a session on his life in music, sure to be a highlight of his participation in the conference.
We invite and encourage you to contribute your ideas and proposals for sessions in the violin area. Currently, possible topic areas and session ideas include exploration of different music editions, psychology and/or ideas pertaining to group class teaching, passion for Pre-Twinklers, music theory for violin teachers, and more!
Plan now to attend Conference 2008—expand your vision for your place and involvement in the SAA and the ever growing importance and significance of Suzuki education in the world of music education.
—Lucy Shaw, Violin Coordinator
Margot Jewell has enjoyed working with young people and their families, first at the Hamilton Suzuki School where she taught violin and was also the director. Then in 1982 she founded Etobicoke Suzuki Music, where she presently teaches and is co-director. She received training from many inspiring Suzuki trainers, including a three-month study time in Matsumoto with Shinichi Suzuki in 1985.
Margot is an active freelance musician and festival adjudicator. She was on the board of the Suzuki Association of Ontario and is the Specialist String Examiner of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music. She enjoys teaching at Suzuki workshops and institutes as well as summer music camps.
Margot’s Suzuki parenting skills were developed as mother to a violinist and cellist who are now young adults.
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Lucy Shaw is an active performer, Suzuki teacher and clinician currently based in the Seattle, WA area. A native of Nova Scotia, Canada, she received her Bachelor degree at the S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatte Conservatory of Music at Brandon University in Manitoba, Canada, and her Master of Music in Violin Performance at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Important musical influences include Sergiu Luca, Francis Chaplin, Sydney Harth and Jean-Jacques Kantorow. For eighteen years Lucy was owner/director of the Village Violin School in Houston where she was an active member of the Houston Area Suzuki Strings Association coordinating annual teacher development seminars, Suzuki graduations and workshops. As a guest teacher and clinician Lucy has taught at Workshops and Institutes in Canada, Mexico and throughout the continental United States. An ardent supporter of the SAA, Lucy served as violin coordinator for the Suzuki Association of the America’s 2008 National Conference and will serve on the SAA Board of Directors starting in the fall of 2011.
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