El Salvador

Translation by Larisa de Elena

If someone still thinks that music and nature have nothing in common or even further that art and nature cannot exist together, they are totally wrong. Since the beginnings of art and especially music, great composers such as Vivaldi, Beethoven and others, have inspired their work in nature and created great masterpieces among which we can find “The Four Seasons” from Vivaldi, “The Sixth Symphony” by Beethoven, which are great examples that while we hear them, we can see in our imagination the colors and elements from nature in which these great composers inspired themselves to…

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Shortly after I returned home from teaching students and training teachers at the 2005 Festival sponsored by Suzuki Association of El Salvador (ASUSAL), one of the new guitar teachers sent an email. She was invited to begin a program at a school nearby, but seventy-five students had signed up and there were only three guitars! A few weeks later at the Colorado Suzuki Institute, I learned that through the “Viva Suzuki!” program, several guitars had been donated. Fortunately through the generosity of this program, three of the guitars were available to be given to the Suzuki Association of El Salvador.

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After being in sunny, warm Lima, Peru, in January for the Suzuki Festival and returning to winter in the U.S., I was looking forward to more tropical weather in El Salvador three weeks later. And I was not disappointed. Not only was the weather and the countryside beautiful and agreeable, but I was also pleased to see that the Suzuki program is flourishing and growing in this small Central American country. This was the fourth Festival in El Salvador, as they are programmed to happen every other year. Julio Rodriguez, the president of the Suzuki Association of El Salvador, along with his team of parents and teachers, put together a great event for all the participants.

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Después de haber realizado dos Festivales Suzuki en El Salvador, el primero en el 2001 con solamente la participación de dos magnificas profesoras de violín, Carolina McCall y Louita Clothier, 20 niños y 5 profesores, así como el segundo en el 2003 con la participación de 20 Profesores Músicos miembros de la Orquesta Sinfónica de El Salvador y profesores de diferentes instrumentos, docentes todos de colegio y academias, 55 niños y 4 maestros invitados…EL MILAGRO SE PRODUJO DE NUEVO.

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Cuando llegué a El Salvador, me introducieron a los profesores, a los aprendices y también a mi traductora, Ana Marina Figueroa. Todo mundo quería saber qué pensaba de su país y si me gustaban las pupusas. No puede estar en El Salvador por mucho tiempo sin darse cuenta de que la pupusa es la comida preferida del país. En aquel moment, no pudo responder a la pregunta, pero al terminar la noche, había cenado pupusas. Un consejo: Si puede, ¡debe encontrar un restaurante salvadoreño y probarlas! Son sabrosas.

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The Suzuki Association of El Salvador, had hosted two Suzuki Festivals: the first one in 2001, with a very modest participation of 20 children and five music teachers, but with two wonderful Suzuki violin teachers, Caroline McCall and Louita Clothier, who were brave enough to come to El Salvador, Central America, to share their knowledge of the Suzuki Method. In year 2003, the II Suzuki Festival took place with 20 music teachers who were members of the Symphony Orchestra of El Salvador, as well as music teachers from several schools, and the participation of 55 children and four Suzuki teachers in violin, piano and philosophy.

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When I arrived in El Salvador, I was introduced to many of the faculty and trainees as well as my translator, Ana Marina Figueroa. Everyone wanted to know how I liked their country and what I thought of “pupusas.” You can’t be in El Salvador very long without learning that pupusas are the favorite food there. At that first encounter, I couldn’t answer the question, but before the evening was over pupusas were served as the main course at dinner. I have this advice: find a Salvadoran restaurant if you can and try some! They’re pretty good.

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The XVI Festival Suzuki, held in Lima, Peru, was a resounding success by all accounts. Teachers, students and parents left the festival full of energy, resolve, and renewed dedication. All were impressed by the spirit of friendship, cooperation and support amongst our local teachers. The Suzuki Association of Peru has now gained a reputation in America Latina and serves as a model for other such Associations.

Blancamaria Montecinos, the President of the Suzuki Association of Chile sent us this message: “I think that this has been the best organized festival I have seen in Peru. The level and above all the…

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From Roberta Centurion, International Representative, Suzuki Association of Peru, SAA Latin American Liaison

More than forty Suzuki Teachers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Uruguay and the United States came together for the Second Latin American Suzuki Teachers’ Conference held at the Hotel Exclusive in Lima, Peru, on January 12-14 of this year. The event was organized by Caroline Fraser, Marilyn O’Boyle and Roberta Centurion, Latin American Liaisons to the SAA, and was sponsored by the Association Suzuki of the Americas.

Numerous presenters kindly shared their expertise: Tanya Carey -”Developing Leadership Abilities” and “Working Together Towards a Common…

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