Violin / Viola

We are excited to offer several special sessions for Viola teachers!

William Preucil, Sr. will present a session on the Hummel Viola Concerto. Julia Hardie and Dee Martz will offer a session on teaching and playing the Stamitz Concerto. Bring your viola for our traditional Viola Ensemble Reading Session, coordinated by Betsy Stuen-Walker!

–Emily Williams, Viola Coordinator

Margot Jewell and Sue Baer, conference violin coordinators, are excited to announce the many special violin sessions that will be offered this year.

Teachers are always inspired by the excellent performances and insightful teaching we can observe at the instrument-specific master classes. In keeping with our theme of teamwork, master classes will be team-taught by father and daughter, Tom and Allegra Wermuth.

New to the conference will be a master class focusing on Suzuki core repertoire taught by Scott Conklin, violin professor at The University of Iowa School of Music.

Sessions will be offered on a variety of violin-related subjects. These include the bow hold as it relates to sound production, prevention and rehabilitation of playing related injuries, the technique of interpretation, splendid spiccato, the needs of the advanced student, and a session focusing on the new editions of the Violin repertoire led by Allen Lieb. Be sure to bring your violins with you to the conference so you can participate in this session!

We are also very pleased to feature Sandy Reuning, one of the SAA founding fathers, giving a special presentation on Dr. Suzuki’s most beloved subject: tone.

The full line-up of Violin Session Presenters also includes Barbara Barber, Mark Bjork with Jonathan Reynolds, Teri Einfeldt, Cathryn Lee and Ruth Meints.

–Margot Jewell, Violin Coordinator

Teachers of violin, viola, guitar, flute, and recorder are encouraged to bring instruments. If possible, bring cellos and basses too. (We’ll try to borrow extras cellos.) Some informal chamber music playing opportunities are possible on Saturday evening.

The following report consists of three sections:

1. A history of the book revision process,

2. A description of the procedure for the compilation, editing, and publication of the revised editions for Books 1-5 and,

3. A look forward at the upper books in the Suzuki Violin School.

Read more of ISA Violin Committee Report on the Revised International Editions of the Suzuki Violin School »

The SAA would like to welcome three new Teacher Trainers:

Mary Hofer
Voice
Stevens Point, WI

Joseph Pecoraro
Guitar
Winston-Salem, NC

James Hutchins
Violin
Silver Spring, MD

These Trainer Candidates completed the final steps in the approval process following the ISA Teacher Trainer Conference in Boston last month. We look forward to their service in this new and important capacity.

The 14th biennial SAA Conference will “feature our own” distinguished SAA members, friends, and former Suzuki students who are now young artist-teacher professionals as our special clinicians for the instrument master classes. True to the theme of the Conference, the format of these master classes will include both team teaching and solo instruction. The young artist clinicians will also be involved in side-by-side chamber music coachings and perform a selection on the Young Artist Recital. Read further about the impressive list being showcased for 2010!

Bass: Paul Sharpe, Nicole Castleberry
Cello: Gilda Barston, Amy Barston
Flute: Bart Feller, Sara Traficante
Guitar: William Kossler, Adam Kossler
Harp: Elinor Niemisto, Angela Dastrup Willis
Piano: Doris Koppelman, Hikari Nakamura
Recorder: Patrick O’Malley
Viola: William Preucil Sr., Matthew Dane
Violin: Thomas Wermuth, Allegra Wermuth, Scott Conklin

SYOA Conductors: Marilyn Kesler, Winifred Crock
Special Guests: Bad Boyz of Bass Quartet

See Clinician bios >>