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SAA Loses Two Long-Time Members This Month
June 16, 2009 / Memorial, Sally Gross
the faculty of the Hamilton Suzuki School of Music) on violin. The family moved to Ottawa, Burlington, and eventually to Hamilton… Read more
International violin competition
September 13, 2006 / Violin
The Indiana violin competition has live online viewing at this site: http://www…violin.org/2006comp/listen_watch.html You can also replay the prelims… Read more
SAA Guitar Committee Conference Call Notes, March 22, 2009
May 15, 2009 / Conference, Guitar, Meeting Reports
Brazil. Mary Lou says the Brazilian government has sponsored Suzuki violin and it’s so big that unfortunately all the work… Read more
Looking for a Suzuki violin teacher in or near Bradenton, FL
April 10, 2011 / Teachers, Violin
Hi, I’m a teacher in Seattle, WA and one of my dear students is moving to Bradenton, FL. I don’t know this area, but I do not find anyone in our directory close to this location. Can anyone offer any info? Thanks, Lauren Hello! I’m a teacher at a Suzuki… Read more
buying a tiny violin
May 27, 2007 / Violin
thing that would help her is to buy the best violin we can. She’s using 1/10 size. We currently…to check them out (I’ve had bad experiences receiving violins by mail), I’d like to know if this is…I use the following for my students: http://beststudentviolins.com/violins.html#studentviolins The smallest is a 1/16. Free Handouts…violins.com/library.html#handouts I’ve heard that stringworks has… Read more
Fractional Violin Sounds
November 19, 2006 / Violin
My grandson is playing a 1/16 violin purchased from a proper music shop and which his teacher…Is there such a thing as a really good fractional violin, and if so, how large are they when they start…sounding like real violins? If there is a such thing as a “really good…sounding 1/16 violin, I have never heard it. It is really important to… Read more
2008 Scholarship Recipients
December 10, 2008 / Scholarships
WI)—David Einfeldt Memorial Lisa Ponton (IA)—Margery Aber Memorial Violin: Heather Braden (Canada)—The String Centre Luciana De Araujo Caixeta…OH)—Peter Zaret & Sons Violins, Inc. Elsa Beatriz Castro (Argentina) Urska Haule Fegus (NJ)—CodaBow…Sensitive Music String Co. Meghan E. Lanfear (IL)—The Potter Violin Company Jessica Meyer (CT)—Milton Goldberg Memorial Rossanna Pia Migani… Read more
VII National Workshop, Ayacucho, May 13-18, 2008
December 10, 2008 / Latin America, Peru, Caroline Fraser
Teachers Elba Jimenez (piano), Mercedes Vargas (guitar), and Cecilia Pinto (violin) also traveled from Lima to work with the local students…advantages of having group performances with mixed level students, a violin teacher, Felipe, remarked that it is the same as the… Read more
ASJ Volume 36.4
October 16, 2008 / ASJ
SAA Conference in Review Creating Learning Community Awards Revisions to Violin Books 1-3… Read more
Two violin teachers at the same time
November 26, 2007 / Teachers, Violin
like to hear your thought on having two separate Suzuki violin teachers at the same time for a 4 year-old…but they are sized for the student, just like their violins. We also know how to make music enjoyable and relevant…my kid to have a more intense love for the violin. However, i do not know what is the next step…their formative experience. Remember they are not just learning the violin; they are also learning about themselves, their capabilities, and their… Read more
Dominican Republic Every Child Can Course, June 3, 2008
December 10, 2008 / Dominican Republic, Latin America, Caroline Fraser
the course we had the pleasure of hearing some young violin…Gisela Foundation, with teachers Angela Holguin (cello) and Camille Berroa (violin). This is funded by Vilma Miranda, a Suzuki cello teacher… Read more
The Mental Side of Violin Playing
January 7, 2013 / Violin
hear other ideas on this topic: The Mental Side of Violin Playing… Read more
Puerto Rico Every Child Can and Kodaly Workshop, May 30 to June 1, 2008
December 10, 2008 / Latin America, Puerto Rico, Caroline Fraser
Inés Garcia was a very active and beloved Suzuki violin teacher who died in March, 2005, at the age of… Read more
Suzuki Book 1 Violin
April 1, 2016 / Book 1, Progress Rate, Slow Progress, Suzuki, Violin
seven-year old boy My son has been taking private violin lessons since he started kindergarten, and it has been over…more important to teach our children how to play the violin than to read music. Anyone can learn to read music…Not everyone can learn how to play the violin well. It is a necessary but separate skill that I…at this point. Focus on him being confident with his violin playing and the rest will fall into place. Marian G… Read more
First International Suzuki Festival in Patagonia
December 10, 2008 / Argentina, Festivals, Latin America, Cristina Villafane
teachers participating made notes of the teaching methods. 17 young violin…beautiful Final Concert at Fasta University with all the piano, violin and flute students participating. The Festival took place in a… Read more
Violin & Cello Duet
December 9, 2006 / Cello, Violin
I have two children who are studying violin (Book 5) and Cello (Book 2). They always want to…I could not find suitable sheet music or books for violin-cello duet. Could any one give me some information about…day!!! hunbin11 Hello, I have two children who are studying violin (Book 5) and Cello (Book 2). They always want to…I could not find suitable sheet music or books for violin-cello duet. Could any one give me some information about… Read more
which instrument would you choose? violin vs cello
July 6, 2010 / Cello, Violin
now 4 has just finished her first year on the violin. After lots of work and long weeks of frustration she…school. So the choice would be either stick to the violin again (the teacher is great and it would make it…cellos, but is it possible to compare it with the violin? Does the player need more strength and/or coordination abilities…than with the violin? Are the requirements of posture, etc. similar? (That’s what… Read more
Eleanor Allen: Suzuki Pioneer in the Heartland of America
October 8, 2008 / Awards, Beth Titterington
from the Oberlin Conservatory with her Bachelor’s degree in violin performance in 1937, her teacher was Raymond Cerf. She went…the Minneapolis Orchestra. Both Sarah Kwak and Brian Lewis, concert violin…Eleanor’s rapport with both of my children who are violin…with her at age 4 and Beth attended her first violin lesson at two weeks old. Both loved Mrs. Allen then… Read more
How is relative rate of progress in Violin Book 4?
November 21, 2015 / Progress Rate, Violin
My daughter is finishing up Book 3, and so far she has taken about a month to learn most songs (from when she starts it to starting the next one, while still polishing the previous song). We have been diligently listening to Book 4 and doing all of our technique… Read more
mp3 clips of violin duets
August 13, 2012 / Violin
tell me where I can find recordings of the 2nd violin parts for the violin duets volume 1-3 please ? Regards… Read more
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