Cello Unit 2
Feb 14 – Apr 3, 2016 in Toronto, ON, Canada
at Royal Conservatory of Music
What
Cello Unit 2
Instructor: Susan Gagnon
Event Description
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Unit 2 Topics will include:
- Teaching points of the Book Two repertoire
- Book Two techniques include vibrato, extensions and shifting to 2nd position
- Reading
- Supplementary materials
- The development of musicianship
Prerequisites:
- Completion of Cello Unit 1
- Active membership status in the Suzuki Association of the Americas
- Approved videotaped audition through the SAA at the appropriate level for the course by the required deadline. Please see more details at:https://suzukiassociation.org/teachers/training/
Course Preparation:
- All participants in the Teacher Development Program are asked to prepare the repertoire to be studied to the point of fluent performance. Memorization is not required but is recommended.
- Participants should be conversant with the ideas presented in Dr. Suzuki’s bookNurtured by Love.
Course Requirements
- 100% in class attendance is required in all of the Unit courses.
- Teacher participants are required to observe lessons given by the trainer as well as those of other teachers. Participants will have the opportunity to do some observations by video; the trainer may provide videotapes of students having lessons in the trainers’ home studio.
- Repertoire will be performed in class as part of the study of each book.
- There will be some written course work.
- Participants will have the opportunity to have a short one-on-one consultation with the Teacher Trainer.
Prerequisite course:
To register for this course CLICK HERE
Unit 2 Topics will include:
- Teaching points of the Book Two repertoire
- Book Two techniques include vibrato, extensions and shifting to 2nd position
- Reading
- Supplementary materials
- The development of musicianship
Prerequisites:
- Completion of Cello Unit 1
- Active membership status in the Suzuki Association of the Americas
- Approved videotaped audition through the SAA at the appropriate level for the course by the required deadline. Please see more details at:https://suzukiassociation.org/teachers/training/
Course Preparation:
- All participants in the Teacher Development Program are asked to prepare the repertoire to be studied to the point of fluent performance. Memorization is not required but is recommended.
- Participants should be conversant with the ideas presented in Dr. Suzuki’s bookNurtured by Love.
Course Requirements
- 100% in class attendance is required in all of the Unit courses.
- Teacher participants are required to observe lessons given by the trainer as well as those of other teachers. Participants will have the opportunity to do some observations by video; the trainer may provide videotapes of students having lessons in the trainers’ home studio.
- Repertoire will be performed in class as part of the study of each book.
- There will be some written course work.
- Participants will have the opportunity to have a short one-on-one consultation with the Teacher Trainer.
Audition: Cello Basic, or Cello Intermediate, or Cello Comprehensive.
Deadline: All audition materials must be submitted by January 31 *
Signup closed.
Trainer Information
Susan Gagnon is an SAA Cello Teacher Trainer. Susan Gagnon holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario. Susan was the recipient of a Canada Council grant to attend masterclasses at the Banff School of Fine Arts with Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. She has played with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra since 1983. Ms. Gagnon has been on the faculty of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto since 1984 where she is a Suzuki Department coordinator and a core member of the Young Artists Performance Academy faculty. She is an examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music and compiled their 2013 cello series. She also is a member of the Canadian Federation of Adjudicators. Susan is past Chair of the Suzuki Association of Ontario. She has taught at Suzuki Institutes in both Canada and the United States and at Music at Port Milford since 1995.
When
Sunday, February 14 to Sunday, April 3, , 2016
Where
Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor St W
Toronto ON M5S 1W2
CANADA
Phone: 416-408-2825
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www.rcmusic.ca
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