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Check out our 2024 Impact Report!
We are excited to share our 2024 Impact Report! Thank you to ALL of our community members for making this year so special!
New Publication in the ISA Online Archive
Memories of Matsumoto from Suzuki Graduates and Pioneers The ISA commissioned TERI Violin Graduate and SAA Teacher-Trainer Amanda Schubert the daunting task of collecting and creating a permanent archive of…
60th Anniversary of Dr. Suzuki’s First Japanese Tour Group
To all members of the SAA. Spring 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the very first Japanese Tour Group Dr. Suzuki brought to the USA. The ISA is marking that…
Annual General Meeting Date!
Please save the date for our Annual General Meeting, which will be held on: Tuesday, July 23 4:30-6:00 PM PT via Zoom! A zoom link for the meeting will be shared…
Congratulations to our 2024 Awardees!
Join us in celebrating this year’s SAA awardees! Learn more about Gail Lang at this link, created by her nominator Ellen Berry!
Save the date for our 2025 Leadership Summit!
If you missed this year’s conference, but want to catch our next event, then be sure to save the date for our SAA Leadership Summit! For the first time since…
Want to support our next event?
Are you interested in shaping our future events? We’re eager to hear from you! We are interested in gathering diverse perspectives from within our membership to guide the SAA’s events,…
THANK YOU!
WOW! We are elated after an incredible conference! Thank you so much to the 3,500 individuals who were part of the 2024 SAA & ASTA Collocated conference! We want to…
Check out the Conference Program Book & Schedule!
We can’t wait to see those who are coming to Louisville! We’ll see you there! This schedule is subject to change!
SAA Conference Handouts!
Check out the SAA’s Conference Handouts, available at the link below! Session information is organized by Date and the Last Name of the session presenter. Thanks so much to all…
SAA Conference Updates!
Volunteer at the Conference! Interested in volunteering at the SAA’s Conference?! We’d love to have you! We need extra support in the areas listed below: Become A Conference Volunteer! Register…
Updates from the ISA & TERI
ISA Journal Please be sure to check out the latest issue of the International Suzuki Journal. International TT Convention Videos Available from TERI! In the year 2023 we made great footprint…
Can Every Parent?
by Holly Blackwelder Carpenter From the Video Series Parents As Partners Online 2015 A few weeks ago I received a text message from my brother (Suzuki parent with 3 children) It read…
Practicing Can Be Hard—Season 2, Episode 3
Music practice has its highs and lows. Sometimes we reach a state of bliss and flow as we find the perfect balance of competence, challenge, and creativity with our instrument…
Toca De Novo, Sam
Como Fazer o Aluno Ouvir as Gravações no Estudo Diário by Jennifer Burton Olá, meu nome é Jenny Burton e hoje eu vou falar sobre a escuta. O título do meu…
“Skills I didn’t know my child had”—Episode 5
When is the ideal age to start a music education? Many teachers start students as young as 3 and 4 years old, but Dorothy Jones took to heart Dr. Suzuki’s…
Your Teacher is an Undercover Superhero and You Are the Key
A special message for students (and their parents, too) by Karen Kubin This might seem like a stretch, the claim in this title. I mean, your teacher is fabulous, of course:…
Why We Do It
by Laura Albers “Practice only on the days you eat.” – Dr. Shinichi Suzuki Image by Laura Albers A few years back when my son Aviv was four, he said to…
Double (or Triple!) the Twinkles
The Joy and Challenges of Raising Multiple Musical Children by Stacy Smith “Man is the son of his environment.”—Dr. Suzuki I recently watched a video of a Suzuki group performing repertoire…
Making Suzuki Work in a Dual Household Family
by Crystal Hardman Boyack, Clarissa Hoover, Elanor Van Hoose, Jonathan Van Hoose A recent interaction with a new family that came into my studio took me by surprise. In our first lesson, the mom…