Suzuki News

August 11, 2017

A collection of articles, video transcripts, and podcasts to nurture Suzuki music education. Read more ▶

July 31, 2020

The International Research Symposium on Talent Education (IRSTE) is celebrating its 30th anniversary! Though our May meeting was cancelled, we are now pleased to welcome all researchers, teachers, parents, and inquiring minds to join us for a series of four… Read more ▶

July 28, 2020 by Lorena Mayra Leal Isida

Suzuki Piano Teacher (SAA Book 6/7) Suzuki Early Childhood Education Teacher (SAA Level 4/5) Due to this health situation that is being experienced globally, the Suzuki Association of the Americas had the wonderful idea of creating Suzuki Online Seminars—SOS—offering Suzuki teachers the… Read more ▶

July 28, 2020 by Lorena Mayra Leal Isida

Por Lorena Leal-Isida Profesora de Piano Suzuki (SAA Libro 6/7) Profesora Suzuki Early Childhood Education (SAA Nivel 4/5) Ante esta situación de salud que se está viviendo globalmente, la Asociación Suzuki de las Américas tuvo la maravillosa idea de crear los Seminarios Suzuki… Read more ▶

July 27, 2020

The International Suzuki Association, in conjunction with Alfred Music, is pleased to announce the highly anticipated recordings of the Suzuki Violin School, Volumes 1–3 by internationally renowned violinist, Hilary Hahn in collaboration with pianist Natalie Zhu. The new recordings and the… Read more ▶

July 10, 2020

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June 16, 2020

We are pleased to announce that the Suzuki Association of the Americas will rededicate the Michele Higa George Suzuki Outreach Fund to providing SAA teacher training scholarships for Black teachers in honor of Michele’s work with Rainbow Suzuki Strings… Read more ▶

June 23, 2020

The new Suzuki violin recordings (Volumes 1-3) by internationally renowned violinist, Hilary Hahn, in collaboration with Natalie Zhu, will be released in July of 2020! The new recordings will replace all existing ones associated with the Suzuki Violin School International… Read more ▶

June 19, 2020

With sadness and disappointment, the SAA is officially cancelling the 19th Biennial Suzuki Conference which had been rescheduled for September. Student and teacher events alike held promise of being a truly outstanding and memorable Suzuki event. If you have the opportunity,… Read more ▶

June 9, 2020

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June 8, 2020 by Mariana Moretzsohn Duarte, Sharon Jones

Espero, sinceramente, enquanto você lê isso, que você se encontre em segurança e com saúde e buscando formas de lidar com todas as mudanças que vêm acontecendo em nosso mundo nos últimos meses. De fato, estes são tempos surreais, e não… Read more ▶

May 8, 2020 by Christine Goodner

Teaching preschool-aged students has presented a unique challenge during this time of online lessons. Of all the age groups I teach, online lessons are the hardest for many of my students in this age range. I have had to be… Read more ▶

May 8, 2020 by Christine Goodner

As we have all been responding to COVID-19 and lessons have moved online, we are so grateful to our wonderful Suzuki community for supporting each other through the process. A big thank you to all the parents and teachers being… Read more ▶

May 8, 2020 by Christine Goodner

Every week that I teach online, I get a little better at all of the details. I am learning what helps me keep my energy up and how to best help my students through the assignments I give them. I… Read more ▶

May 8, 2020

Suzuki Teachers! SAA is sponsoring a limited number of 5-hour online seminars for SAA Member Teachers! These seminars are a one-time series for the months of June through August. With few institutes taking place and regular unit training on hold, this… Read more ▶

May 7, 2020 by Sharon Jones

I sincerely hope as you read this, you are safe and healthy and finding ways to cope with all the changes in our world over the last couple of months. These are surreal times, indeed, and nobody is unaffected by… Read more ▶

April 22, 2020

In case you didn’t receive the news, we have moved the May Conference to September 3-7, 2020, at the Hilton Minneapolis and Minneapolis Convention Center! We hope you will still be able to join us. If you made a hotel guest… Read more ▶