Cover picture by Sherry Ferrante
Published May 2012
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by Mark George
There are few things more exciting to a child than a family vacation. I remember traveling with my family to Atlantic City, Cape Cod, Wasaga Beach, New York City, Sea World and many other places. My memories are not of… Read more ▶
Chairs Message, Institute, Institutes, Summer
ASJ 40.3, page 2
by Susan Baer
Here come the young Durham boys bounding up the front steps for their weekly lessons. With violin cases blithely slung on their backs, their hands clutch the toy airplanes and tanks that they’ve brought to show me. They bubble over… Read more ▶
Lucky Stars
ASJ 40.3, page 13
At the SAA Conference this year, our guitar clinician will be Connie Sheu, known to us all as the little girl whose pictures are featured in the Suzuki Guitar School, Volume I. Connie was kind enough to have an interview, which I am pleased to present here. Read more ▶
Conference 2012, Guitar, Interview, Suzuki Graduates
ASJ 40.3, page 15
by Libby Felts, Nicolas Kendall
I spoke with Nick (grandson of American Suzuki pioneer John Kendall) as he was preparing for Time for Three’s March 8 debut at Carnegie Hall as soloists with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Read more ▶
Conference 2012, Interview, Suzuki Graduates, Violin
ASJ 40.3, page 18
by Jane Kutscher Reed, Lucy Lewis
This column features a variety of brief tips for Suzuki teachers. Read more ▶
Grace Notes, Performance, Practicing, Suzuki, Teachers, Tips
ASJ 40.3, page 22
With a tip of the hat to Kay Slone—of course we all agree that they’re “rarely too young,” but… “never too old?” Read more ▶
Commentary, Teacher Perspectives
ASJ 40.3, page 34
by Amy Matherly
Fiddling is fun. You will find it hard to keep your feet from tapping and your mood from lifting when playing fiddle music. Read more ▶
Fiddling, Supplementary Repertoire, Violin
ASJ 40.3, page 37
by Nightingale Chen, Jane Kutscher Reed, Susan Forry Locke, Merry Bing Pruitt, Judy Scurci, Carol Thompson
Ah, summer! The smell of flowers, fresh vegetables, and the water… and then, there’s the thought of scheduling our students for the new school year. Read more ▶
Business of Teaching, Studios and Programs
ASJ 40.3, page 40
Have you ever had trouble getting a child to practice a piece by starting somewhere other than the beginning of the piece? Read more ▶
Music Theory, Teaching and Learning
ASJ 40.3, page 42
When considering music lessons for their children, parents of kids on the autism spectrum often seek out Suzuki teachers. Read more ▶
Autism, Special Needs, Students, Teaching, Teaching and Learning
ASJ 40.3, page 46
What do parents do when their two year old child is quiet, does not point to things and says, “look” and sits like a stone in his car seat? Read more ▶
Autism, Parent Perspectives
ASJ 40.3, page 50
Festivals, competitions, auditions, and tests are all a part of being a musician. As a “dyed in the wool” Suzuki teacher, I feel it is often just too cruel and counterproductive to have winners and losers. Read more ▶
Teacher Perspectives
ASJ 40.3, page 53
Like all parents, we discovered that after the first few years, there was still a massive job ahead of us—maybe not as tiring physically, but emotionally and mentally very demanding. The funny thing is children continue to change and transform endlessly, and so we keep adapting and growing with them, never feeling quite like experts at this job. Read more ▶
Parent Perspectives, Teaching and Learning
ASJ 40.3, page 55
News from Peru David Evenchick, cello teacher trainer from Canada, writes: Thanks to the Suzuki Association of Peru and the SAA I have had the honor and privilege of teaching in Latin America. As members of the Suzuki community we understand that… Read more ▶
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Latin America, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
ASJ 40.3, page 56
by Carmen Wise
“Where love is deep, much can be accomplished.” —Shinichi Suzuki More than 110 students, representing the whole spectrum of Suzuki string playing from Twinkles to Book Ten and beyond, enjoyed a week of music, learning and fun at the Fifth Annual… Read more ▶
Costa Rica, Latin America
ASJ 40.3, page 64
Under the slogan associated with music for a better world, in 2008, Colombia celebrated ten years of Suzuki Festivals. Since then, the organizing team has not stopped their joint efforts to continue making this wonderful experience possible. Today, in the… Read more ▶
Colombia, Espanol, Festivals, Latin America
ASJ 40.3, page 66
by Deborah Moench, Ramona Stirling
The connection that began this adventure started in Turin, Italy at the Suzuki World Convention in 2006. After hearing a concert where the Rocky Mountain Strings performed, Koen Rens invited RMS students to go to Belgium for a workshop with his students. Read more ▶
Belgium, Local Programs, Students, Travel
ASJ 40.3, page 24
What do seventy Suzuki teachers, 100 families, and the Prime Minister of Canada have in common? They all joined forces to create the 2011 Ontario Suzuki Conference, in Barrie, Canada. Read more ▶
Chapters, Conference, Local Programs
ASJ 40.3, page 28
by Pat D'Ercole
The UWSP Suzuki Strings Mentoring Program (SSMP) was launched September 11–12, 2010. The three brave mentees arrived on the UWSP campus from Lincoln, NE, Watertown, WI, and Monument, CO. Read more ▶
Local Programs, Teacher Development
ASJ 40.3, page 32
Doris died peacefully on September 11, 2011, accompanied by her sons, while I was on my way to Guanajuato, México, for their VI Festival Suzuki. Etna Diemecke and I dedicated the Festival to the celebration of Doris’ life. Her life inspired us to work with yet more dedication, more energy and more persistence towards the fulfillment of Dr Suzuki’s dream: a world without violence and conflicts, a world of love, peace and compassion. Read more ▶
Espanol, Interview, Latin America, Memorial, Peru, Piano
ASJ 40.3, page 68
Mrs. Joichi was a beloved Suzuki Piano Teacher and SAA Teacher Trainer. She served on the faculty of the Music Institute of Chicago, worked on the Suzuki Piano repertoire revisions committee and taught at many institutes and workshops. She studied… Read more ▶
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