Cover picture by Andreas Bueschel

Published August 2014

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American Suzuki Journal 42.4

Features

Interview: Laurel Trainor, SAA Honorary Board Member

by David Gerry

Dr. Laurel Trainor is a professor in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University, a research scientist at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, and the director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the… Read more ▶

Board, Flute, Honorary Board, Interview, Research
ASJ 42.4, page 59

Conference

A Thousand Hearts and Hands

by Susan Baer

At the 2014 SAA Conference, children from all over the Americas joined together in a celebration of music and commonality. This is a story of gratitude to the many individuals who made it possible. Read more ▶

Conference 2014, Latin America, Latin American Ensemble 2014, Latin American Suzuki Ensemble, Sponsors, Suzuki Americas 2014
ASJ 42.4, page 12

Suzuki Americas 2014 Wrap-Up

by Ruth Engle Larner

Conference 2014, Suzuki Americas 2014
ASJ 42.4, page 14

Creating Learning Community Award: Sharing the Sounds of Success with the Greater Guitar Community

by Kevin Hart

Guitarists were proud to honor David Madsen with a Creating Learning Community Award at the 2014 SAA Biennial Conference. David was selected for the award because of his generosity. He has served on the SAA Board of Directors, is a… Read more ▶

Conference 2014, Creating Learning Community, Guitar, Learning Community, Teachers
ASJ 42.4, page 15

Creating Learning Community Award: A Celebration of the Starrs

by Pam Brasch

Bill and Connie Starr were the focus of a surprise celebration for Bill’s ninety-first birthday on the evening of May 23 in Minneapolis. Students of Boulder Suzuki Strings, the Suzuki program founded by Bill Starr thirty-two years ago, remained on… Read more ▶

Conference 2014, Creating Learning Community, Featured Teachers, Learning Community
ASJ 42.4, page 16

The Twelfth International Research Symposium on Talent Education: Empathy, Innovation, and Musicianship

by Karin Hendricks

Conference 2014, IRSTE, Research
ASJ 42.4, page 21

Dynamic Recorder Sessions at the Conference

by Mary Halverson Waldo

Conference, Conference 2014, Recorder
ASJ 42.4, page 23

Piano at the Conference

by Gail Gebhart

Conference, Conference 2014, Piano
ASJ 42.4, page 23

Making Friends and Music: Suzuki Voice at the Conference

by Mary Hofer

Conference, Conference 2014, Voice
ASJ 42.4, page 24

Viola Conference Events: Collaboration and Community

by Sarah Bylander Montzka

Conference, Conference 2014, Viola
ASJ 42.4, page 24

Violin at the Conference

by James Hutchins

Conference, Conference 2014, Violin
ASJ 42.4, page 25

Interview: Alex VanBibber

by Adrielle Van Bibber

Conference 2014, Performance, Piano, Piano Concerto, Practicing, Student Perspectives
ASJ 42.4, page 27

Boulder Suzuki Strings in Minneapolis

by Elise Steichen, Julie Stibbards

Conference 2014, Ensembles, International Ensembles, Student Perspectives
ASJ 42.4, page 28

Reflections from a BSS Chaperone

by Brian Donohue

Conference 2014, Ensembles, International Ensembles, Parent Perspectives
ASJ 42.4, page 30

My Reflections on Minneapolis and the SAA Conference

Conference, Conference 2014, Ensembles, International Ensembles, Student Perspectives
ASJ 42.4, page 30

Doris and Bill Preucil: Inspiring a Musical Vision

by Christie Felsing

On Sunday, May 25, at the 2014 Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference in Minneapolis, the Preucils were recognized for their contribution to the Suzuki world at large. This special tribute, titled “Doris and Bill Preucil: Inspiring a Musical Vision,”… Read more ▶

Conference 2014, Featured Teachers, Historical, Vision
ASJ 42.4, page 32

The Sound of Community: SAA 16th Conference Keynote

by Gabriel Pliego

Perhaps some of you have experienced the following situation: when a three- or four-year-old student comes to our studio, she and her mother frequently believe we are Heifetz or Perlman, Dorothy DeLay or Josef Gingold, or one of them .… Read more ▶

Conference, Conference 2014, Keynote, Latin America
ASJ 42.4, page 36

Columns

Chair’s Column

by Marilyn Kesler

The 2014 summer has been wonderful. For me, it has included Suzuki Summer Institutes, meeting new colleagues, a less rigorous teaching schedule, an extended holiday to see family members, and a trip to the beautiful northwest portion of the United… Read more ▶

Chairs Message, Columns
ASJ 42.4, page 2

Every Person Can (Period!)

by Meret Bitticks

Columns, Flute, Haiti, International Activities, Outreach, Suzuki Philosophy
ASJ 42.4, page 51

A Seasonal Check-Up for Suzuki Teachers

by Andrea Cannon

Columns, Guitar, Teachers
ASJ 42.4, page 53

In Their Own Time

by Danette Warren

The hallway conversations between parents before and after class always intrigue me. Often, after class has ended and the teachers are writing their comments in the students’ baby class journals, bits of the conversations float into the room. “Is she… Read more ▶

Child Behavior, Child Development, Columns, Suzuki Early Childhood Education
ASJ 42.4, page 55