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In this issue: Mini Online Conference Mini Online Conference Selected sessions from the 2014 SAA Conference “Powered by Community” will soon be available online! If you were not present in Minneapolis, we encourage you to join the larger online community and enjoy 30 sessions, plus access to numerous handouts. And, if you did attend, here’s your chance to catch a session you perhaps missed. Check out these special rates! $10 for 2014 conference attendees $45 for SAA members (non-conference attendees) $75 for non-SAA members The Mini Online Conference will start November 1, 2014, and be available through January 31, 2015. You’ll receive an email for instant access to the sessions once you’ve registered. Check back on the SAA website on November 1, when registration goes live! Registrants for the Mini Online Conference also receive a $2 discount (per item) on any of the twelve conference digital downloads. You’ll want to take advantage of hearing such amazing performances as Suzuki Americas, SYOA, SYASE, Latin American Ensemble, Piano Concerto, Guitar Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, Recorder Consort, Boulder Suzuki Strings, Stellae Boreales, and Vivaldi Strings. ADVERTISEMENT   Preliminary Summer Institute ListingsWith more than 60 Suzuki Summer Institutes to choose from, there’s something for every Suzuki family! View preliminary institute listings today:
Parents as Partners Online 2015 Coming in the new year! The Parents as Partners Online series will return in late January with more than 30 new talks, plus additional presentations from the past three PPO events. Topics range from listening to review, motivating teens to developing ownership, practice pointers to parent-child relationships, and more! You and your Suzuki parents won’t want to miss out on this opportunity for further inspiration. The short online talks will be available for viewing at your convenience, 24-7. Registration information will be available in future Suzuki E-News. Costs are listed below. Studio Teacher (you!) plus your studio parents. Note: Parents do not need to be SAA members, but are always welcome to join. $50 for teacher plus 1 to 5 parents, $10 for each additional parent Individual $25 for SAA members, $45 for non-members ADVERTISEMENT   Suzuki Principles in Action: Upcoming Courses Suzuki Principles in Action (SPA) is a two day, cross-instrumental course designed to help teachers incorporate Suzuki’s principles effectively in their teaching. The inspiration for SPA came from a need, identified by both Trainers and Teacher Workshop Participants, to deal with the challenges of implementing the knowledge gained from Unit courses into the reality of day-to-day studio teaching. The course focuses on how to teach, not what to teach, allowing the sharing of ideas among all instrument areas. SPA is based on Dr. Suzuki’s belief that knowledge is an important first step, but “knowledge plus 10,000 times” is what produces ability. Read More… Upcoming Courses will be held in:
The Sound of CommunityIs studying music a real way to raise better people? 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 . . . anyway, they do not know them yet. Some time goes by and the early teenage years arrive. You know, those years when teenagers “love” smiling, they have a “beautiful” attitude towards life, they “like” communicating with adults and, moreover, they listen with rapt “attention” to anything we say. These are wonderful years. We love them, right? Clearly, they no longer believe that we are Perlman or Dorothy Delay; on the contrary, some believe we have too many limitations, and we do not belong to their team. Some more years go by and they are about to graduate from high school, and they reach a halfway point: they know we are not the best in the world, but we are not bad either. In fact, they have realized we are good teachers, good musicians, and they also play very well, and best of all, we have become friends. We have gotten along with them for twelve, fourteen, or more years. They have indeed shared with us some big personal disappointments or family sorrow, such as the loss of a loved one, but we have also shared big joys, maybe the arrival of a younger sibling or personal and school achievements. Most likely we have had the chance to sit beside them to listen and advise them on important life decisions, perhaps the first-love disappointment. And it is very likely that we’ve been asked for advice on deciding the courses they may enroll in at university. It does not matter whether they will study music, medicine, law, architecture, engineering—we have known them for long time and we have definitively influenced them; we are part of their lives and they take a part of us with them. Let’s think a little about the following: a classroom teacher works with his students for one year only; it’s common for Suzuki teachers to work with the same student for ten, twelve, or more years. We have a huge responsibility. Read More… ADVERTISEMENT   News From Here and ThereWhat we’ve been reading, watching, and listening to around the web: Interactive Lab Explores Music’s Scientific Potential (The Globe and Mail) D’Addario Orchestral Strings | A Symphony of Innovation (D’Addario & Co) Happy Birthday, Shinichi Suzuki! Upcoming EventsSan Martín de los AndesSan Martín de los Andes, Q, Argentina Oct 23 – 27 University of DenverDenver, CO Oct 23 – Nov 19 Suzuki School of NewtonNewton, MA Oct 23 2014 – Jan 29 University of Louisville Community Music ProgramLouisville, KY Oct 25 – 26 Studio of Sherry CadowLos Angeles, CA Oct 27 – Nov 7 Temple University Music Preparatory DivisionPhiladelphia, PA Oct 31 – Dec 12 Encontro Internacional de ControbaixoGoiânia, GO, Brazil Nov 1 – 8 Asociación Mexicana de Método SuzukiCiudad de México, DF, Mexico Nov 6 – 9 Suzuki Association of OntarioON Nov 8 Northwestern State UniversityNachitoches, LA Nov 8 University of DenverDenver, CO Nov 8 Centro Suzuki Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, C, Argentina Nov 8 – 11 University of Texas at San Antonio Department of MusicSan Antonio, TX Nov 9 GuadalajaraGuadalajara, JAL, Mexico Nov 10 – 16 University of Wisconsin at Stevens PointStevens Point, WI Nov 10 – Dec 23 Studio of Gail LangeGuelph, ON Nov 10 2014 – Feb 27 Merit School of MusicChicago, IL Nov 14 2014 – Jan 30 Studio of Jeff CoxAmherst, MA Nov 15 Studio of Catherine WalkerMontréal, QC Nov 16 Studio of Patricia PasmanterBuenos Aires, C, Argentina Nov 20 – 24 Vermont Suzuki ViolinsHinesburg, VT Nov 21 – 23 Studio of Martha ShackfordSarasota, FL Nov 22 – 26 Festival Suzuki de EcuadorQuito, Ecuador Nov 22 – 28 Studio of Alice Ann O’NeillCincinnati, OH Nov 28 – Dec 8 Premier Business MembersMany thanks to our Premier Business Members: Alfred Music 
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