Armena Marderosian
Armena Marderosian started Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a piano freshman 1966, saw Suzuki violin kids there, saw Gretchen Hazen Smith’s Suzuki piano kids 1972 after Gretchen’s Matsumoto study with Mrs. Haruko Kataoka, and fell in love with Dr. Suzuki’s method! Started Suzuki piano teaching 1972. Started training Suzuki piano teachers 1974 of necessity for my absence (husband’s sabbaticals). February-June 1976, lived in Matsumoto, Japan with Suzuki family of Dr. Suzuki’s Talent Education Institute, watched 4 month of lessons and classes.
I’ve written articles for American Suzuki Journal, Suzuki World, Piano Basics, and my website www.suniproject.org “Sing for Your Baby” section. I direct the 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation The Suni Project: Music Preservation for the Armenian music of Grikor Mirzaian Suni (1876-1939) grandpa of my husband Ron Suny, I’m pianist for The Suni Project for our concerts, and author of articles about Grikor Mirzaian Suni.
Sources of Motivation: How Sevan turned her mom into a Suzuki mom
In One Ear & Out The Other
General Pedagogy
Kids Want To Save Face
Piano Lessons From Birth
We Listen to the Music, but Look at the Score
Preparation For Suzuki Lessons: Arousing The Desire
Studying Suzuki Piano: More Than Music by Bigler & Lloyd-Watts
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