Dear Friends,
October arrives with its promise fall in North America and the promise of the spring in the South. The beauty of our world and the change of seasons is perhaps more poignant than ever in these unprecedented times.
We,… Read more ▶
Live streaming on YouTube Live from 10:00 a.m., Japan time, on October 25, 2020 (Sun.)
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The Suzuki Children’s Piano Concert is a nationwide concert hosted in Japan by TERI. With this concert, we aim to improve the musical performance level of… Read more ▶
October 8, 2020
To the Membership,
The Board is very pleased to have received twelve applications for its open positions. Eight are from persons of color affiliated with the North American Suzuki Community, and four from SAA members living and working in… Read more ▶
Jeanne Baxtresser
Former Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic
Martin Beaver
Formerly Tokyo String Quartet, Montrose Trio, Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles, CA
Robert A. Duke, PhD
Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor in Music and Human Leaning , University of Texas Butler School of… Read more ▶
For Suzuki Violin Volumes 1–3
The International Suzuki Association, in conjunction with Alfred Music, is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated recordings of the Suzuki Violin School, Volumes 1–3 are now available for download on Amazon, the… Read more ▶
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 ▶
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 ▶
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 ▶
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 ▶
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 ▶
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 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 ▶
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 ▶
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 ▶