Certificate of Achievement
Congratulations to the 2012 Certificate of Achievement Recipients:
Gloria Apellaniz, piano, Colorado
Daniel Gee, violin, Texas
Jessica Meyer, violin, Connecticut
Amy Matherly, violin, Massachusetts
The SAA Certificate of Achievement recognizes teachers with a commitment to life‐long learning and self‐improvement.
Check your training profile to… Read more ▶
June 20, 2012 by Kathleen Schoen, Thomas Wm Schoen, Heidi Schuller, Joanna Smulakowski
These short videos presented at the conference provide a wonderful introduction to the Suzuki Method, and how it can benefit the larger community as well as individual students.
The Expanded Suzuki Triangle: Nurturing the Student within the Community
by Kathleen & Thomas… Read more ▶
Turtle Bay Music School utilizes Dr. Suzuki’s philosophies as a cornerstone in our approach to music teaching and learning. Each year, TBMS’s highly integrated Suzuki strings program serves nearly 1,000 students and families, including children, teens and adults of all… Read more ▶
This presentation is an outgrowth of numerous conversations I’ve had with local traditional flute instructors questioning the value of the Suzuki method, and why they should attend teacher training and use the Suzuki books. And, to educate traditional teachers on… Read more ▶
Hello, all Canadian SAA members!
At the recent SAA conference, there was an informal session where Canadian members discussed issues of mutual concern. This message is one result of our discussions.
There is now a Canada page on the SAA website. (There’s… Read more ▶
In this issue:
Conference Pictures!
Group Class Techniques Workshops
Suzuki Method World Convention
40th Anniversary ASJ Articles Due July 1
A Star for My Father
Upcoming Events
192 new members joined the SAA in May. Welcome!
Conference Pictures!
Lots of pictures from the SAA Conference in Minneapolis are available… Read more ▶
1st Place Winner
Daniel Su, age 6
Lexington, KY
Daniel has been studying piano one year with teacher Jennifer Brooke (J.B.) Taylor.
2nd Place
Oliver Setiyadi, age 8
Broomfield, CO
Oliver has been playing violin for four years. His drawing is titled “A World of Music.”
3rd Place
Caera… Read more ▶
Oberlin Conservatory of Music announced Tuesday that violist Michael Strauss, former student of William Preucil, Sr., and Suzuki Viola Volume 8 recording artist, is newly appointed Associate Professor of Viola and Chamber Music.
Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull… Read more ▶
In this issue:
Going…To The Highest Bidder!
Call for Submissions: 40th Anniversary ASJ Issue
Upcoming Events
159 new members joined the SAA in April. Welcome!
Going…To The Highest Bidder!
A pre-conference online auction fund-raiser, organized by the SAA Board of Directors, has just opened for bidding!
Bidding… Read more ▶
June is a month that I look forward to with special anticipation every year. June is the harbinger of all the delightful treats of summer. It promises a break from structured routine, the adventure of a vacation, and happiness ignited… Read more ▶
Laurel Trainor and David Gerry’s research on very early musical training for babies at McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind has recently been published in Developmental Science and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Read more from ScienceDaily:
Babies’… Read more ▶
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 ▶
A pioneer of the Suzuki violin method in North America, June’s first of many trips to Japan was in 1967. She became a close friend of Dr. Suzuki and was well known in the Japanese Suzuki community. June was especially… Read more ▶
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 ▶
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 ▶
“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 ▶
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 ▶
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