The Minnesota Orchestra announced Thursday the appointment of American violinist Erin Keefe, 31, as concertmaster. Keefe was a Suzuki student of SAA violin teacher and teacher trainer Teri Einfeldt for eight years.
The announcement praised Erin’s “depth, refinement, and exquisite… Read more ▶
Group Lessons for Suzuki Violin and Viola
By Carolyn McCall
Book, 84 pages, $12.95
Group lesson ideas for violin and viola, organized by book level and technique/skill.
Focus on Suzuki Piano: Creative and Effective Ideas for Teachers and Parents
By Mary Craig Powell
Book, 76 pages,… Read more ▶
September 15—18, 2011, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Members present: Susan Baer, Ellen Berry, Dan Browning, Mark George, chair, Frances Green, Marilyn Kesler, Sarah Bylander Montzka, Marilyn O’Boyle, Patricia Purcell, MaryLou Roberts, Lucy Shaw, and Pam Brasch, ex officio.
The meeting was called to… Read more ▶
Gavin George, 8-year-old Suzuki piano student of Mary Craig Powell will be performing on From the Top on Sunday, September 25 at 7PM. He is the youngest student ever chosen for this prestigious show and he is truly something for… Read more ▶
The SAA would like to welcome five new Teacher Trainers:
Amy Matherly
Charlton, MA
Violin
Nightingale Chen
Powell, OH
Piano
Priscilla Jones
Bainbridge Island, WA
Cello
Sharon Jones
London, ON
Suzuki Early Childhood Education
Haukur Hannesson
Uppsala, Sweden
Cello
ESA Level V Trainer, added to SAA Registry
We look forward to their service in this new and… Read more ▶
In this issue:
Volunteer Spotlight: Patricia & Michael Brown
Conference Deadlines for Students and Sessions
Weekly SAA News Emails
Student Writing Contest Finalists
Nurtured By Love Video DVD
Upcoming Events
109 new members joined the SAA in August. Welcome!
Volunteer Spotlight: Patricia & Michael Brown
This month’s SAA Volunteer… Read more ▶
September 14, 2011 by Michael Brown, Patricia Brown
This month’s SAA Volunteer Spotlight features Patricia and Michael Brown, Suzuki parents and active volunteers at the Blue Lake Suzuki Family Camp.
Tell us about yourselves—where you’re from, how you became involved with Suzuki, anything else you’d like to share.
We… Read more ▶
Student Writing Contest Finalist, 12-14 age group
I started taking violin lessons at the age of five. Since I played my first piece of sight reading, I knew that it was not going to be easy for me.
Sight reading has always… Read more ▶
Student Writing Contest Finalist, 15+ age group
Sing for the sake of singing
Form the thought of something more.
Your strings are there for you to play
To grow, to learn, to love.
Music is forever, rhythm universal.
We can touch the world
with simple words.
To… Read more ▶
Student Writing Contest Finalist, 6-8 age group
I have a music family:
My mama plays violin and my papa plays violin and piano, and my sister plays piano and violin. But my family is bigger than that!
In piano I have Mrs.… Read more ▶
Student Writing Contest Finalist, 9-11 age group
When I was eight, my mom asked me and my little sister if we wanted to learn how to play the violin. I was a little nervous, but at the same time I was… Read more ▶
Student Writing Contest Finalist, 9-11 age group
One of my most memorable Suzuki moments happened at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Suzuki Institute. On a sunny afternoon during repertoire class in the Pavane, we had a very special visitor. The… Read more ▶
SAA Board of Directors Chair Dr. Mark George appeared with students of the Music Institute of Chicago on Windy City Live on Thursday, August 25.
The performance can be seen here:
http://windycitylive.com/episodes/Learning-with-the-Suzuki-Method/8326125 Read more ▶
164 new members joined the SAA in July. Welcome!
We have 8,138 members as of July 31.
In this issue:
2012 Conference
Tips for a Halloween Musical Bash
Host a SPA Course in Your Area
Online Teacher Search Service
Upcoming Events
2012 Conference
Be sure to mark your calendar… Read more ▶
It’s August. All my students know what that means—it’s time to plan for the Halloween group recital. It wasn’t always this way—my violin teacher friend, Danielle Charboneau, deserves all the credit. When she moved to California to start a new… Read more ▶
Meet newly-appointed SAA Board of Directors Chair-elect Marilyn Kesler. Kesler begins her two-year term as chair-elect on August 1, after which she will become board chair. Read more ▶
August 11, 2011 by Susan Baer, Sally Gross, Gail Lange, Deborah Moench, Patricia Purcell, MaryLou Roberts
S—T—R—E—T—C—H
It’s been a long time coming. I hadn’t even considered the possibility that I might be one until relatively recently. And to actually take on the role and don the mantel, to embrace the responsibility was like diving into the… Read more ▶
Growing up in the rural Kithoka community in central Kenya, Bishop Lawi Imathiu didn’t have the opportunity to go to high school. Until 2005, when the bishop founded the Bishop Lawi Imathiu Secondary School, a step in fulfilling the bishop’s vision of bringing education back home in Kenya. Read more ▶
It is dusty. There is a strong smell of pine coming from the rosin lying next to me. My velvet blanket covers me as I wait for my owner to take me out of this dark, musty coffin. Read more ▶
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