by Jackie Westerduin | Sep 21, 2020 | Online Learning, Parent Corner, Practice
Organizing At-Home Practice! We’re all spending a lot of time at home these days. Practicing is a great way to keep students’ engaged and give them a break from screens. Having a variety of focused activities is important to keep all that practice interesting....
by Jackie Westerduin | May 28, 2020 | Practice
To play on Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art,” the art of listening isn’t hard to master. The Suzuki guitar teacher and Suzuki violin mom Michele Horner advises listening to the recordings of current repertoire ten times a day. That may sound like a lot, but the...
by Jackie Westerduin | May 5, 2020 | Practice
Even without the support of a teacher’s presence, it is important for students to maintain both healthy posture and correct hand positioning in their home practice set-up. All musicians should sit or stand with a lengthened, relaxed back. Imagine being pulled upwards...