by Asher Wolf | Dec 9, 2019 | Parent Corner
Music students ought to love music. This is not a terribly controversial statement, but it is often seen as irrelevant. For some parents and teachers – and indeed in the Suzuki philosophy – the main idea behind music lessons is that the child develops...
by Jenni Janson | Nov 26, 2019 | Parent Corner
School band teachers often recruit young Suzuki flutists do to their ability to play so well at a young age. This is often very exciting to students and parents because of not only the early invitation which feels like an honor, but also the social experience that is...
by Elisa Muzzillo | Nov 26, 2019 | Parent Corner
Understanding Song Format It all starts with a melody that persists in your ear, your heart, your feet. A melody that makes you dance and sing is a melody you will remember for a long time. The Suzuki Book 1 songs were composed to accomplish this goal – melodies that...
by Asher Wolf | Nov 20, 2019 | Parent Corner
And it is by doing. Practice, habit building, repetition, reinforcement, routine; whatever you want to call it, there is no other way to build a skill or explore a mode of expression. So at the most fundamental level, learning is not very complicated or mysterious!...
by Elisa Muzzillo | Oct 27, 2019 | Parent Corner, Practice
Suzuki methods, from the outside, seem arduous at best: asking your child to perfect a classical piece from memory? That explanation sounds DAUNTING. But fear not! If you and your child are listening to their piece everyday, there will be no issue with performing the...
by Asher Wolf | Oct 17, 2019 | Parent Corner
Why have we all gotten worse at learning? The assertion that children glom onto skills at a much higher rate than adults is, by this point, folk wisdom (it is also a central premise of the Suzuki Method.) Many propose simple explanations for this observation. One...