Hito wa Kankyou no ko Nari…. People are the Children of their environments…

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This Painting from Suzuki Sensei means (in my translation) “People become the child of their environments” or as it is more often translated, “Man is the son of his environment”
This has been my shikishi forever. Every time I received a painting from Dr. Suzuki, it said that phrase out of the hundreds of quotes [...]

New Idea~!

Sit calmly in a comfortable chair….
Along with your students and parents ….
Be very still and quiet  and together gently listen to the wonderful tone of Fritz Kreisler on a DVD.   VERY good speakers are preferable (although whatever kinds of speakers are available will work- iPods won’t work for this unless they have speakers or [...]

Ideas from Cleo Brimhall – tension is the enemy of tone.

“Tension is the enemy of tone” ~ Cleo
In Three Areas -
These areas are :
1) Tension in the world – World Association of Suzuki Method (ISA and affiliates on down)  Tension between governments…
2) Tension in the Family Units (Grandparents, Parents, Children – teacher,  student, in the Educational Unit the teaching…  classroom or family whichever – tension [...]

Book 1 Practice Video Suzuki with CD (Matsumoto Tempo)

I am so amazed and honored!  SAA Published my article “Panda” in the Suzuki Journal!  Quite exciting!!!  Also a bit embarrassing as they published the old unedited version which is much longer that the one that appears here… (see Spring 2008 ASJ)  If anyone out there has corrections for my section involving anatomy and physiology [...]

Dr. Suzuki Teaching

Practice and study

I have been practicing everyday very hard towards the dvd I must make for Candidacy for SAA Teacher Trainer Status. I know that there are many teacher trainers who have something against me for some reason, (Japanese training?) but I must try despite the odds. It is supposed to be a fair process [...]

LingLing dies at age 22

LingLing, the Panda Bear Dr. Suzuki named his own Panda bow technique after, passed away today at age 22.
It is in the news….

Celebration VII

We just had our Celebration concert with over 3000 students from all over Utah. It happens once every three years because it takes 2 and a half years to plan I was feeling well enough to go! I helped lead the Allegros Violins – All of the teachers lead together. It [...]

Protected: Gavotte from “Mignon”

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25 hours of Videos of Dr. Suzuki from 1976

Translated
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Arts/subcollections/SuzukiAbout.shtml