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 [...]

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 [...]

Wonderful Video of Violin Book 10 with Cadenza by Zino Francescatti

I just found this last night!!! In Dr. Suzuki’s Great Violinists Vol. 7 – there is a recording of Dr. Suzuki performing Frank Sonata (Real Audio – just a small clip) -

Anyway – Zino Francescatti was in Paris when Dr. Suzuki was in germany and he probably heard him… Has anyone [...]

25 hours of Videos of Dr. Suzuki from 1976

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

First page of my Philosophy Paper for Teacher Trainer Application

Well folks, here it is…. page 1. 771 words. The paper needs to be 1500 to 1800 words, typed, double spaced with bibliography and footnoted references. Must include the statement “Every Child Can Learn” and show two specific way that Dr. Suzuki’s ideas are implemented in your studio. I [...]

Suzuki Graduation Concert January 18, 2007

Our Graduation Concert was a huge success last night! I’m all warm and excited by how well it went.
This is a shikishi painted by Dr. Suzuki that we had presented to the students on their graduation Certificate. It means, “When Love is Deep , Much Can be Accomplished”.
We had 35 Teachers
135 [...]

Dr. Suzuki’s Message to Graduates

A Message to Graduates from Dr. Suzuki
Congratulations on your achievement. Please remember as you are advancing with your music, the study of tone becomes foremost. There are many kinds of sound. Please work with your teacher to study tonalization…

beautiful sound
ringing tone
clear. clean smal tone

When listening to the performing artist on the CD, you can hear [...]