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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 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘violin’
August 5, 2008
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 [...]
May 13, 2008
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 [...]
July 11, 2007
Protected: Gavotte from “Mignon”
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
May 27, 2007
25 hours of Videos of Dr. Suzuki from 1976
Translated
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Arts/subcollections/SuzukiAbout.shtml
May 7, 2007
Teachers are like doctors…?
Recently our puppydog Lucy was very sick. I was reading about her condition on the web and the articles kept saying “Patient presents with…” and then her symptoms.
Well I also belong to Suzuki Chat and a recent message went something like this:
“While boys and girls may present differently to [...]
April 16, 2007
Good Tone Twinkler
I have a new Twinkler who has very beautiful Tone… and here is her secret…
Each time before she begins, she does a complete round of:
“Tick Tock Land and Stop” *
“Teeter Totter to A”**
“Wait Wait Ready Go” ***
And then she starts!
*From Cathy Lee in San Francisco
** My own invention- natural balance string change
*** Ed [...]
March 11, 2007
About Miss Hilary Hahn’s Encore
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst’s Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Der Erlkönig, Op. 26, is considered one of the most difficult works ever written for solo violin. The violin assumes three vocal roles. The demands of providing distinct characterizations for the father, the young son, and the demonic Erl-King intent on stealing the child’s spirit, make this piece [...]
