In the last two blog posts of this series about what parents need to know before putting their kids in Suzuki violin lessons, I discussed the Suzuki Method Philosophy and the Suzuki Method Curriculum. If you missed those, you can check them out here: Part I: What You Really Need to Know About the Suzuki […]
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Suzuki Method Curriculum: Why Do We Keep Playing the Suzuki Review Pieces Over and Over Again???
Occasionally parents in my studio complain that they are sick of the Suzuki pieces. “My child is so sick of their pieces, so we haven’t been doing our review.” More often, I ask for a review piece and the result is a lot of fumbling fingers and memory slips. Why, when it would be so […]
What You Really Need to Know About the Suzuki Method Philosophy
If you’ve had any exposure to the music education world, chances are you’ve heard something about the Suzuki Method. This method, pioneered by Shinichi Suzuki, has been both deified and vilified. Perhaps you read the article by Mark O’Connor a few years ago calling the man and the whole method a fraud. Perhaps you’ve heard that […]