THE Volur-nc 23 Spring 2003 EUROPEAN SU ZIJKI TEACI{E RS' NE§I/SLETTER
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:$'! / Official Publication of the -I European Suzuki Association w; b Ltd (ESA)
The ESA's mission is to further Dr. Tru Shinichi Sr:zuki's Approach to education. The organisation's area of operation is Europe, thc Nliddle llast and Africa, as decic'lcd by the International Suzuki Ässociati<-rn of g'hich the ESA is a member. 'flre cornerstone oi maintaining quailn' in Suzuki teaching is Suzuki 'Ieacher Training. Training cours( s are pxrt dme and long term and foilou, the rules of the ESA's Teacher Training and Examinatjon I\{anual (copres of which are available from the national associations and the ESA office). Iquki Guitar - Elio Ga/uagnoJ 5'chool in 5'aluqo celebrates 15ilt Annitvr.rary Ex.rminations are held at fir.e levels leading to the Diploma of the European Suzuki Associadon. TABLE OF CONTENTS
For more information about clates, Organ becomes a Suzuki Instrument h1 Haukur Lt. Hanne.rson 3 venues and instruments taught, please The Suzuki Voice Programme in a Nutshell ly Päiui Kukkantriki 3 contact the organisers in each counül, Viola News 3 listed in dre centre pages of this journal. The Guitar and the Suzuki Method: intcruie»,a,itlt Elio Ga/uagno 4 Chairperson: F.leonorc Fürsrin zu Salm-Salm European Suzuki'Ieaching Development Trust: A report 5 Dcputy Chairman & ESA News: Board and Conference 6-7 Administratiye Of{icel News from ESA's National Associations /', t2-15 Dr. Birte Kelh., ESA, Stour I-Iouse, The Street, East Bergholt, ESÄ Information 8-9 Colchester, CO7 6TF, England ESA Teache r -T rainer f Examiners 9-10 E-mail: i [email protected] ESA Teacher-Trainees' E xam Resul t s 2001. -2003 10-11 NOTICEBOARD: Workshops 16 §flebsite: www. europ e ans uzuki. org Please send contributions to the European Suzuki Association's §/elr-Journal at any time during the year.' The European Suuki Assoc.iation (ESÄ), Iondon, a Company I.imited by Cuaranrce No 14769.13. Registered Address and Secretarr, of the r\ssrrciation. Deadline for next Newsletter: 31 December 2003 T. C. Constable, Esq, Weld and Beavan, 32 Litde Park Gardens, Ilnfield HN2 6PF, England Comspantknn la tlte ]:-L1 Baard :Loill fu adln.;rtl lo tltt Dqu\, C/taintan Bankers: Adm & Companv Plc,42 PaIl Nlall London S\\'l\' 5JG l FOR THE FIRST TIME: Suzuki Voice celebrates 15th Annivcrsary SUZUKI ORGAN TEACHERS Organ becorncs a Suzuki instrurncnt b1, Llanbr F. I Ianne.ron Thc first ilSr\ Level 1 examin:rtion ever for orgarr teachers took place in Örelrro in Srveden on the 9th of Scptcrnber 2002. This pioneering effort was lcurd lt1. IIS-\ Organ 'I'eachcr f'rainer Gunilla Rönnberg rvho has l>ecn grvrng a teacher tr:rimng course for Suzuki organ teachers in co-operatron wrth the NIusic College rn Piteä during the past few ).ears. SLx organ teachers passed their Level 1 ofl this occasion. Xlost of them live in the north of Sweden, whcrc interest for the
Suzuki Organ llethod has been big, particularly from the In lrorr
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Viola News \/iola Teacher Training is now available in the IiS,\ rrrca. Lonr term viola courscs are being planned, as wcil as short tcrrn 'conversion' courscs for qualified Suzuki violin teachcrs. Interested individuals or national associations should contect the viola teachcr trainers for furthcr information.
S Sr'"'eclcrr, c urati: lEva Nilsson, Skidspäret 11, 903-3u Urneä, eva. nils s on. rnusik (4)urnea. se ßatk ro»: hlaia Axill, Ian I laXträn (towr teatlxr), Gunil/a Kdrbson, Mikael I lil/- Ilona 'Ielmenvi, Ll nrborg I Iavc 52, 3460 Birkcrod, I )t'rrnr.trk, gre n, I)writ lüc/urdson. l'-roil m»: lili/ Eiklvn Ganiila Nimbery (earbe r trainer), Ann*l)r L)ndbery Sjödin e mail: [email protected] 4 orchestra thcir child is now ablc to plav a passage that tl.rey The Guitar and the Suzuki Method prcviousll' found very ciifficult. A celebration of two important anniversaries. I saw from the postcrs that you arc about to celcbrate. We havc rwo particular e\.ents to cclebrate. 1'he ;fallan,ing cansists of excerpts fron d neil'rpaPff inten,iea' »'itb Elio This year the Suzuki School in Saluzzo is officialll, 15 ycars olcl, Caluagno lo nark tbe 15tt) annitertary of bis scltool in .lahi7o. T'be fu// although I had already been experimcnting alone in m1' lext in Englis/t is auailable on tbe E5,.1 a,ebsite. u,orkshop for some 1,cars. In this se nse, I was verl' lucky, What is the role of the parent? because I discovered some extraorclinary familics who allorved The one precondition I ask of the family beforc I begrn is a me to trcat their childrcn like guinea pigs. I discovered so mucl'r. passion for music. This will help overcome the usual difficult And the n 'Chitarrissima'is celebrating its tenth cdition. moments. Families decide to bring their children to the music What is Chitarrissima? course, just as they might take them every Sunday to the It w'as born from an awareness that our instrumcnt u,as seaside, museum, concerts and on. mountains, the the a so cxploiting litde or nothing of its chamber repertoire or works us even the is Some families approach before child born and are for several guitars. So I thought that if this was importanr for 2- a listening programme carefully. selected music. The given of 3 year-old children, why not to give it to students, to those v,itl-r the more one learns naturalll'. more one listens, These children a diploma and to professionals? One comes to Chitarrissima to snatches music before they can säy or hum of "mum" "dad". play in an orchestra, because the «rrchestra is one of the pillars How should one listen? of the Suzuki method and not something extra or something It is enough that in the environment where the child is born and added at the end of the day after the master ciasses. That is the gro§/s up, the music the child hears .includes the music he or she main obiective around which othcrs are growing (to mention will start playing at 2 or 3 years old. just one, a project with Dr. Brazzo on the health of the Once the child starts classes, the mother or father should make musician) sure the child hears the repertoire every day, then they should Secondly, teachers trained in the Suzuki method have to be ablc find time to play and repeat what the child has learned in the to organise and to direct a children's orchestra: how will thev lesson. learn without direct, personal experience? There[ore, is an important aspect their And if the child does not want to do this? Chitarrissima of training. Every case is dift-erent, but in general, if the parents find the What motivates a teacher to choose this method? time to play with their children .rhen the children ask them to, The conviction that each child can learn and can learn to sing there is no problem. and play just as he learns to speak. I saw the phrase "educating the talent" in the school What is the ultimate aim of the method? brochure: what does that mean? A former president of ASTA (American String Teachers To put it simply, Dr. Suzuki intuited (and studies confirmed it) Association - the society which groups together all American that each of us has talents, including musical talent: developing teachers of stringed instruments), Joseph Gingoid, said that Dr. it to the maximum, whether it is a small or great talent, depends Suzuki did more for the violin than any other teacher in the last on the surrounding environment. It is only in that way that each century. And ,vet when one asked Dr. Suzuki what his aim was, individual's growth is harmonious and at peace with itself. he said his interest was in forming citizens with hearts full of wonder, who were willing to listen and understand the feelings are So we children of our environment? and the needs of others. People with this heart and this Yes, Dr. Suzuki did not foresee the battles between different sensibility - he asserted - can then reach the heart of Mozart's schools of thought that emphasise hereditary factors or and Bach's compositions, the ultimate aim of making music. environment täctors. As far as he was concerned, there was no conflict: for example, without the contribution of the For farl/Ler inforzaa/ion on wri/ar tearltinp antl lrainins, bledse see ltttb:/ / environment children cannot learn to speak, even if they have a n u,p. s e i ro rde. i I / ga I rugn o s t The Polish TeacherTraineu (uiolin, piano, gaitar and ce/lo) aith Kasia Boroaiak - seated in lhe tenlre ESANE§I/S The Board of Directors of the Europcan Suzuki Association met in London on Friday. 20, Saturday 27 and Sundal, 22 Septcmber 2002. Present were 18 board members and two board members elect. Thcre rvere four apologies for absence. The ESA Teacher Training Panel met at Belgrave Square, London SWI on Friday 20 September 2002 at 5pm. The Annual General Meeting of the ESA, which was attended by all the participants in the Teacher Trainers and :sä Instructors Conference as well as local &:.di$& teachers was held at Oak Lodge School on Saturday 2i September 2002,5pm. Frcm tfu Board Meeting heLl on 22-2) September 2001 in Suffolk, England. : ESA \ilrelcomes I-.ef to igbtfan thefront:: two nesv countries Front Rop: Hsab de L.eew QnQ, Ltla'l'auon (f witqerland, Harkr F. Hanttesson (Deprj Chairnan) Row 2: Trud1 B1run Fah;t (re/and), .f arah Han/E (flile), Ana-lllana .lebastian (lpain), llananne \1gner Al1 at the ESA meetings were delighted to ()ennark) Bir* Kefu (Adnintstrator) - Rop i: Cbristophe Bossaat (France), Henry Tamer (I1on. Vice- welcome two new National Association Pruident), 5'ara Bethge (CB), Mary Canphel/ ()ep4tJce/and) - Back Row: Chnstine lldgasiner (piano), members; the Estonian Suzuki Association, Roen Rtns (Be/§m), Raino Pä:it'aläinen (depng Finland); St'en Sjiigren (-\'weden) and the Norwegian Suzuki As:ociation. Both associations had fulfilled the criteria Director. A vote of thanks was given docurnent was written in 1980, and to for membership and were formally elected, for all their work on behalf of the E,SA reflect the present organisational bringing the total of member countries to and their colleagues. structure of the ESA. 1 Representatives from both These changes were presented as a 8. The new Deputy Chairman is Birte organisations were present at the meetings resolution circulated to members in Kelly, who alst-r continues as and the new board members, Sirje Subbe- accordance with legal requirements and administrator. Sven Sjögren is the Tamm Estonia Anne-Berit debated by the board and AGNI before from and ESA's new representative on the ISA Halvorsen from Norway took their places being formally adopted. board. The instrument directors elected for the final board meeting session, having bl.laws and the updated for a term of three years by their The observed eadier sessions. N{emorandum and Articlcs of colleagues are Marja Olamaa, violin (re- Ässociation will be published in the eiected), Kasia Borowiak, piano, and forthcoming ESA Handbook. Other Board Changes Ruben fuvera, cello (u,ho joins the board for the first time). Copies of thc by,law-s, which inclucle the Dr Haukur F. Hannesson: The ESA said E5,,1, l'eacher Tiainiry and tixaninalion farewell to Haukur, who was a board L,[anml are available from national member for more than a decade and ESA appoints eight new associations and lrom tl-re ESÄ office. Depuq'Chairman since 1995. He led the Teacher Trainers association through a period ofgrowth and development for the method and teacher Following the recommendations of the training in Europe. He ensured that the ESA Teacher Training Panel, the board Recorder News ESÄ itself remained a lean and effective confirmed the appointment of eight teacher training syllabus for organisation, and that the board focused on new teacher trainers. These are marked The Record teacher training for ler.els 1-3 improving the organisational structures and bold in the List of teacher trainers in the has now been agreed by the ESÄ communication of all ESA organisations in ESA Information Section. advisory committee for Suzuki Europe. All his colleagues on the board Recorder. and among the teacher trainers paid tribute ESA to his skills and achievements. A Governing Documents The ESA board approved the exam presentation was made: a personal present repertoire and teaching points for levels in the form of a print; a slrmbolic present Foliowing several years of preparation 1 and 2 in 2001, and for level 3 at its which was a sum of monelr d6n216d in his the frnal version of the ESA's bylaws meeting in September 2002. name to the European Suzuki Teaching was presented to the board and AGM Deveiopment Trust, of which he remains and approved. During the drafting For information about .faTuki Recorder chairman; and a contribution to the process the board had consulted ESA's teacbing and aboü teacber training plan.r, purchase of a new computer, given by own law),er and, ofl his advice, a cofitdcl: coUeagues and nauonal associations. specialist in non-profit organisation Nanq Da1, (UK) e-nail: law. As a resuit the ESÄ had also been Two other board members retired at the [email protected]. tk. com or: advised to update its Memorandum and - AGM: Carey Beth Hockett as Cello a a b D e / ue r /I\ L) e -n a i / i. d e / u e {d fre e le r. n /. Articles of Association to comply with Director and Christine Magasiner as Piano Po.rtal addresses are auailablefmn ESA ofice. legislation introduced since the original Deueloping Teacher Training: News from ESA Countries 3rd E,SA Conference DENMARK former Suzuki str-rdent) played Thc third confcrcnce for ESA Teachcr Thc I)anish Suzuki Institutc movernents from Beethoven, Ha1-dn Trainers and Instructors was held at Oak (I)Sf celebrated its 25th anniversarl-at trvcr and Ravel tdos. bdge School on Saftuclzrr, 21 and Sundar- coflcerts: First on the 28th Apnl rn 22 Septernbcr 2002, attended by a total of of The importance of more than 25 years of the 'Ilr.oli Concert Hall. There rvere 60 delegates and gucsts . rvork b1 f'ove and B6la is at last about to piano, violin, viola and cello solos and be fully recognised outside the Suzuki The Il,SÄ is veq. grate{Ll to Richard N{artin 'I'he groups of violins, violas and cellos. world irr Denmark. One of the proofs is a o[ Intcrnationa] N{usic Publications for thc chamber orcirestra also perfonned. newl1, founded Honorary Nlusic Prize sponsorship which enabled us to €Jenerous Because of the verl' special event all ("Dansk NIusil Jaap Deluer (I\L) and NanE Da[, (E ngland) recorders;, Sarah Hanley (E try/and) and Maja- bena Mäkilä (Fin/and)flatet, at tlte International lVorkshop at Calford in Arga:l 2002. Continaed on page 1 2 e -n-rail: [email protected] Teacher trainingfor üolin, uiola, piano, flüe and (Anne-N{arie Oberreit) ce//0. Re-ridential corrses, held in i-ondon, stafting Information DENMARI{: Marianne Rl.gner Apil. Ako uiala and recorder (Iove Detrekö1) ESTONIA: Sirje Subbe-Tamm Danish Suzuki Association from ESA (Kamen Kääramees) FAROII ISLANDS: Sämal Petersen www.suzukiforbund.dk The Annual General Meeting of the (JaklGermany N{arja Leena N{äkilä Finland lljarkc Gundcrsen 1, Rachcl Routicr 4 Sarah N{urray-I-lanley G. Britain Bcntc I IartcLius 2 N{ariko Baujard 5 Barbara Ncwland G. Britain Birgitte Bak 2 N{aria Guadalupe N{oreno 5 Rebecca Paluzzi US,\ Charlottc 'l'ruelscn 3 Examiners: Helen Brunner (CB), Juü lN'eigert Belinda Yourn Australia (llaus Kanncworff 5 Bossrut (USA), Chi:tophe Bos:aat Examiners: (B), Maja Olanaa Jeanne Janssens Cello Level Guitar (Finl), Tore Detrektil,, Sltannon Hawes. Philippe 1 PhiJlppe Francais Francc Jean- Guervain Elio Galvagno Italy Cdcilc ltoux 1 Exaltiners: Penry l-Ieath, CB, Sara Bethge, GB, I larald Söderbcrg* Swcden Rtben kuera 1l GERMANY Maria Weiss I SPAIN 12-13 October 2002 Ilclga Rapnheiöur Öskarsdottir 2 April 2001 Violin Level I lclga Stcinunn I orlhdtittir 2 Violin Level Almut Hcssc 1+2 Ddrdis Stross 2 (larlos Albuisech 1+2 'l+2 Uta i\{ehlig Exantiners: Maria Olantaa (Fin), Koen Gabriel Arellano 2 Astrid Petzolcl 1+2 Rens (B). Lilja Hjaltadöttir. I-uis Garcia 2 Genoveva Gölle 4 N{onica Sanchez 2 Gertrudis Leson 4 IR-ELAND Inmaculada Paniagua 2+3 Änke Oppelcz 4 Cork October 2002 Joan Vicent Sanchis 3 Annette rr)Tiesen 4 Cello Level i\1" Jesus Cano 5 Mike Hoover Iri-lis Doyle 2 E xam iners :'l'ru /1 Byo n F a h1 @e la nd), Exa n i ner: :'l-ore D e trekilt () e n ntark), .l ea n n e Grace N{acCarthl, 2+3 Chistophe Bosual (F), Ana Maia .febastian J anssens (Bel-s,iilil), Iierslin IVartbery N{aeve NIcEvo}' 2+3 4May 2002 Jenny Bolancl 2+3 Violin Level GREAT BRITAIN Exarnirers Alison |t[cNaught (GB). Sara Betlge Gabriel Arellano 2 April 2002 (CB), Penry Heatb Viola Level Ma del Carmen Calabuig 3 Cork November 2002 Yosune Ena 3 Iiarcn Powell 3 Violin Immaculada Paniagua 4 Nlysie Irerguson 4 Level I{arv tsollard Examiners:'l'rud1 Byon Falry ne Cotnelia Rogers 4 1+2 [ruland),.leatt Clate Horler (B),,1 na-11[ana .fcha.rtian Exa»inen llona Te/naj (I)ennark), Clare .failer 1+2 Janssens N{elanre (GB), Eua Ni/tson (.\'weden) Bowles 2 E x a m i n e r.r : A n a h[ a i a .\' e h x I i a n,' l' nt t!1 Byo n SWEDEN Culford August 2002 l'-aly, .f m-l'honas 11 12May 2002 Cello Level Cello Level Sata Greenwood ITÄIY Judith Kristiansen DK 1 Rachel Drayson 29- 30 June 2002 Jessica Colliander Sundqvist 2 Flllen Bartl' Piano Level F)va Risinger 2 Gabriella Hyatt 2 Cinzia Älbertario Iiva Smedberg-Carlsson 2 I-ucy Borthwick 2 Francesca Bisson Ann-Matie Andetsson 2+3 Jadie Carey 2+3 Rosa Pepe Anna lloesen 2+3 Examiners: lTlhen Ntera (Tranrc), Sara Bethge Patrizia Inclricr 2 Mats Flckeborn 2+3 (CB), Penry Heatlt Harald Dauschan 3 IlmmaJohansson 2+3 Culford Äugust 2002 Ijena Goiä 3 Andreas Tengberg 2+3 Flute Level 1\Iarina N{onge 3 Examiwrt Sara Btthge, UK, Anja Maja, Finland. Annalisa Stagliano 5 Anders Grön Diana Dickerson 1 Linda E xaminers : L.o /a' l'oru r, C hi s ti n e M aga ner, Harrison 2 { 15 June 2002 Iilizabeth Rowan 2 Cabiella Bosio Violin Level Sophia Smith 2 Per Brännström 1 Mtlan 12 Jan 2003 Examiners: Maja-Lzena 1\[äkilä (Finl), Helen Ingrid Gunnarsson 1 Guitar Level Brunner (CB), .laralt Hanl.ry Karin Holmqvist 1 Maria Citterio 1 Scotland 23 November 2002 Mari Jansson 1 Luciano Rollo 1 Violin Susan Reistad 1, Level Stefania Ugoln 1 Matie Vinsander 1 Harriet Bovingdon 2 Federicia Vergani 2 Sheena Coia Jenny Westerlund 1 2+3 Examiners: L.ola'I'auor (.1 uitf , Gabiella Bosio Amanda Examiwrc Koer Rens B, Jan Matthiesen DK, lttf James J O Elio Caluagno Änne Noble 1+2 Elaing. Anne Simpson 2+3 NORWAY 29 Jtne 2002 Exam i n er: ;1 n a-l,Iaia S e bas tia tt (Spd i 4, Tril ü 25-26 Mry 2002 Viola Level Blron-Faly, @eknd), M1'ste Fetgrson. Violin Level Ingemar Edström 2+3 Ilerit Fonnes 1 Ing-Marie Kettel-Andersson 2+3 HUNGARY Line Vestrheim 1 Ingrid Litborn 2+3 Jujy 2002 Anna Adolfsson 1 Sonja Nichols 2+3 Cello Level Regina Fischer 1, I(itty Pääkkönen 2+3 Mariann Gajzago 1 Geir Vige 1 Asa Sunnerstam 2+3 Amy Turk 2 Magnus Eriksson 1 Kenny Sävström 2+3 Erika Haraszti 2 Ove Kkvangatsnes 1 Ulla-Britt Söderberg 2+3 Nlichael Detreköy 2 Kari Heg;äs 1 Examiners: Ilona'l'elnaryi DK, laf Lbing (.1) Examiners: Hazkn F. Hannessot (S), MaJa Anja Johan Gustad 1 Eta Nilsson . (Fiil.), Annette Costan$ Petra Kloo 1 Examinert Sltannoa Haweq Lfaqa Olamaa, ICEI-AND S'ren Sjtigren July 2001 National Associations teacher trainers Cello Level SOUTH A-FRICA or requested Pavel Panasuik 1 December 2002 are to send F,xamination Examitters: Antelte Costan4y (GB), Anla MEa Violin Level results to the ESA officc for pul:lication. (Finland), Harknr l;. Hannessan Madelaine Wickner 1 National Associations are also asked to Valerie Hohls 2 2002 send regular updates of their teachers' Juty L6onie Greyling 1+2 Level name, address or level changes for the Violin Louise Howells 3 Kristin Halla I Bergsdöttir Lee Marais 3 ESÄ däta-base preferably by c-mail: MarcinLazarz I Exaniners: Chistophe Bosstral and Kttrcn Kimmetl (a) ex a m s e u ro oean suz u k i. orr' t2 News from ESA Countries teachers such as Doris Koppelman tltere were exolic ta$es /ike reindeer and e/k, continued from p. 7 from the US, Caroline Gowers from qaite new lo me, and, witlt tlte inclasion of lot:a/ England, Ruth Nliura from Belgrum, berriet it wu qaile the mosl co/our;[a/ mea/ I FINI.AND Peggy Swingle from the US, Ruth haue eaer eaten. Neville & Daniel Koppelman from the T'he pianist Terhi (oigina@ one of Violin: Another very nice and active year Jcicikelainen US and last but definitell,not least Nittai ptrpils) treated as to an amltitiow and has gone- more and more new "l-ittle Sirppa Peltonen and Sari Ilelkala coloaful ruital of nasic b1 Beethouen, Brahmt, stars" ate enjoying the violin lessons. Koivisto from Finland. Chopin aad Debusy and eigltteen cltildren There is a big need for trained Suzuki- The Workshop took place in the light, togetlter wiilt tlte dao nrnedako, peqfomed in the teachers still up to the present day we - bright and cheerful Nlikkeli }Iusic Gala Concerl, which took place at the lown't do not have places for all the families Äcademy. In the recital hall was a conJerence ha// in a loae! lakeside uttingjust a who would be interested to take part in beautiful Steinway Grand piano mintttu walkfron lhe centre of Mikkeli. Suzuki teaching. few purchased by contributions from Thh was another enaiab/e uenne. Our national summer-workshop was teachers, parents and students of the lYith the exceplion of one day the san beat down agatn rn Ell-ivuon and this year we had as school. intenrcfi antil about 11pn. The Finnislt people guest teachers Tove and Bela Detreköy, One of the highlights of the workshop belieue in enjojng all the ltoan of da$ght and Wilfried van Gorp and the concert was all ambitious and impressive recital cafes in the market tquare rtaJ/ zpeil a// ntght in master of The Helsinki Philharmonic by prize-winning piarust Terhi lhe rmmer. A/together it was a superb week. Orchestra Erkki Palola. The winter a former student of mine. Thankl,ou Nitta. workshop was held in Raahe. Jääskeläinen, In addition a Gala Concert was held in The Young Nordic-concert of the year the beautiful modern Concert- and 2002 was held rn \resteräs, Sweden and Yoice: The year 2002has been very Congress Hali N{rkkeli, where there there were two youflg students pla),rng - active for Suzuki singers. Tlte Saiyki Voiu were two wonderful Steinway Grand Aino Eerola and Ville Koponen. Both Programme ce/ebraled ib / Jttt ln11ivs756tJ. pianos. The program began with all are now studylng at the Sibelius Äcadem1, "I-Iänsel and Crelel" -opera by Engelbert students on stage, singmg Twrnkle, and started theit playing with Hannele Humperdinck in origrnal language Twinkle wrth Kodaly hand motions Lehto and trIarja Olamaa. (German) was performed seven times. under my direction. This was followed It's nice to flotice how many of the former Students started to practise the opera two by student performances. The second Suzuki-snrdents are now playing in years ago and it has been like a part of the program was a recital by professional orchestras and many of them patchwork put together by teachers, quest artists, Duo Runedako Ruth are also taking part in teacher training. - students and parents. In addition to Neville and Daniel Koppelman. Maria Olamaa and Hannele Lehto are practising the music, we have designed The eager students, conscientious running teacher-trainer courses on levels costumes and staging. The opera parents, serious teachers and joyful 2-5 at the moment. The last examinations production has been a joyful learning leadership made the workshop a were held nJuJy 2002 in Helsinki. experience for all participants. pleasure to experience. Hannele l-zhto The srudents who started this program in Nitta Kotinanni Finland during their mother's pregnaflcy Piano: Greetings from Suzuki Pianists. are now 15 years old and the hrst Fiona Matthison, Piano teacherfrom We had a very active year. Teacher students have finished their level 5 England »ites: We were nagnifcently training has been continuing as before studies on Äugust 2002. Suzuki-Farnilies looked after. Niua't daughter Piita »as tlte during the year 2002. Ässociation has made 15tt' Änniversaq' adminiilralor and wat alwa1t on hand to We have had big celebrations; in May the CD from the opera. inform and adair if necexary. In lhe breakt Suzuki school ofJärvenpää vith Suzuki We have now trained Suzuki \7oice a tearn ofparenfi keep as generoaill :upplied Piano teacher Kaisa Saarikorpi had 25tt, Teachers and teachers-in training rn with dink, open sand»ichu and Finnith anniversary concert and in October we Ärgentina, Australia, Finland, Iceland, cakes andfrailt; there wu afeeling oJ' celebrated by having concert the 20th Itzly,Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Sweden, enznzour aarmlh and nothing was too much anniversary of Suzuki school of Tampere Spain, Taiwan and USÄ. time and trouble. Nilta arangtd an euening with Piano teacher Ännikki Saario. The Internalional Snqaki Voin lY/orkshop bufet in a loca/ restaurant which conitted of The main project in year 2002 was the was held in Finland July 31.t - Äugust 5th de li ca ci e t n E a s le rn F i n la n d a n d l-,ap la n d ; wonderful and successful workshop for fro the hrst time in Finland for the Suzuki Pianists: The Internationa/ Suqaki Piano workshop 2002 w}rtch took place fuom 29 July-3 Äugust 2002 n the beautiful city of Nlikkeli. F The president of Finland N{rs. Tarja k Halonen sent best wishes and a beautifrrl bouquet of flowers. The major of Nlikkeli held a reception for the teachers at the Mkkeli city hall. Neady 200 teachers, students and their families from Belgrum, England, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Sweden and the United States as well as from different parts of Finland participated. e#fu-* T\e 62 piano students who attended ranged in age from 4 to 16 years old. Fiona Mathison with the Internalional Piano WorkthopJacalg,. Itft to ight: Caroline Coaen Ve were honoured to enjoy master (GB) Peggl Swingle (JSA), Fiona Mattltison, Rntlt Neui//e, Daniel Koppelnan, Doit Koppelman (a// USA), Rath Miara (Belgan) and Nitta Kotinumi (Finland) 13 2002. Participents \\,ere tror-n Ar-gcntina, Irinlancl, Italy, Spain and T'aiu,an. Suzuki Voicc'feacher'frainirrg u'as helcl in \/antaa, Finlancl cluringJulv 2j"l-Avglr.1 10,h 2002. Teacl-ring exams and public recttals s,cre helcl Jul)' 31., 2002. T eacher Trainers v,ere N{ette Ileikkinen and Päir.r I{ukkamäki. Congratulations f
e the issucs discussed was rhe perccpriun C ryn a n S a ryr ki As so riatio n Cenias of the Violin Fe.rtiualin March/April that Suzuki teaching is elitist becausc it is Professor Koji Toyoda and his 2004 and provisional discussions arc an option available only to those who can Suzuki ensemble, comprised taking place rcgarding a teachcrs' Japanese afford it. conference in 2004 Septer.r.rber. of outstanding students aged 9 -14, from 3- 5 Closing ,h" grp between the perception visited Bedin and I-Iof in October 2002. Ltnda AIeh'ose and the act ofparticipation is In Hof, Professor Toyoda was able to the ChieJ Execatirc Oflnr, ß.fI 14 ICEI-AND July was part of T'eacher Training at the NOR§üAY We would like to tcll 1'ou somethir.rg about Summer Carnp in Nerv Inn, Gahvay. An In Septcrnbcr 2002Thc Nonvcgian music teaching tn lceland. Iiven tl'rorgh the ir-rspiring start and Enish to the 1'ear! Suzuki Association was acceptcd as a population of Iceland is only about 280.000 ESTA and SEIi: Both the Eilm?edil mernber of ESr\. We enter this co- j<-r1' rve have B0 music schools. -Isn't it great? S aiaki S tnngTeachert ,zlssotialion lreland operatiofl with great and respect. Thc I},eryone has a chance to study music and and tlre Suiyki Edtcation Inslilale ofIrebnd warmth ancl profcssionai cornpctcncc the schools are supported by tire council so har.e not had a newslctter for the last few which we encountered in London hzrve the students onlv pay a small part of the ycars. To kccp costs dorvn for both g'iven us inspiration and new strer-rgth for ilnouflt. Suzulrcirestra and lcarn neu, 340 Suzuki students on violin, viola, ccllo put the right conditions into place. In pieces. and piano took part in the national addition we need to further support and Ile lclt us on 2 Novcml>er 20()1. summer workshops in Helsingborg, develop existing teaching, the newly started ,,1.r.rod ari d de / IVI ö t o d e Ilollnäs and Bohus-Malmön. tsesides all membership iournal, a logo, a new website, .lqaki de Calah4ya the Swedish students there were summer courses and so on. These are participants from Norway, Finland, exciring challenges for all o[us working POI-AND Denmark, Estonia and United States. together as good colleagues in the Members: 68 families (approx 7(r Twenty teachers took part in the Norwegian Suzuki Ässociation's childrcn), 51 teachers representing teachers' courses in violin, viola and committee. As part of the wider context of cello, guitar, piano and violin. guitar. It was the hrst time Sweden European co-operation this is an inspiring Events: 1., National 3-day Piano presented a teacher training course in task. workshop in Opole 2002.Piano and Suzuki guitar. This was led by Harald Anne-Beit Haluorsen, cltair. violin workshops planned for 2003. Söderberg. Publications: Polish edition of Suzuki First Viola exams: At the teachers'course SPAIN piano school books 1 and 2 published in Bollnäs the first Suzuki teachers in Vola Recital in memory of Albert Särrias summer 2002. Rook 3 in preparation. in Sweden were examined. The participants C)n 8 February 2003 the Catalonia Suzuki Polish editions of Suzuki Violin, Cello were Suzulti Violin teachers with at least Association held a memorial concert in and Guitar are planned. Ntntred b1 level 3-exams. After intensive studies Sant Cugat des Vallös. Ä varied pro- l-.otehas been translated and will be focusing on the differences between Suzuki gramme of violin solo, chamber music, and published soon under Summy- violin and Suzuki viola, eight teachers choral music included a performance of Birchard's local language agreement. successfully passed levels 2 and 3.The Barber's Adagio by the Albert String Teacher Training: Level 5 piano and teacher trainer was Eva Nilsson. Orchestra. The concert finished with all Instructor status attained bv Marzena More Suzuki Teacher Training: Last the students of Albert Särrias playing Jasinska. Second edition ofpiano autumn violin teacher training at level 2 Suzuki repertoire directed by Monserrat course and 1., edition ofcourses for and 3 started in Örebro with 17 Ciurans. violin, guitar and cello under way. participants and with Leif Eiving as Albert Särias i Vidal was born on 17 Exam will be held in summer of 2003. teacher trainer. The course is held within November 1963. At the age of t he began Katia Boro»,iak, Septenber 2002 the Academy of Music in Örebro. In his musical career in the Municipal tsollnäs there are two parallel teacher Conservatory in Barcelona, studying music SOUTH AFRICA training courses running through on both theori', harmonl', violin, counterpoint, Report September 2002: South Africa is a violin and cello. Sven Sjögren, violin and place with a nice gtadual building ofthe composition and conducting. In 1984 he Haukur Hannesson, cello are the teacher Suzuki pedagogy. Over 3 pedods of 10 started working as a teacher in the Escola trainers. The participants are all coming days with Christophe Bossuat and Karen Fusi6 in Sant Cugat del Vallös. 1988 he from the same part of Sweden, many In Idmmett as trainers, r'J/o teams of teachers of commenced his training in Suzuki Method have been able to discover or deepen their them employees of the same local music in Lyons with Christophe Bossuat as his knowledge of Dr Suzuki's ideas about school. The Academy of Music in Piteä teacher. That same year he began working musical education. pays for the teacher training in Bollnäs. with the "Coral Infantil Cantaires del Cadi" All the members of the first team had The course have 22 panicipants, twelve in Barcelona. In 1989 he set up the been exposed to the Suzuki Method in violinists and ten cellists. Children's Orchestra at Fusiö, an the previous years, some even as Young Nordic Tone in Västeräs: The innovation he was very proud of, since it students. Four ofthem have been able concert Young Nordic Tone vzas tn 2402 was the first time this had been done and to pass level2, two have taken level held in the new concert hall in Västeräs. all the young musicians who participated one. They want to prepäre for level 3 This concert is now a well-known were his own students. In 1995 he reached and ESA accreditation. The next team concert among the Nordic Suzuki the level 5 in the Suzuki Method training in of eight people are taking exams in Associations. The concert presents Lyons, taking part in various teaching December 2002. advanced music students who have thcir courses in France. In 7996, after In this country new classes with this musical background in the Suzuki collaborating with different schools and pedagogy'have been able to start in method. It gives a opportunity for young associations, he set up on his own with public schools and also in privatc musicians to meet each other and crcates Montse Ciurans, although he continued studios in the Johannesburg, Durban good relationships between pe()ple from teaching in the Escola Fusi6. In 1997 he and Pretoria areas. It has been the Nordic neighbour countrics. was elected President of the Catalan Suzuki inspiring to work with the South This time you could hear a loveiy Method Association and also formulated African Teachers. As trainers we stringquartet from Falun in Sweden, an advanced studies programme with the discovered new ways to approach interesting violin ensembles from both teacher Evelio Tieles. In 1998 he relaxation, the awareness of motion Iceland and Gothenburg, beautiful flutes participated along with a number of while pla1.ing, the pedagogl, of listening. from Finland, clever cello- and piano rJ{e students in the celebration in Paris of Dr. will be working very soon towards soloists from Sweden and blended violin Suzuki's centenary. In 1999 he celebrated full membership of ESA for the South soloists from Finland and Iceland. There the 1Oth anniversary ofthe Catalan Suzuki African Suzuki As sociati<-rn. were also a big orchestra and charming Violin Group. As a complement to both Finally we want to thank Lee Marais for folkmusic in the programme. The concert individual and group lessons, training her work in organising all the Teachers' offered a lot of musicianship on a high courses were held twice a yer (^t Workshops and also the first annual level and great happiness in the Christmas and in the last week ofJune) for South African Suzuki Concert last May performances. children and their parents in a relaxed, witl.r over 150 participants. Iryrid Utbon family-rype atmosphere. At such times his Chistople Bosstat ESA NOTICEBO \rlD WorKhops for children and teachers around Europe in 2003. For up-to date rnforr-nation. please contact or-ganisr-'r s and l.lational Associatjons (scc centre pages] or the ESA web-site: \^AM^/.europeansuzuki.org - For L-ISA arrd C.rnarJA. www.suzukiassociation.org
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