Suzuki Method

Objectives:

To educate Suzuki teachers who fully understand:
a) Dr Suzuki’s Philosophy:
How to explain and discuss it, how it applies to everyday life and to the teaching of their instrument.
b) Performance:
How to demonstrate successfully in their own playing the application of the Suzuki approach.
c) Teaching Methods:
How to demonstrate the teaching points of the repertoire on their instrument, and explain why any given point is
taught in a particular way.

The Suzuki Approach is based on the principle that all children possess ability and that this ability can be developed and enhanced through a nurturing environment. All children learn to speak their own language with relative ease and if the same natural learning process is applied in teaching other skills, these can be acquired as successfully. Suzuki referred to the process as the Mother Tongue Method and to the whole system of pedagogy as Talent Education.

Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998) was born in Japan and studied western music in Germany in the 1920s. He first began teaching young children in Japan in the 1930s and further developed his ideas and philosophy of teaching during the post-war period. His approach to teaching has now spread to many parts of the world and is proving increasingly successful everywhere. Because he was a violinist, he first applied his ideas to the teaching of violin, but it has since been used with many other instruments, in nursery school teaching and other more general areas.
The important elements of the Suzuki approach to instrumental teaching include the following:

* an early start (aged 3-4 is normal in Asia)
* the importance of listening to music
* learning to play before learning to read
* the involvement of the parent
* a nurturing and positive learning environment
* a high standard of teaching by trained teachers
* the importance of producing a good sound in a balanced and natural way
* core repertoire, used by Suzuki students across the world
* social interaction with other children: Suzuki students from all over the world can communicate through the language of music

Aims of the Suzuki Approach
The Suzuki approach has enabled many children to play music to a high standard. Substantial numbers of Suzuki trained students have indeed become highly acclaimed professional musicians. However, the training of professionals is not the main aim: the emphasis throughout is on the development of the whole child, on education through music. Dr Suzuki himself always said that his wish was to foster the human qualities in the child. At every opportunity he called on politicians, teachers and parents to ensure that the full potential of every child is developed:

I want - if I can - to get education changed from mere instruction to education in the real sense of the word - education that inculcates, brings out, develops the human potential, based on the growing life of the child. That is why I am devoting my efforts to furthering Talent Education: what a child becomes depends entirely on how he is educated. My prayer is that all children on this globe may become fine human beings, happy people of superior ability, and I am devoting all my energies to making this come about, for I am convinced that all children are born with this potential.

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Introduction to Suzuki Method 铃木教学法解说会

铃木教学法解说会
MY Music将在来临的星期一（十月十九日）晚上七点三十分在其音乐中心举办“铃木教学法解说会”。此次的讲员是蔡彼得先生。他是马来西亚铃木协会(Malaysia Suzuki Association) 的主席。
铃木教学法是由日本出生的铃木镇一（Shinichi Suzuki）创办的。他坚信每个小孩都拥有学习音乐的能力，就好比每个小孩都能学习母语一样。基于此信念，铃木镇一就把母语学习的原则及方法运用在学习音乐上。其中包括家长的参与;重复不断的练习;特别培训的师资；音乐聆听及鉴赏；个人学习课程及小组练习。目前，铃木教学法已经在超过52个国家广泛使用。
另外，马来西亚铃木协会也提供“铃木教师专业文凭”课程。此课程已经受马来西亚公共服务局（JPA）及另外五十二个国家承认。
欢迎家长，学生, 音乐爱好者及音乐老师们踊跃出席这次的解说会。欲知更多详情，请联络MY Music （086-310191）或游览www.mymusic-bintulu.blogspot.com.

Introduction to Suzuki Method
MY Music is organizing a special talk, “Introduction to Suzuki Method”, this coming Monday (19th October 2009) at its music centre. The talk, scheduled to start at 7:30pm, will be presented by Mr. Peter Chua, the president of Malaysia Suzuki Association (MSA).
Suzuki Method was launched by Shinichi Suzuki. He believed that children have great potential to learn music, just as all children could learn their mother-tongue easily. For this reason, the Suzuki Method has the following features: Parental Involvement, Early Beginning, Listening, Repetition, Encouragement, Learning with other Children, Graded Repertoire and Delayed Reading.
In addition, MSA offers Trained Teacher Certificate and Professional Performance Diploma to all music teachers. The diploma, issued by Australian Guild Examination Board, is recognized by Malaysia Public Services (JPA) and 52 countries worldwide.
MY Music welcomes all parents, students, music lovers and music teachers to this special talk. For more information, please kindly contact MY Music at 086-310191 or log on to www.mymusic-bintulu.blogspot.com.

ABRSM Theory of Music Result

The result for ABRSM's Theory of Music Examination has been released. Please contact your respective teacher for details. Thank you!

Introduction to Suzuki Method

We are glad to inform you that we are organizing a talk, "Introduction to Suzuki Method". The talk is dedicated for all music lovers, parents, teachers and music graduates to understand the Suzuki Philosophy. In the Suzuki Philosophy which embraces the belief that all children have great potential and their abilities can be developed best by making use of the process of learning which is universally most natural to all children – The Mother-Tongue Approach.

Date: 19th October 2009 (Monday)
Time: 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: MY Music, Bintulu.
Speaker: Mr. Peter Chua, the president of Malaysia Suzuki Association (MSA)
Free Admission

For more information, please kindly contact Mr. Thomas Hii at 086-310191 or 016-8856484.