The Suzuki Approach

Description

In 1971 Louise Behrend collected a significant number of articles written about the Suzuki approach. These articles were published as a ten-part series in Allegro, the monthly newspaper of the New York Musicians' Union. The purpose was to clear up many widely held misconceptions about the Suzuki ideas and to encourage more fine players and teachers to explore Suzuki teaching. Now published in book form, this pioneering information becomes accessible to a much wider audience.

Contents:

• Foreword—and a Little History

• Introduction–The Suzuki Educational Philosophy

• Chapter 1: The Teaching Process

• Chapter 2: Structure of the Talent Education Organization–and some Questions and Answers

• Chapter 3: The Suzuki Musical Materials and Their Use

• Chapter 4: More Questions and Answers
Afterword–1996-1997 Twenty-Five Years Later: Where We Are Today

• Appendix 1: Contents of the Suzuki Violin School

• Appendix 2: Teaching the Suzuki Student to Read–Three articles by Louise Behrend from the American Suzuki Journal

• Appendix 3: Suzuki & Related Publications by Summy-Birchard, Inc

• Appendix 4: A Selected Suzuki Reading List

• Appendix 5: Some Useful Addresses