{"id":4833,"date":"2013-12-20T17:52:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.germansuzuki.com\/?p=4833"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:13:50","slug":"heidi-curatolo-bericht-ueber-die-5-suzuki-lehrerkonferenz-teil-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/?p=4833","title":{"rendered":"Heidi Curatolo: Bericht \u00fcber die 5. Suzuki-Lehrerkonferenz (TEIL 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Heidi_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Heidi_2.jpg\" alt=\"Heidi_2\" width=\"91\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>DAY 3<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Intensive Course:<\/span><strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pre-Twinkle and Book 1A\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">After the conclusion of the Main Conference, I stayed in Remscheid for two more days to participate in the Pre-Twinkle and Book 1A Intensive Course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Sara and Silvia Migliorini:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Musical Garden<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Italian sisters Sara and Silvia presented a demonstration of the Musical Garden. The Musical Garden is a non-instrument specific music and movement program in Italy for children. The curriculum consists of three different programs: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><i>Music Lullaby<\/i><\/strong><\/span> (for children from 0 to 3 years old, their mothers and their teachers), <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Children&#8217;s Music Laboratory<\/i><\/span><\/strong> (for children ages 3 to 10, with particular reference to the Suzuki methodology and support for the study of a musical instrument) and <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i>Dr. Music <\/i><\/span><\/strong>(a specific program for children with disabilities). Students in these programs learn to sing in tune, feel the beat, and learn many important music theory concepts. The Musical Garden classes support Dr. Suzuki\u2019s belief that all children can develop musical, provided that their early environment supports such learning. For more information on the Musical Garden visit:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicalgarden.it\/\">http:\/\/www.musicalgarden.it\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sara and Silvia demonstrated a great number of wonderful <\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pre-Twinkle Activities from <strong><i>Children&#8217;s Music Laboratory.<\/i><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These exercises were both entertaining and very instructive for children and their parents. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E0JUHcudn0Q\" width=\"512\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ruth Brons <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">shared with us how she teaches Allegretto in a session titled<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><i><br \/>\nTeaching Dr. Suzuki\u2019s Allegretto: Puzzles and Patterns<\/i>.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Allegretto.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1026 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Allegretto.jpg\" alt=\"Allegretto\" width=\"643\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">Here you will find a very detailed summary of Ruth\u2019s lecture that she is generously sharing with all of us:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Conference material <strong>by Ruth Brons<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Brons_Allegretto.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Egg Puzzle for &#8222;Allegretto&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>Sue Hunt<\/em> &#8222;The 100 day practice Challeng<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">e<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;<br \/>\nThe Habit of Making Every Day Special.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How to develop a most important life skill in your students and yourself, the ability to follow through on a project, no matter how challenging.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/100_days_practice.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1028 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/100_days_practice.jpg\" alt=\"100_days_practice\" width=\"557\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Sue Hunt<\/strong> <\/span>from London (Great Britain) says practice has to happen every day. Why doesn&#8217;t this happen easily? She claims children don&#8217;t want to practice and parents find practice time too stressful. In this session, Sue outlined many ways to make a 100-day practice challenge successful and rewarding.<br \/>\nAt her website, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"www.musicinpractice.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinpractice.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.musicinpractice.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Sue has created a 100-day practice kit that includes everything one could possibly want or need to kick start a new and effective daily practice habit. Sue taught the workshop participants her techniques for implementing the challenge in a teaching studio or with families and friends. She shared with us examples of pledge certificates<b> <\/b>for children of all ages, weekly practice charts, tools for scheduling practice, milestone certificates, and ideas for celebrating the successful finish of the challenge (one way she recommended was to begin a NEW practice challenge).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong>Conference material <strong>by Sue Hunt<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SUES-PRESENTATION_klein.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">The 100 Day Practice Challenge <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000;\">In a two-part session that happened on both Sunday evening and Monday morning, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Charles Krigbaum<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">from Texas (USA)<\/span> <\/span>presented <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Pre &#8211; Twinkle: Building Skills that Last a Lifetime<\/b><\/span>, a series of lectures where Charles shared his Pre-Twinkle sequence and his lesson plans for the first several lessons with a new student. He outlined his ideas about the use of a box violin and foot chart, lesson rituals, developing endurance for posture, balancing the bow hand, forming the left hand structure, securing the violin hold, developing a child\u2019s tone concept, and training children to work with repetitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Evening program in relaxed atmosphere:<br \/>\nInternational Exchange<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">5 participants from 5 countries<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Exchange_Klein.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1043\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Exchange_Klein.jpg\" alt=\"Exchange_Klein\" width=\"541\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><b>DAY 4<br \/>\n<strong><strong>I<\/strong>ntensive Course:<br \/>\n<strong><strong>Pre-Twinkle and Book 1A <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Building Skills that Last a Lifetime<\/b>, Part II<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Charles Krigbaum<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">shared that he spends anywhere between<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> 6 weeks to 3 months on the box for a young child,<\/span> <\/b>and uses this time to find opportunities<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> to teach attitude, behavior, and respect. <\/span> <\/b>He says that it often takes him<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> six months for a student to play a well-developed Twinkle.<\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1.1Foot-Chart.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1032 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1.1Foot-Chart.jpg\" alt=\"1.1Foot-Chart\" width=\"553\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">He told teachers that during the journey through the Suzuki repertoire that we should be mindful that the students are not simply learning pieces, but that they are learning to play the violin.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Charles_Pappgeige_2_Klein.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1033 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Charles_Pappgeige_2_Klein.jpg\" alt=\"Charles_Pappgeige_2_Klein\" width=\"255\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a>According to Charles, a<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> student\u2019s later success depends upon the teacher\u2019s understanding and delivery of the material in the first volume.<\/span> <\/b>He says that he learned this first-hand through his own experiences as a teacher committed to life-long learning. He encourages us all to constantly revisit our ideas about Pre-Twinkle teaching. He feels that it is important to keep ideas fresh, to have a clear vision of the student in mind, and to stay current with the best available information.<b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Charles believes that a teacher must be able to<b> see with their ears <\/b>and<b> hear with their eyes <\/b>because posture affects tone. He says that <b>beginning violinists must strive for even sound, <\/b>even tone throughout the entire bow stroke and that the tone should be <b>DEEP<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Charles, in Book 1, review means you do all of the pieces and their preview spots at home every day. He stressed that in Book 1, students should play all <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Twinkle Variations every day<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and that every piece must be reviewed in the context of skill development. He says that students who do this are different players.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Charles feels that having a sense of timing for progress is fundamental in teaching. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Knowing when to stay on something until it develops and when to move on<\/span><\/strong> is a special skill for teachers that can develop with time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Charles showed many video examples of his early Book 1 students playing with excellent posture, violin holds, bow holds, and clear sound. He claims that one <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">secret to success is the use of practice videos and practice CDs such as Step-by-Step<\/span><\/strong>. At the end of every lesson, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Charles has the parent video tape<\/strong><\/span> him giving <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>a short summary<\/strong><\/span> of the most important parts of the lesson, a reminder of all the assignments, and playing examples of the preview spots he has assigned. He says that he used to have parents video tape every lesson, but quickly realized that no one was watching them. He asks parents and students<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> to watch the practice video once every day before practicing.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Charles_film_klein.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1035 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Charles_film_klein.jpg\" alt=\"Charles_film_klein\" width=\"562\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">During home practice, Charles advocates the use of practice CDs. Practice CDs guide the home practice, make practice longer, and provide structure while letting the parents off the hook just a little bit. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>He gave many examples of how he uses the Pre-Twinkle recordings in Step-by-Step 1A to teach Pre-Twinkle concepts<\/strong> <\/span>including clapping, chanting, singing, and bowing on the \u201cmagic violin.\u201d He says that his students review their pieces with the Step-by-Step CD at home every day and that it ends arguments between children and their parents about how fast something should be played. He says that a piece develops from playing the fundamental exercises, to being able to play by phrase, to playing through a piece slowly and in the student\u2019s own tempo, to progressing through the three tempi approach used in Step-by-Step. He believes that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>this process provides a clear standard and makes practice more musical and enjoyable.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FREE DOWNLOAD<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pre-Twinkle1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">SHEET MUSIC: First Pre-Twinkle Songs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/pretwinkle1.zip\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><br \/>\nAudio Files (MP3): First Pre-Twinkle Songs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Daina Volodka, <\/strong><\/em><strong>Chicago<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Real Review: Mastery of violin technique<br \/>\nthrough listening and review<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Daina_portrait_Klein.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1039 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Daina_portrait_Klein.jpg\" alt=\"Daina_portrait_Klein\" width=\"483\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">According to Daina, if a student and parent do not know why they are reviewing, then they will not do it at home. She feels that it is essential to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>raise the value of review by making it purposeful and relevant<\/b><\/span>. Daina shared that Alice Joy Lewis, an esteemed Suzuki pedagogue in the United States, cautions us as teachers to know that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>what we are not hearing in lessons is not being played at home<\/b><\/span>. Her motto is, \u201cinspect what you expect,\u201d and by this she means that whatever we want the student to do at home, we need to stay current with in lessons. To take this a step further, Daina believes the student and parent must know what the expectation is and WHY she inspecting it. In this session, Daina shared games, strategies, and practice charts that she uses in developing a student\u2019s review. One particular way Daina makes review relevant is the 15 WIN GAME. In this game it is important that everyone understands what makes up a \u201cwin\u201d. In the game there is \u201cthe stage\u201d, \u201cthe backstage\u201d, and \u201cthe audience.\u201d When a child is playing, they must be \u201con the stage\u201d and in charge, rather than the parent or teacher micromanaging the playing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Daina reminded us that Dr. Suzuki said, \u201craise your ability with a piece you can play.\u201d For Daina, review is an extraordinary opportunity to bring a previously learned piece to a higher level of development. Daina shared with the participants her <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>layering approach<\/b><\/span>, and her system of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>grading review pieces to help students elevate the material<\/b><\/span> to higher and higher levels. Daina believes that review can powerfully impact the technique of every student, and can help to unlock the freedom to play with expression and high musical ability.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Real-Review-Practice-Principles.pdf\">Real Review Practice Principles<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>by Daina Volodka<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. REAL REVIEW: GRADING CHART<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. REAL REVIEW: Sample recital review lists<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. REAL REVIEW: Review by Student Level<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><em><strong>Kerstin Wartberg <\/strong><\/em>(Deutsches Suzuki Institut)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Working on sound quality from the very beginning<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Kerstin began her presentation by reminding teachers that working on a student\u2019s tone was always a priority for Dr. Suzuki. According to Kerstin, many children\u2019s lessons started with a brief exercise led by Dr. Suzuki. She explained a process that she observed many times:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2_SUZUKI.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1071 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2_SUZUKI.jpg\" alt=\"2_SUZUKI\" width=\"250\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a>Dr. Suzuki played a rhythm on an open string and the student had to repeat what Dr. Suzuki played. Sometimes Dr. Suzuki would repeat the same rhythm, and sometimes he would move to a different tone with a different rhythm. I saw him working this way with many students, always for a period of about 2 or 3 minutes until he seemed satisfied.<br \/>\n<i>I asked myself what exactly it was that he wanted to teach with this short imitation game. The game appeared to involve many components: listening to pitch and rhythm, imitation of bow speed and bow length, but this was not his main point.<br \/>\nIt was<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> the quality of sound<\/strong><\/span>. <\/i>For Book 1 students, Dr. Suzuki emphasized an understanding for the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>depth of tone<\/b><\/span>. Once, at a workshop in Denmark, he asked us to buy 20 bananas \u2014one banana for each child in the Book 1 group class. The bananas were clever reminders that the children should understand that a good sound is never like a straight line, but like a little curve&#8230; or like a little banana.<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Kerstin led the teachers in Remscheid in several similar games for Book 1 children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here are some examples:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe teachers closed their eyes and listened to the sounds Kerstin was playing using Twinkle rhythms on open strings. Was the sound flat, (like a plain? shallow? as a pancake?) or deep (with depth? curved like a banana?)? It was very easy to hear and to understand the differences. Then some teachers had to play and the group had to guess again. Now it was not so easy as it seemed before. The results were not always easy to differentiate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">The aim of this tone exercise was to get a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>clear feeling for the flexibility of the bow hair and the stick in connection with the natural weight of the arm<\/strong><\/span>. When this relationship is nicely developed the result is a beautiful tone with clear ringing sound \u2013 Kerstin called it the \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>bell tone<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d Developing a beautiful bell tone is one important goal in Book 1. It is the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>preparation for the Casals tone exercise<\/strong><\/span> in Book 2, when the children need to shape three tone waves in the Beethoven Minuet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> Another interesting example of how to focus on tone quality with children was the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>STEP GAME<\/strong><\/span>. It is useful for private lessons or small group lessons with only a few children. The teacher plays, for example, a Twinkle rhythm on an open string with an excellent posture and the student standing at the other side of the room has to repeat it. If the child can play the rhythm with a good posture they are allowed to make a step forward toward the teacher. Then the teacher plays the rhythm again and asks the student to listen for very clear stopped bows on the eighth notes. If the child could stop well between the eighth notes, then they can take another step forward. But if the child did not play it very well, then they are not allowed to make a step forward. If the teacher wants to make this point VERY clear, then the child even has to make a step backwards. Within the framework of this simple game, the teacher has freedom to work on many topics, such as: playing only on one string (not accidentally touching the neighboring string), resonance between the eighth notes, a clear start to the tone without being squashed with uncessary pressure, more depth to the sound, a straight bow, or keeping the bow on the right sound point (bow lane) etc. If the child plays very well then he or she can make a very large step. The game is over once the student arrives at the other end of the room.<br \/>\nThere were several other <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>games focused on how to concentrate on sound<\/strong><\/span> and how <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>to improve a student\u2019s tone production<\/strong><\/span>. Always the main point of the game was to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>focus the student\u2019 listening<\/strong><\/span>, and to increase the awareness of the three parts of every note that both the child and their parents must listen for:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>No. 1<\/strong><\/span> a clear start of the tone<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">No. 2<\/span><\/strong> a deep, ringing sound<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>No. 3<\/strong><\/span> a clear tone ending with resonance<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The report is now finished!<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>Thank you for reading my account of the <i><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>5<sup>th<\/sup> Suzuki Teachers\u2019 Exchange Conference in Germany<\/strong><\/span>. <\/i>We all hope to see you next year! Stay connected here at the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Suzuki Teaching Ideas \u2013 EXCHANGE<\/strong><\/span> and watch for upcoming articles by presenters and participants of this year\u2019s Conference, or write one of your own!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many thanks to Monika and J\u00fcrgen Pieck<br \/>\nfor their perfect organisation!<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pieck_Klein_096.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1042\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pieck_Klein_096.jpg\" alt=\"Pieck_Klein_096\" width=\"479\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><em><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\">We hope to meet you at the next<br \/>\nSuzuki Teachers\u2019 Convention in November 2014!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Kerstin-Barth-Quiroz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1037\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Kerstin-Barth-Quiroz.jpg\" alt=\"Kerstin, Barth, Quiroz\" width=\"484\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">PLEASE NOTE ALREADY NOW !!!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: x-large;\">EUROPEAN TEACHERS\u2019 CONVENTION 2014<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span>31 October &#8211; 3 November 2014<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong>Sixth Suzuki Teachers\u2019<br \/>\nXchange Weekend in GERMANY <em><br \/>\n(Violin\/Viola\/Cello)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong>LET US WORK TOGETHER!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\">In response to the great demand<br \/>\nby many course participants we asked<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: x-large;\">Simon Fischer<br \/>\n<\/span>to come also to our next conference in 2014.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: x-large;\">And YES! He agreed to come!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KNHGA9AwcG0\" width=\"558\" height=\"419\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Excerpt of the film &#8222;LET US WORK TOGETHER!&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Heidi Curatolo: Bericht \u00fcber die 5. Suzuki-Lehrerkonferenz (TEIL 1)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><a title=\"http:\/\/www.germansuzuki.com\/?p=4729\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germansuzuki.com\/?p=4729\">http:\/\/www.germansuzuki.com\/?p=4729<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Heidi Curatolo: Bericht \u00fcber die 5. Suzuki-Lehrerkonferenz (TEIL 2)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><a title=\"http:\/\/www.germansuzuki.com\/?p=4740\" href=\"http:\/\/www.germansuzuki.com\/?p=4740\">http:\/\/www.germansuzuki.com\/?p=4740<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>********************************************************************<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Heidi_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/suzukiteachingideas.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Heidi_2.jpg\" alt=\"Heidi_2\" width=\"109\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong>Heidi L. Curatolo<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><strong>Director of the Suzuki Violin and Piano Institute of Aspen<\/strong><strong>, USA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Education<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Music Performance from Brooklyn College<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> City University of New York 1998<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> Masters in Education and Mathematics Brooklyn College, 2001<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"> Aspen Music Festival and School alumni<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Read what the newspaper ASPEN TIMES reports about<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/6561407-113\/suzuki-curatolo-music-aspen\"> Heidi&#8217;s Suzuki Institute<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAY 3 Intensive Course: Pre-Twinkle and Book 1A\u00a0 &nbsp; After the conclusion of the Main Conference, I stayed in Remscheid for two more days to participate in the Pre-Twinkle and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4833"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10766,"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833\/revisions\/10766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.germansuzuki.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}