Teacher Training Courses
Tuition $510/internet
Each course includes 15 hours of instruction and 8 hours
of observation.
| Flute: |
Book
2, Laurel Ann Maurer-Siegel, VT |
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Book
4, Laura Larson, MI |
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| Guitar: |
Book 2, Mychal Gendron, RI |
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| Piano: |
Overview Books 1 – 3,
Cathy Williams Hargrave TX |
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Book 4, Rae Kate Shen, CA |
Teacher participants in the overview course should have
taken and registered the books being covered in the overview.
Unit Cancellations:
The institute may cancel teacher workshops if enrollment
is insufficient. Please register before April 30, 2009.
After that, we will cancel workshops with insufficient enrollment.
If a workshop needs to be cancelled, you will be notified
by May 15, 2009. If you purchase a non-refundable plane
ticket before then, the institute will not be liable.
Required Course Preparation
All teacher training participants are asked to
prepare the repertoire to be studied to the point of fluent
performance. Memorization is not required but is recommended.
Additionally, participants should be conversant with the
ideas presented in Dr. Suzuki’s Nurtured by Love.
All participants will be performing in class. Strings and
woodwinds are expected to provide their own instruments.
It is recommended that participants bring a tape recorder
and a notebook to all sessions. 100% attendance is required
for registering the course.
To qualify as a participant in training courses rather
than auditor, applicants must submit a video audition of
specified repertoire to the SAA, preferably prior to enrollment.
Videos should be submitted at least 8 weeks prior to the
course start date, with the required fees and a completed
application form. If submitted later than 8 weeks before
the course start date, audition results determining participant
eligibility may not be available prior to the course, and
will requires late audition fees. For courses occurring
during summer 2009, applicants submitting tapes later than
March 31, 2009 may not receive audition results prior to
the course, even if meeting the above deadlines. An applicant
may enroll late as “tape pending”, but will
incur late audition fees, and audition results determining
eligibility for participant credit will probably not be
available until after the course. If auditions from “tape
pending” applicants are not accepted, their course
work will not be eligible retroactively for SAA credit registration
as a participant, only as an auditor—even if course
work was completed. For further information, please see
the SAA website at www.suzukiassociation.org
and find the downloadable video audition application form
(with instructions) in the teacher section, or call the
SAA toll free 1-888-378-9854 for this form.
