Suzuki Violinists of Western New York 

Dr. Sinichi Suzuki believed that every  child's potential is unlimited.

The purpose of Suzuki training is to help every child find the joy that comes through making music. By playing an instrument, children develop their thinking process with confidence, self-esteem, self-discipline, concentration, and the determination to try difficult things. Children develop a lasting enjoyment of music in the environment of loving support fostered by The Suzuki Method.



The Suzuki Method® requires a three-way partnership between the student, the teacher, and the parent – all working together combining a philosophy, a technique, and a program of education.

Dr. Sinichi Suzuki  realized all children have the ability to develop to their highest potential when given a nurturing and loving environment. He observed that very young children had the ability to learn their own language with ease by listening and repeating words said by their parents. From that moment, his development of the Mother Tongue Method evolved into what he would then call Talent Education.


There are moments in history when a place, a time, a man and an idea converge to produce results of great significance. Such a moment occurred when Shinichi Suzuki began his experiments in violin teaching in Japan. The results have attracted widespread attention and have generated much speculation about the nature of musical learning and the way in which every human being develops in early formative years. It is not that any particular segment of Suzuki's ideas is new, but rather that the totality of his concepts, together with the results he has shown, throw a clear light on a question we wish to explore - how do human beings become musical?

 

The Suzuki Violin Method ® in  American Music Education – John Kendall