Without  music (well, in my house, violins and violas and flutes) life itself would be impossible ... : )

.... I am  a Suzuki  viola student myself... and started at age 37 to take lessons, after watching my own children, then 6 and 8, take lessons.  (That was four years ago). I have now been studying for about 4 years, and am in Book 5, with some work on the Canonic Sonatas by Telemann.

My teacher, Laura, is a violinist, and is an incredibly patient person, never tiring of my many questions about positioning, vibrato, etc.  I have always been musical, singing in choirs even through College at Vassar, and I decided that it is never too late to learn to play.

But, learning to play an instrument has been difficult at times,  a learning experience that I continue to love, as it reflects a kind of spirituality that is not easily described in words. Some people enjoy church. I enjoy playing viola, and have just recently gotten good enough to form a quartet.

We are working on Haydyn and Mozart quartets, and also on a Beethoven early quartet, which is difficult, but rewarding.   I began as a Suzuki viola student, and have learned slowly and patiently ( with my children helping me, for they are ever so much swifter and clever than I at these things).

Sometimes, when life is really good, I get to play Bartok duets with my daughters.

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"If I could learn to play the cello well, as I thought I could, I could show by my own example that we all have greater powers than we think; that whatever we want to learn or learn to do, we probably can learn; that our lives and our possibilities are not determined and fixed by what happened to us when we were little, or by what experts say we can or cannot do."  John Holt, Never Too Late.

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The Suzuki Association of  the Americas

THE SUZUKI METHOD AT SUZUKI MUSIC ACADEMY
Children, from age 2, learn the joy of classical music at America's Suzuki Music Academy. You'veseen them on TV, and they've been featured in news articles. Learn more about the incredible children musicians, the Suzuki Method, and the Academy's acclaimed program that offers formal classical music instruction in violin, viola, cello, and piano.

SUZUKI VIOLIN TEACHERS CENTRAL
"Although designed for Suzuki violin professional educators, this site which hosts the Suzuki Violin Teachers Forum and contains teaching materials that deal with the Suzuki Violin Method, also contains material that will be of interest to music educators, generally. The Music/Neuroscience pages give substantive reviews and reports on research into the 'MOZART EFFECT', classical music and brain developement, and other areas of interest to the serious music education professional."
 
 

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