Katie Suzuki Music Blog
South Island Suzuki summer camp 2023
South Island Suzuki summer camp 2023TuesdayOn Tuesday, we drove to Timaru for the start of the annual South Island Suzuki summer camp. We have been bringing our two children here for most of the last 8 years (except during covid!). The Suzuki institute hires out a...
New Music Reading course for violin “I Can Read Music” book 1
I have just published a new music reading course, to go with Suzuki Violin book 1 and 2…
Violin book 2 videos finished!
I have finally finished putting the violin book 2 videos onto the website! For each piece there are…
Violin book 2 videos are coming soon!
I’ve been filming the lessons for the violin book 2 pieces…
Piano Playalong Concert: Mary Had a Little Lamb
Here is a Piano Playalong Concert video I made with some of my piano students recently…
Violin playalong concert video Twinkle var A (June 2020)
Here is a Violin Playalong Concert video I did with some of my violin students recently…
Let’s Chat
Its not always easy to be a Suzuki parent, especially when distance-learning. So I have set up free parent-chat sessions by webcam. In these sessions, you can talk to me for free, outside of lesson time and without your child around…
the new “Parents Area” of my website
Every parent enjoys watching their child progress in learning a musical instrument and wants their child to enjoy playing music. However, it is rare for a child to be self-motivated enough to create this progress and enjoyment by themself. At times, children need their parents to …
Starting Music Reading with Children
When my young students start learning to read music it usually becomes their favourite part of the lesson. Initially they learn rhythm reading using animal names like “dog” and “birdie” from the wonderful book “The Rhythm Train” by Dana DeKalb. The children LOVE using this book so much that we use it as a fun break activity during lessons. Each rhythmic unit has a character name and a cute picture…
Enabling students to send me videos of their playing
One of the recent additions on my website has been to enable students to buy one-off video-upload credits. This means that my students can send me a video of their playing using a secure upload link. I watch their playing and send them feedback.
Having these uploads as one-offs makes it very flexible…