https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i1UtouAZ0H4
TEDx Conference, April, 2012, Portland Oregon; Performance featuring the Portland Youth Philharmonic including a number of students who received their foundational training in the SuzukiPortland Violin & Viola Program.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The Fiddle Workshop was fabulous.
"She found the instructor to be helpful, kind and appreciated his cues." Parent, 2012
"My daughter loved the workshop and is interested in joining again. Please let me know when the next workshop will be. Thanks!" Parent, 2012
Take a look: http://youtu.be/gK1EKvHKTTw
"She found the instructor to be helpful, kind and appreciated his cues." Parent, 2012
"My daughter loved the workshop and is interested in joining again. Please let me know when the next workshop will be. Thanks!" Parent, 2012
Take a look: http://youtu.be/gK1EKvHKTTw
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Fiddle Workshop with George Penk and Heather Pinney
Hello Fiddlers and fiddling want to be's!
On Sunday May 27, 2012 from 4-6p the SuzukiPortland Violin & Viola Program will be presenting a fiddling workshop for children age 4-18 who can play by ear at a minimum level of early Suzuki Book Two. Instructors George Penk and Heather Pinney will teach a medley of three contra dance tunes and a waltz. Everyone welcome. To register, email Catherine Whelan at Catherine@SuzukiPortland.com.
On Sunday May 27, 2012 from 4-6p the SuzukiPortland Violin & Viola Program will be presenting a fiddling workshop for children age 4-18 who can play by ear at a minimum level of early Suzuki Book Two. Instructors George Penk and Heather Pinney will teach a medley of three contra dance tunes and a waltz. Everyone welcome. To register, email Catherine Whelan at Catherine@SuzukiPortland.com.
Suzuki Baby Class teaches music as a mother tongue
Suzuki Baby Class is an interactive, structured, unique and beautiful experience for babies with their parent to learn western tonality as a mother tongue. While I don't have any scientific evidence to prove that humans actually inherit genetic tone deafness (as so many people want me think of them) there is now scientific evidence that babies can learn music as a mother tongue from the moment they are born through interactive rather than passive musical experiences. Dr. Laurel Trainor, director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the
Mind says,"Our results suggest that the infant brain might be particularly
plastic with regard to musical exposure."(Science Daily) This study can be found at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120509123653.htm.
Science Daily goes on to quote Trainor, "'Babies who participated in the interactive music classes with their parents showed earlier sensitivity to the pitch structure in music, says Trainor. Specifically, they preferred to listen to a version of a piano piece that stayed in key, versus a version that included out-of-key notes. Infants who participated in the passive listening classes did not show the same preferences. Even their brains responded to music differently. Infants from the interactive music classes showed larger and/or earlier brain responses to musical tones. The non-musical differences between the two groups of babies were even more surprising, say researchers.'"
Science Daily reports, "Babies from the interactive classes showed better early communication skills, like pointing at objects that are out of reach, or waving goodbye. Socially, these babies also smiled more, were easier to soothe, and showed less distress when things were unfamiliar or didn't go their way."
Suzuki Baby Classes are offered every Wednesday morning at the SuzukiPortland Studio.
Catherine Whelan
503 244 6190
Science Daily goes on to quote Trainor, "'Babies who participated in the interactive music classes with their parents showed earlier sensitivity to the pitch structure in music, says Trainor. Specifically, they preferred to listen to a version of a piano piece that stayed in key, versus a version that included out-of-key notes. Infants who participated in the passive listening classes did not show the same preferences. Even their brains responded to music differently. Infants from the interactive music classes showed larger and/or earlier brain responses to musical tones. The non-musical differences between the two groups of babies were even more surprising, say researchers.'"
Science Daily reports, "Babies from the interactive classes showed better early communication skills, like pointing at objects that are out of reach, or waving goodbye. Socially, these babies also smiled more, were easier to soothe, and showed less distress when things were unfamiliar or didn't go their way."
Suzuki Baby Classes are offered every Wednesday morning at the SuzukiPortland Studio.
Catherine Whelan
503 244 6190
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