Courses

Teaching Strategies Plus

July 18 - July 22 (Session I) and July 25 - July 29 (Session II)

Teaching Strategies Plus is a one-week (20 hour) online course that offers teachers the opportunity to receive feedback from Teacher Trainers Caroline Fraser and Miguel Aguirre in addition to sharing ideas and encouragement within a community of teachers learning together. Each day will also include observation and discussion of daily master classes taught by Caroline and Miguel.

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Pre-Piano

July 16 - July 17, 2022; $275

In this Pre-Piano course taught by Teacher Trainer Blancamaría Montecinos, teacher participants will learn a variety of strategies to prepare young children and their parents in order to guarantee success in their first piano lessons!

Concerts and Workshops

Comfy Concert

July 16, 2022 at 5pm PDT; $30 or included with Teaching Strategies

This year's Comfy Concert will feature Piano Music of the Americas, alongside the story of a Venezuelan girl who immigrated to America and made a difference for many (including the President of the United States!) with her music.

With readings in both Spanish and English, Miguel Aguirre and Hillary Nordwell present a live online program combining story and music. All ages are welcome to join!

Program includes works by Teresa Carreño, William Bolcom, Jorge Federico Osorio, William Grant Still, Ricardo Castro, and Manuel Maria Ponce.

Included with Teaching Strategies Plus course and Teacher/Parent Observation Pass for no additional fee.

Music, Memories, and Mayhem: How to Help Kids Develop a Lifelong Love of Music

July 23, 2022 at 9am PDT

What can Yo-Yo Ma, Elton John, and Dolly Parton teach us about inspiring kids to make music? Plenty, despite their very different backgrounds. The similarities in their early environments reveal the passion that each of these accomplished artists developed for music and their ability to sustain it throughout their lives. Join music educator Barbie Wong for a lively and informative talk exploring the childhood experiences of great musicians like Mozart, Paul McCartney, and Alicia Keys, and the common elements that laid the foundation for their lifelong love affair with music. Barbie’s many years of interviewing and researching musicians of all genres inspired her to develop an effective yet simple blueprint teachers and parents can use to create a stimulating, musically rich environment that will awaken and deepen a child’s love for music.

Included with Teaching Strategies Plus course and Teacher/Parent Observation Pass for no additional fee.

Guiding Natural Improvisation and Composition with Suzuki Students

July 23, 2022 at 10:30am PDT

Rebecca Boblak will be presenting this enriching one-hour workshop.

Included with Teaching Strategies Plus course and Teacher/Parent Observation Pass for no additional fee.