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All over the world, the Piano is a popular choice for starting music classes for children and outnumbers any other instrument including the second most popular instrument, the Violin.
 

Tips on how to choose a violin

The Suzuki Talent Education Association (STEAS) arrived in 2014 actually…! Sponsored by my friends at Synwin Music, today I participated at a Teacher’s workshop on the Suzuki Values & Teaching Method and to bring awareness to STEAS.  Guest Speaker Mr Martin Rüttimann flew in to give us the insights of Dr Suzuki’s violin Methodology and why it works particularly well for young learners.  There were also some young performers who gave us a demonstration of the Suzuki Method in action. 

I wanted to write about learning the violin from the standpoint of someone who has already mastered the piano and the differences in thought and action of both the instruments this week. But this article from the strings magazine for the week was just too interesting to hold off from sharing. 

There are lots of programs and string camps for kids but this article from string magazine gathers 7 different programs which can help to improve your playing as an adult. 

I sometimes get this question from friends and people I meet with existing violin teachers or if they are looking for one- How would they know if the teacher is teaching the right content in the lessons? Are they good or are they bad? 

Happy 2017 to all my readers! May this year be a fruitful one. I have been so caught up with enjoying the festivities and spending time with family over the holidays that it has been ages since my last entry. Also I would really like to start with those violin tutorial videos- I’m thinking of recording the Suzuki violin school volume 1 songs as a start to the series or 30-50 videos I’m intending to put up.  So keep a look out!

I brought my daughter for her first ever violin recital (that wasn’t mine) at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music sometime last month.