Do you like to spend time with your child?
Do you want your child to develop an empathy
for others?
Do you want to have your child develop relationships
with others?
Do you want to enrich your child’s life with music?
Do you want a developed methodology of study?
Do you want your child to develop self-esteem?
Do you want your child to develop excellence and master skills?
Are you looking for a family centered environment?
THEN THE SUZUKI METHOD IS FOR YOU
!
An early beginning, a nurturing environment, quality
musical training plus a strong partnership among parents, teachers
and community are the cornerstones of the Buffalo Suzuki Strings
philosophy. The faculty and staff at BSS, the oldest Suzuki
Method program in Western New York, can provide the best nurturing
environment for your child and family. Hundreds of WNY families
have already come to embrace our educational philosophy and
experience the added value of Suzuki-based music instruction.
About Dr. Suzuki
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, the man who developed the Suzuki Method,
was born on October 17, 1898 in Nagoya, Japan. He was one of twelve
children and his father owned a violin factory. Though he lived
to be 99 years old, Dr. Suzuki always seemed young and full of
energy, cheerful and loving to everyone he met. In 1989 he wrote:
“It is now quite obvious to me that ability is not inherited,
rather every baby is born with an equal potential for ability
which will be nurtured along with the living soul throughout his
life. ‘Man is a son of his environment’ is the realization
of this concept. My deepest desire is that all educators in the
world would realize that we need a revolution now in education,
through a method by which every child can be educated to the highest
level.”
Dr. Suzuki had always loved children and became very interested
in teaching them. He was intrigued by children’s natural
ability to assimilate their very complex mother tongue and thought
they could learn music in just the same way.
Dr. Suzuki believed that all children have the talent to learn
if they are taught well by loving parents and teachers. He proposed
to teach the language of music in the same way children learned
to speak ~ starting when they were very young and hearing music
all around them. Over the years Dr. Suzuki perfected his teaching
method; today there are thousands of children around the world
who have learned to play music beautifully through the Suzuki
Method.
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The Suzuki Philosophy
The Suzuki approach seeks to develop the whole child to help
unfold his/her natural potential to learn and become a noble human
being. Through the Suzuki developmental process, children thrive
in a total environment of support. Suzuki students develop confidence
and self-esteem, determination to try difficult things, self-discipline
and concentration. They acquire a lasting enjoyment of music and
skill and sensitivity for music making.
Mary
Cay Neal, BSS Founder and
Music Director, was one of the first Americans to pioneer the
Suzuki Method. She reminisces, “From Dr. Suzuki I came to
understand that the challenge was going to come from teaching
all children and not just the gifted few. Perhaps most importantly,
he persuaded us that for student and teacher alike being happy
with your music is synonymous with being successful.
“We want to see our students leave
the program as fine musicians as well as skilled instrumentalists.
However, it’s just as important to help a child open his heart
to music as it is to train his ear. Our curriculum states exactly
what we want our students to learn, not how fast we want them
to learn it.
"It’s in the matter of concentration
and self discipline that we do make definite demands, but then
discipline, hard work, and concentration are part of every musician’s
day. No Suzuki teacher wants to produce a technical whiz-kid with
neither emotional nor intellectual commitment to his playing,
because that child has realized only part of his potential. The
child who attains Dr. Suzuki’s goal of noble mind, high principles,
and great ability is the true success story. He is also most likely
to be a happy child.”
The Suzuki Method
 Dr.
Suzuki believed that all children have the talent to learn if
they are taught well by loving parents and teachers. He proposed
to teach the language of music in the same way children learned
to speak ~ starting when they were very young and hearing music
all around them. Over the years Dr. Suzuki perfected his teaching
method; today there are thousands of children around the world
who have learned to play music beautifully through the Suzuki
Method.
The key to a Suzuki child’s success
is Dr. Suzuki’s belief that all children can learn if they
are taught in the right way. The Suzuki Method develops the whole
child; it helps the child to unfold his/her natural learning potential
and to become a “noble human being”. While Suzuki-trained
children acquire a lasting enjoyment of music and a skill and
sensitivity for music making, that’s only a small part of
a greater benefit. In the Suzuki developmental process children
come to thrive in a total environment of loving support from parents
and teachers. Suzuki Method students begin to develop self-discipline,
concentration, a determination to try difficult things, and a
sense of real accomplishment rewarded by self esteem and confidence.
The Suzuki Method was first introduced to the United States in
the 1960s and over the years more and more teachers and parents
began to embrace his philosophies.
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