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How to tailor the Suzuki Method to different students with violinist Meghan Faw
Suzuki-trained violinist and teacher Meghan Faw speaks to online editor Davina about How to tailor the Suzuki Method to different students – after all, all pupils are different and not one single approach is going to fit them all! Meghan speaks about her personal experiences with the method, and what she’s learnt throughout her career implementing the method in her teaching.
Find out more about Meghan's work at learnviolinonline.org and on Instagram @suzukiviolinteacher.
Read her article How to adapt the Suzuki Method for adult learners - violinist Meghan Faw
Read our article in our September 2024 issue: Mother tongues: Global Suzuki Method
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Listen to our previous episodes in this series:
Listen: The Strad Podcast: How to hold a masterclass with violinist Paul Huang
Listen: The Strad Podcast: how to teach collaborative skills with violinist Annie Fullard of the Cavani Quartet
Listen: The Strad Podcast: How to practise effectively with violinist Ray Chen
Andante - Sonata no.2
Bach
Meghan Faw, violin
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How to hold a masterclass with violinist Paul Huang
Violinist Paul Huang speaks to online editor Davina about How he holds a masterclass, fresh from attending the Music@Menlo Summer Festival in August 2024. What do masterclasses mean to Paul, and should we even call them masterclasses? Paul talks about his methods of conducting classes to ensure that not only students get the most out of the shared experience, but the teacher as well.
Stay tuned for our next episode: how adapt the Suzuki Method with violinist Meghan Faw.
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Serenade Espagnole
Chaminade
Paul Huang, violin
Photo courtesy: Marco Borggreve
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How to teach collaborative skills with violinist Annie Fullard of the Cavani Quartet
Violinist Annie Fullard speaks to online editor Davina Shum about how she teaches collaborative skills in her capacity as a chamber music teacher at various institutes and also as a member of the Cavani Quartet. She is the co-author of the upcoming book The Art of Collaboration: Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques & Teambuilding which will be published by Oxford University Press this autumn.
Listen to why she believes curiosity and openness is key to creating a good chamber musician – and person – as well as why she thinks we should live in a chamber music world.
Stay tuned for our next episode: how to hold a masterclass with violinist Paul Huang.
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String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.13 – I: Adagio – Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn
Cavani Quartet
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How to practise effectively with violinist Ray Chen
Our guest in this episode is none other than our September 2024 cover star, Ray Chen. If you’re one of his many followers on social media, you’ll know that the violinist has his own community-based practice app, Tonic, which aims to make practising a little less lonely and more collaborative.
In this episode, Ray and online editor Davina chat about how to get the most out of your practice, including Ray’s previous experiences practising when he was younger, managing your time and psychology, as well as why we shouldn’t neglect practising performance.
Read Ray's cover feature here!
Stay tuned for our next episode: how to teach collaborative skills with violinist Annie Fullard
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Tears of the Kingdom – The Legend of Zelda
Player 1
Ray Chen, violin / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Cristian Mǎcelaru, conductor
Decca Classics
Photo courtesy Meredith Truax
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Episode 115: designing your own musical education as an adult learner with violinist Julia Reddy
Julia Reddy is the host of the Violin Class Podcast and teaches a studio comprising solely of adult learners. She and online editor Davina had a chat about how adult students can be proactive and design their own musical curriculum beyond the practice room - a completely different game from teaching children. What are your favourite ways to enrich your musical education?
Find Julia's Violin Class podcast: https://www.violinclass.co/podcast
Recommended listening:
How to immerse yourself in the violin world
Violin practice strategies for busy people
Advice from an adult violin student
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Exclusive insights into the world of string playing, teaching and instrument making from The Strad magazine: Essential reading for the string music world since 1890
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