SUZUKI METHOD LINKS

<center><b><font size=+3>SUZUKI METHOD WWW LINKS</font></b> <br><b><font size=+2>* Selected Links *</font></b></center> <hr width="100%"> <center><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">INTRODUCTION</font></b></center> <hr width="100%"> <br><font face="Arial,Helvetica">There are a number of WWW sites that deal with the Suzuki Method. Some give a description of a specific Suzuki method program, along with generic information about the Suzuki method. Others are Suzuki memorial sites. Many sites promote Suzuki Method in a superficial way, and still others, promote Orff, Kodaly, Kindermusik, and a other educational programs that seek to benefit by suggesting an association with the Suzuki Method.</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Links on this page connect to sites that have been selected for their value to inform parents and educators about the Suzuki method  - what it is, its history and pedagogical components. There are also links to sites dealing with related subjects, including an article that takes critical look at Japanese education, The section, </font><b>SPECIAL SUBJECT LINKS, </b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">includes a site that deals with the current research into the causal relationship between music and brain development. </font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">At the end of the page are links America's Suzuki Music Academy pages. The Academy produces two specialized sites for Suzuki Method teaching professionals, <a href="http://www.suzuki-violin.com/" target="http://www.Suzuki-Violin.com">Suzuki Violin Teachers Central</a> and <a href="http://www.suzuki-piano.com/" target="http://www.Suzuki-Piano.com">Suzuki Piano Teachers Central</a>.</font> <div align=right> <br><b>- Richard Coff, Director</b> <br><b>Suzuki Music Academy</b></div> <hr width="100%">  <center> <p><a href="http://www.japanfile.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/features/Suzuki-1.shtml"><b>THE SUZUKI METHOD</b></a> <p align="left">This outstanding and insightful article, in five parts, by Ariane Wilson for the publication, "Kansai Time Out" - January, 2000, appears on the "The Japan File" website, produced by S. U. Press, an independent English language publishing company based in Osaka, Japan.  <p align="left"> "The Japan File" website contains several excellent general articles about Japan. "The Suzuki Method" article provides an especially useful context for understanding the Suzuki method and numerous articles about the Suzuki Method that appear online and in print. | <a href="http://www.japanfile.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/features/Suzuki-1.shtml">part one</a> | <a href="http://www.japanfile.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/features/Suzuki-2.shtml">part two</a> | <a href="http://www.japanfile.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/features/Suzuki-3.shtml">part three</a> | <a href="http://www.japanfile.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/features/Suzuki-4.shtml">part four</a> | <a href="http://www.japanfile.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/features/Suzuki-5.shtml">part five</a> |  <br>  <hr> <p align="center"><b><font size=+1><a href="http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/SuzukiPianoBasics/">Piano Basics Foundation News</a></font></b></center> <p align="left">Produced by the Piano Basics Foundation, this authoritative online resource hosts articles by Haruko Kataoka, co-founder of the Suzuki Piano Method. An essential Suzuki Piano resource. <br>  <hr> <p align="left"><center><b><u>THE INTERNATIONAL SUZUKI ASSOCIATION (ISA)</u></b></center> <p align="left"><b><font size="2">The links in this section connect to the website of the International Suzuki Association, the Japan-based world headquarters of the Suzuki Method. The International Suzuki Association, which was headed by Suzuki when he was alive, is now headed by his colleagues and by others who worked with him. </font></b><p align="left"><b><font size="2">While the ISA site contains some interesting chronologies, it has limited usefulness as a pedagogical resource.   </font></b><p align="left"><b><font size="2">(Note: The text, translated into English from the Japanese pages, contains extraneous "" symbols and some other typographical anomalies.) </font></b><p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.suzukimethod.or.jp/E_mthd111.html">THE SUZUKI METHOD TALENT EDUCATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE</a></font></b> <center> <p align="left"><b><font size="2">Brief description and history of the center for Suzuki Method in Japan. Includes mention of some principal figures and discusses a common misconception about the Suzuki Method educational system. </font></b> <p><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.suzukimethod.or.jp/E_mthd112.html">SUZUKI METHOD BASIC PRINCIPLES: THE MOTHER TONGUE APPROACH</a></font></b></p> </center> <p align="left">Exposition of Suzuki Method principles, including the idea that training -  not innate talent - determines ability, that education begins early in life, etc.</p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.suzukimethod.or.jp/E_mthd121.html">CHRONOLOGY: SUZUKI METHOD'S INTRODUCTION TO THE US AND WORLD</a></font></b></p> <p align="left">Tracks the course of the Suzuki Method's introduction to the outside world, from its introduction to the US in 1964 to the establishment of the International Suzuki Association in 1983.</p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.suzukimethod.or.jp/E_mthd20.html">SUZUKI: BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY </a></font></b></p> <p align="left"><b><font size="2">Highlights of Suzuki's life and accomplishments, from his birth in Nagoya, Japan in 1898 to his death in 1998, at age 99. </font></b></p> <p align="center"><font size="2"> <a href="http://www.suzukimethod.or.jp/E_mthd41.html"><b>HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE SUZUKI METHOD</b></a></font></p> <p align="left">The story of the establishment of Suzuki's School, the Matsumoto Music School, and the transition to the International Academy of the Suzuki Method in 1997. </p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.suzukimethod.or.jp/E_mthd80.html"> SELECTED SUZUKI QUOTES </a></font></b><center><a href="http://www.japanfile.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/features/Suzuki-1.shtml"><b></b></a> </p> </center> <hr width="100%"> <center><b><font size=+2>SPECIAL SUBJECT LINKS:</font></b> <hr width="100%"> <p><b><font size=+1><a href="http://parenting-baby.com/Parenting-Baby-Music-Research/Music-Research.html">THE "MOZART EFFECT"</a></font></b> <br><b><font size=+1><a href="http://parenting-baby.com/Parenting-Baby-Music-Research/Music-Research.html">MUSIC & BRAIN DEVELOPMENT</a></font></b></center> <p>This extraordinary site, designed for the professional music educator, deals with the current research into music and its relation to cognitive and emotional development, perception, and a range of music related studies. Perhaps the most comprehensive collection of its kind, the site includes a remarkable catalogue of links to outstanding material. Although some of the material referenced here is quite technical, the serious music and general education professional will find this to be one of the very best of the online resources available on the web. <center> <p><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec98/music_11-10.html">BRAIN MUSIC?</a></font></b></center> <p>The November 10, 1998, transcript from the <b><i>PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</i></b> features a Tom Bearden report on how music may affect learning patterns. Researcher Gordon Shaw and others discuss how and why the Suzuki Method music study has been introduced into the curriculum at Schiell Elementary, a public school in Cincinnati's inner city. They speculate about the link between of improved performance in academic studies and Suzuki Method study. <p align="center"> <b> <a href="http://www.japanfile.com/culture_and_society/education/20_years-1.shtml"><img src="001-new-Suzuki-Method-Violin.gif" width="31" height="15"></a> </b> <a href="http://www.japanfile.com/culture_and_society/education/20_years-1.shtml"><b><font size="4">CRISIS IN THE CLASSROOM?</font></b></a><p>Another article from "Kansai Time Out" that appears on "The Japan File" website. Okano Yutaka, an Academic teacher in Japan, offers critical view of Japanese academic education and its failings. <br> <hr width="100%"> <center><b>LINKS TO THE SUZUKI MUSIC ACADEMY</b> <p><b>* <font size=-1><a href="http://www.suzukimusicacademy.com/">The Suzuki Method At Suzuki Music Academy</a></font> *</b> <p><b>* <font size=-1><a href="http://www.suzukimusicacademy.com/photo.html">Suzuki Music Academy Photo Album</a></font> *</b> <p><b>* <font size=-1><a href="http://www.suzukimusicacademy.com/#faq">Suzuki Music Academy FAQs</a></font> *</b> <p><b>* <font size=-1><a href="http://www.suzukimusicacademy.com/#director">Richard Coff, Director - Suzuki Music Academy</a></font> *</b> <p><b>* <font size=-1><a href="http://www.suzukimusicacademy.com/#performances">Suzuki Music Academy Children Performers</a></font> *</b> <p><b>* <font size=-1><a href="http://www.suzukimusicacademy.com/ContactAcademy1.htm">Contact The Suzuki Music Academy</a></font> *</b></center> <p> <hr width="100%"> <p align="center"> <center><b> Updated </b></center><b><font size="3">February 01, 2007</font></b> <hr width="100%"> <center><b>A production of</b> <br><b>The Suzuki Music Academy</b> <br><b><font size=-1>http://www.SuzukiMusicAcademy.com/</font></b> <p><b><i><font size=-1>Copyright © 1998 - 2002 R.Coff / Suzuki Music Academy</font></i></b> <br><b><i><font size=-1>All Rights Reserved</font></i></b></center>