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Music Tip Monday

When you are working on learning a new piece do some research on the composer who wrote it. Getting some insight into the person who created the music can make the process of learning more interesting.

Great books for younger Suzuki students (about the composers in the Suzuki repertoire) are Stories of Composers for Young Musicians and More Stories of Composers for Young Musicians both written by Catherine Kendall.   The stories she tells about composers such as Beethoven, Gossec, and Boccherini, both as children and adults, brings the composers to life.  I would highly recommend these books to teachers and students.

A few websites that have short biographies of composers are:

1.  The New York Philharmonic’s interactive website for kids  www.nyphilkids.org.

2.  Classical.net

3.  Essentials of Music.com

If you have any additional resources to share, please leave them in the comments!

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  1. I love these tips!

    Here’s another one:

    Students in my violin studio learn their bow holds without any trouble using the Bow Hold Buddies™ accessory by Things 4 Strings! So much lesson time is saved, so the students make much faster progress than when I had to stop and correct fingers all the time.

  2. Completely agree with you–I think reading can really enhance students’ practicing & listening!

    I’ve been working on a bibliography of music resources (mostly picture books) for kids and their parents–it’s at the top of my blog (www.kbkubin.blogspot.com). Many of the books are annotated, and I am (slowly) adding to it as I am able. Check it out and let me know what I’m missing!

    Karen

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