Suzuki Teaches American Children And Their Mothers

Duration: 33 min

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Univ Of Illinois

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Script: Dr. Paul Rolland, Dr. John Kendall; Photography: Jesse Barr; Assisted by: Arnold Baskin, Michael Swigert; Editing: Milt Roberts; Sound: Michael Wiese, Milt Roberts; Cast: Shinichi Suzuki and violin students from East St. Louis; Narrators: Virginia Farmer, Mark A. Anderson, Kiyohiko Munakata; Subject Matter: Dr. Paul Rolland.

Description: An explanation of the Suzuki method of violin instruction with elements of his philosophy of music education. This method starts the child very young, and relies on simplified, rote-learned pieces. Suzuki claims it is based on the method by which children naturally learn their mother-tongue. Filmed during his tour of this country in 1964.

Complete Record: Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the Talent Education Institute, Japan, demonstrates his teaching method for the violin, in which children learn to play by ear as they relate to what they have heard to what they already know.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)