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Violinist Nicola Benedetti talks about Suzuki and youth music programs

November 7, 2018 by Love Nurtured Music

Violinist Nicola Benedetti

Violinist Nicola Benedetti

In this interview, world-renown violinist, Nicola Benedetti talks about her upbringing as a Suzuki violin student and as a member of the Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

She also talks about getting into the Yehudi Menuhin Music School and the importance of youth music programs.

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Bachtoberfest 2017

September 15, 2017 by Love Nurtured Music

You don’t have to be German, just come and have some fun with German music and dance.

German costume suggested, beautiful music required!

Sunday, October 15, 2017, 1:45 PM

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Bachtoberfest

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LNM Photo Portrait Session: October 1, 2016

November 23, 2016 by Love Nurtured Music

Jonas (our photographer) has finished the photos and they look awesome! Thanks so much to all who came to the session. Please choose your free 8×10 photo and order any additional photos before November 30.

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU and for having the wonderful privilege to share the joy of music with all our precious young musicians. I love you all!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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The “Mother’s Song” Method

May 6, 2016 by Love Nurtured Music

Happy Mother's Day!

My singer mother, Silvia.

Much has been taken by numerous music education scholars from Shinichi Suzuki’s approach to music learning. The Suzuki Method is based on the notion that all children learn to speak their mother tongue easily without having to formally study the language. He began to apply the basic principles of language acquisition to the learning of music, and called his method the mother-tongue approach. The ideas of parent responsibility, loving encouragement, constant repetition, etc., are some of the special features of the Suzuki approach.

As listening plays the most important role in the acquisition of basic musical knowledge, the kind of sounds the child listens to when he/she is growing up will determine the nature and quality of the sounds produced by the child’s voice or instrument. In the same manner we as children speak our parents’ language and accent, we as musicians mimic the musical sounds that we hear as models.

Violinist Rigo Murillo

My mother used to post this picture in the front of the hall where I played my recitals.

I am pr ivileged to have a mother who not only is a nurturing, loving, and encouraging person; but who also is a wonderful singer. Though she never walked the venue of being a professional singer, she possesses a wonderful lyric voice that touches the heart. Her vibrant singing voice exposes a perfect pitch center and a well-controlled and expressive vibrato.

I remember many times hearing her sing, enjoying her voice’s beauty and expressiveness. I always wanted to somehow imitate those melodic lines emanating from her musically well-rounded voice.

As a child, I always liked music and played recorder, harmonica, and guitar. I remember very vividly when I first hear my first violin teacher play at a school event. I thought, “That’s it! I want to play violin!” That day, I found the answer to my desire to imitate my mom’s wonderful singing sounds. After some talking over and asking for lessons, I managed to leave my guitar studies in exchange for a thriving desire to learn to play the violin. I began my musical journey to melodic exploration and deeper musical expression.

Thanks mom! Thanks for the nurturing experience of your musical voice.

In various occasions, I have been labeled by my colleagues and listeners as a “romantic violinist,” or someone who they perceive is an ideal “inspiring singing violinist.” I know that I am very unlikely to be enlisted along with Permlan’s sound and flawless technique, or Heifetz’s solid and knightly interpretations. I have always had a deep respect for both of these masters’ accomplishments and superb artistic capabilities. However, one thing is certain: If my violin’s sound and melodic lines have inspired some, it is due to the wonderful, God-given gift of having a model for good nature, sound and musical expression I have had in my mother.

Though my exposure to the Talent Education movement and encounter with Dr. Suzuki’s mother-tongue approach began much later, I can say that I have experienced the reality of Suzuki’s method through my childhood search for the musical sounds I heard from my mother’s enchanting voice.

I am grateful to God of having such an experience with the “Mother-Song” method.

Thank you mom!

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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Beautiful Scenery

October 22, 2014 by Love Nurtured Music

Here is a beautiful video of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons performed by Julia Fisher and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. I like the scenery, which goes with the musical descriptions in this masterpiece.

The Four Seasons is a series of four violin concertos, each with three movements. The piece contains compositional devices that allows the music “paint pictures” of the sounds and natural features of the different seasons. You can almost see and feel these “pictures” by listening to the music alone. The video scenes are a nice addition.


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Way to go, Emily, Practice Champion!

July 16, 2014 by Love Nurtured Music

Congratulations to practice champion Emily for completing her 100-day practice challenge this week. Way to go, Emily! Keep up the good work.
Emily, violin practice champion. Dallas Suzuki Violin Lessons.

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How A Violin Is Made

July 9, 2014 by Love Nurtured Music

Peter Prier is a violin maker who has established a prestigious violin making school in downtown Salt Lake City, UT. Watch him telling the story of how he got to be a violin maker.

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Good music making makes experts listen… Go Practice!

July 8, 2014 by Love Nurtured Music

Legendary violinist Ivri Gitlis (almost 91 years old) listens to Marié Rossano playing Mendelssohn’s violin concerto Op. 64, 3rd movement, and apparently likes what he hears.

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Most difficult piece for violin…

June 8, 2014 by Love Nurtured Music

nathan-milsteinIn an interview with Pinchas Zukerman in 1992, the great 20th century violinist, Nathan Milstein confessed that this Liszt’s “Mephisto Waltz” arrangement was the absolutely most difficult piece he had ever played.

Here is a video of Milstein’s arrangement of this piece, Alexander Skwortsow playing it (circa 1985):

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Congratulations to Alejandro for his Book 3 Graduation!

March 27, 2014 by Love Nurtured Music

Congratulations to Alejandro for his Violin Book 3 Graduation. Alejandro is a very dedicated violin student and we’re so proud of him. Congratulations to his mom, as well for helping him with daily home practice. Here he is smiling with his book certificate. Way to go, Alejandro!

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