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My approach to music teaching has been profoundly influenced by the philosophies and methodologies of Shinichi Suzuki and Zoltán Kodály.

• Suzuki and Kodaly both believed in the importance of music as an integral part of children's development and as a means of nurturing spiritual growth.
• They understood that children learn first through their senses and later through rational thinking.
• Suzuki and Kodaly realized the importance of the early years and the effects of the environment.
• Both men understood how children learn and advocated that the youngest children deserve the highest qualified teachers and the Master composers as their models.
• Both knew that in order for society to change, we must begin with the youngest children and with education.
• While Kodaly stressed the importance of schools in the lives of the children, Suzuki emphasized the teachers' responsibility to educate the parents.
• Both philosophies teach music with a natural, sequential approach aimed to develop each child's potential while respecting individual differences and learning styles.
• Both men were innovators and men of great vision whose dream it was to change the world through music.

Read more...

in these 4 articles which were first published in the Journal of the Suzuki Association of Peru, "Ensamble" and the most recent one in the European Piano Teachers Association Journal "Piano Professional" Issue 13:

1. Music Theory, Reading and Intuition
   
   
2. Preparing young students for music reading
   
   
3. The First Music reading book: Success with every Student
   
   
4. Music reading: Teaching students how to read music with intellectual understanding
   
   
5. New!Teaching Music Reading in the Suzuki Style