The Suzuki Method is a cherished educational approach

Shinichi Suzuki’s wife was best friends with the woman who developed Montessori education. Suzuki’s claim was that any child can enjoy creating quality music given the right conditions.

Suzuki put tremendous effort into establishing those conditions so that children and their families could benefit from meaningful experiences of unity through the expression of music.

The setting for Shinichi’s inspiration was post-WWII. Shinichi wanted to bring the world together in moments of profound unity through a universal language –the spiritual language of music.

It sounds lofty, I know. And it has become a lifestyle for some families, not unlike a Waldorf-y, Montessori-type family’s commitment to living analog lives in a digital world. After all, we play beautiful resonant instruments and we value creating moments around music-making and its enjoyment.

SO…. HOW IS THIS CULTURE TRANSMITTED and HOW IS THIS CULTURE PERPETUATED?