{"id":6688,"date":"2011-06-06T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T21:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2011-06-06T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T21:14:01","slug":"suzuki-violin-lessons-prove-popular-at-apsus-community-arts-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/06\/06\/suzuki-violin-lessons-prove-popular-at-apsus-community-arts-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzuki Violin Lessons Prove Popular at APSU’s Community Arts Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheClarksville, TN<\/strong> – During the last year, some of Clarksville\u2019s youngest citizens \u2013 3- to 5-year-olds \u2013 have picked up violins and are learning to play them competently.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really impressed by them,\u201d JoAnn McIntosh, coordinator for the Community School of the Arts at Austin Peay State University, said. \u201cThey are all playing in tune. We have a fabulous new teacher, and we\u2019d really like to expand this program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last fall, Robin Eckert, a Nashville musician who studied violin performance at Indiana University\u2019s Jacobs School of Music, joined the CSA staff, bringing Suzuki violin instruction to the Clarksville-area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had violin lessons in the past, but this is really the official Suzuki methodology,\u201d McIntosh said.<\/p>\n

The teaching philosophy, developed by violinist Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, seeks to teach students at a young age in the same fashion that they learned to speak their native language.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey learn to play music before they learn to read it, just like we learn to speak before we learn to read and write,\u201d Eckert said. \u201cIt\u2019s just amazing how quick they pick it up and take off.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CSA\u2019s Suzuki classes ended up being so successful last fall that nearly all Eckert\u2019s students returned for the spring session. She has recently started a weekly summer session, working with many of her original students, and the CSA plans to continue the classes this fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere aren\u2019t really any string programs in public schools,\u201d McIntosh said. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited about getting this program up and growing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students enrolled in the program meet with Eckert twice a week for a private lesson and then a group lesson, and parents are required to attend those sessions. During the rest of the week, the parents are also asked to encourage their children to practice regularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of parental involvement because the child is at such a young age,\u201d Eckert said. \u201cWe stress positive reinforcement. For students that are interested, I always ask their families to come observe some lessons and classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more than 20 years, the CSA has provided music, art and dance lessons for children and adults throughout Clarksville. The program, which serves approximately 350 students of all ages and skill levels, was founded in 1990 with the goal of promoting and increasing awareness of the arts throughout the surrounding area. That goal is achieved by offering the community an array of high-quality classes taught by experienced teachers.<\/p>\n

For more information on the classes, contact the CSA at 931-221-7508 or visit the website www.apsu.edu\/csa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – During the last year, some of Clarksville\u2019s youngest citizens \u2013 3- to 5-year-olds \u2013 have picked up violins and are learning to play them competently. \u201cI am really impressed by them,\u201d JoAnn McIntosh, coordinator for the Community School of the Arts at Austin Peay State University, said. \u201cThey are all playing in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,5796,262,4361,8664,5800,5831,8665,8666,8210],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-1JS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6690,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions\/6690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}