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1129              >
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1143              >
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1157
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1172
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1187
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1345    <span hidden class="js-header-burger-close-title visually-hidden">Close Menu</span>
1346    <div class="burger-box">
1347      <div class="burger-inner header-menu-icon-doubleLineHamburger">
1348        <div class="top-bun"></div>
1349        <div class="patty"></div>
1350        <div class="bottom-bun"></div>
1351      </div>
1352    </div>
1353  </button>
1354</div>
1355
1356          
1357
1358        </div>
1359        <div class="header-display-mobile" data-content-field="site-title">
1360          
1361            
1362            <!-- Social -->
1363            
1364              
1365            
1366          
1367            
1368            <!-- Title and nav wrapper -->
1369            <div class="header-title-nav-wrapper">
1370              
1371
1372              
1373
1374              
1375                
1376                <!-- Title -->
1377                
1378                  <div
1379                    class="
1380                      header-title
1381                      
1382                    "
1383                    data-animation-role="header-element"
1384                  >
1385                    
1386                      <div class="header-title-logo">
1387                        <a href="/" data-animation-role="header-element">
1388                        
1389<img elementtiming="nbf-header-logo-desktop" src="//images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/4d9736d9-e35b-4b28-96e5-6abe9cd5ec44/Suzuki+School+of+Newton+-+17.png?format=1500w" alt="Suzuki Sc
1389hool of Newton" style="display:block" fetchpriority="high" loading="eager" decoding="async" data-loader="raw">
1390
1391                        </a>
1392                      </div>
1393
1394                    
1395                    
1396                  </div>
1397                
1398              
1399                
1400                <!-- Nav -->
1401                <div class="header-nav">
1402                  <div class="header-nav-wrapper">
1403                    <nav class="header-nav-list">
1404                      
1405
1406
1407  
1408    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--folder">
1409      <button
1410        class="header-nav-folder-title"
1411        data-href="/about-us"
1412        data-animation-role="header-element"
1413        aria-expanded="false"
1414        aria-controls="about-us"
1415        
1416      >
1417      <span class="header-nav-folder-title-text">
1418        About Us
1419      </span>
1420      </button>
1421      <div class="header-nav-folder-content" id="about-us">
1422        
1423          
1424            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1425              <a
1426                href="/our-mission"
1427                
1428              >
1429                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1430                  Our Mission
1431                </span>
1432              </a>
1433            </div>
1434          
1435          
1436        
1437          
1438            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1439              <a
1440                href="/suzuki-philosophy"
1441                
1442              >
1443                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1444                  The Suzuki Philosophy
1445                </span>
1446              </a>
1447            </div>
1448          
1449          
1450        
1451          
1452            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1453              <a
1454                href="/administration-and-board"
1455                
1456              >
1457                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1458                  Administration and Board
1459                </span>
1460              </a>
1461            </div>
1462          
1463          
1464        
1465          
1466            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1467              <a
1468                href="/faculty"
1469                
1470              >
1471                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1472                  Faculty
1473                </span>
1474              </a>
1475            </div>
1476          
1477          
1478        
1479          
1480            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1481              <a
1482                href="/policy-statement"
1483                
1484              >
1485                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1486                  Policy Statement
1487                </span>
1488              </a>
1489            </div>
1490          
1491          
1492        
1493          
1494            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1495              <a
1496                href="/diversity-at-ssn"
1497                
1498              >
1499                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1500                  Diversity at SSN
1501                </span>
1502              </a>
1503            </div>
1504          
1505          
1506        
1507          
1508            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1509              <a
1510                href="/career-opportunities"
1511                
1512              >
1513                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1514                  Career Opportunities
1515                </span>
1516              </a>
1517            </div>
1518          
1519          
1520        
1521      </div>
1522    </div>
1523  
1524  
1525
1526
1527  
1528    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--folder">
1529      <button
1530        class="header-nav-folder-title"
1531        data-href="/programs"
1532        data-animation-role="header-element"
1533        aria-expanded="false"
1534        aria-controls="programs"
1535        
1536      >
1537      <span class="header-nav-folder-title-text">
1538        Programs
1539      </span>
1540      </button>
1541      <div class="header-nav-folder-content" id="programs">
1542        
1543          
1544            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1545              <a
1546                href="/music-classes-for-children"
1547                
1548              >
1549                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1550                  Music Classes for Children
1551                </span>
1552              </a>
1553            </div>
1554          
1555          
1556        
1557          
1558            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1559              <a
1560                href="/suzuki-adult-instruction"
1561                
1562              >
1563                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1564                  Adult Education
1565                </span>
1566              </a>
1567            </div>
1568          
1569          
1570        
1571          
1572            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1573              <a
1574                href="/teacher-training"
1575                
1576              >
1577                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1578                  Teacher Training
1579                </span>
1580              </a>
1581            </div>
1582          
1583          
1584        
1585          
1586            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1587              <a
1588                href="/summer"
1589                
1590              >
1591                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1592                  Summer Offerings
1593                </span>
1594              </a>
1595            </div>
1596          
1597          
1598        
1599          
1600            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1601              <a
1602                href="/suzuki-by-the-green"
1603                
1604              >
1605                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1606                  Suzuki by the Green
1607                </span>
1608              </a>
1609            </div>
1610          
1611          
1612        
1613          
1614            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1615              <a
1616                href="/scholarships"
1617                
1618              >
1619                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1620                  Scholarships
1621                </span>
1622              </a>
1623            </div>
1624          
1625          
1626        
1627      </div>
1628    </div>
1629  
1630  
1631
1632
1633  
1634    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--folder">
1635      <button
1636        class="header-nav-folder-title"
1637        data-href="/preschool-1"
1638        data-animation-role="header-element"
1639        aria-expanded="false"
1640        aria-controls="preschool"
1641        
1642      >
1643      <span class="header-nav-folder-title-text">
1644        Preschool
1645      </span>
1646      </button>
1647      <div class="header-nav-folder-content" id="preschool">
1648        
1649          
1650            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1651              <a
1652                href="/suzuki-preschool"
1653                
1654              >
1655                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1656                  About the Preschool
1657                </span>
1658              </a>
1659            </div>
1660          
1661          
1662        
1663          
1664            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1665              <a
1666                href="/preschool-gallery"
1667                
1668              >
1669                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1670                  Preschool Gallery
1671                </span>
1672              </a>
1673            </div>
1674          
1675          
1676        
1677          
1678            <div class="header-nav-folder-item">
1679              <a
1680                href="/testimonials"
1681                
1682              >
1683                <span class="header-nav-folder-item-content">
1684                  Testimonials
1685                </span>
1686              </a>
1687            </div>
1688          
1689          
1690        
1691      </div>
1692    </div>
1693  
1694  
1695
1696
1697  
1698    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
1699      <a
1700        href="/calendar"
1701        data-animation-role="header-element"
1702        
1703      >
1704        Calendar
1705      </a>
1706    </div>
1707  
1708  
1709  
1710
1711
1712  
1713    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
1714      <a
1715        href="/events"
1716        data-animation-role="header-element"
1717        
1718      >
1719        Events
1720      </a>
1721    </div>
1722  
1723  
1724  
1725
1726
1727  
1728    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection header-nav-item--active">
1729      <a
1730        href="/blog"
1731        data-animation-role="header-element"
1732        
1733          aria-current="page"
1734        
1735      >
1736        Blog
1737      </a>
1738    </div>
1739  
1740  
1741  
1742
1743
1744  
1745    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
1746      <a
1747        href="/suzuki-radio"
1748        data-animation-role="header-element"
1749        
1750      >
1751        Suzuki Radio
1752      </a>
1753    </div>
1754  
1755  
1756  
1757
1758
1759  
1760    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
1761      <a
1762        href="/contact-us"
1763        data-animation-role="header-element"
1764        
1765      >
1766        Contact Us
1767      </a>
1768    </div>
1769  
1770  
1771  
1772
1773
1774  
1775    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
1776      <a
1777        href="/pay-tuition"
1778        data-animation-role="header-element"
1779        
1780      >
1781        Pay Tuition
1782      </a>
1783    </div>
1784  
1785  
1786  
1787
1788
1789
1790                    </nav>
1791                  </div>
1792                </div>
1793              
1794              
1795            </div>
1796          
1797            
1798            <!-- Actions -->
1799            <div class="header-actions header-actions--right">
1800              
1801                
1802              
1803              
1804                
1805                  <div class="header-actions-action header-actions-action--social">
1806                    
1807                      
1808                        <a class="icon icon--fill  header-icon header-icon-border-shape-none header-icon-border-style-outline"  href="https://www.facebook.com/SuzukiNewton" target="_blank" aria-label="Facebook">
1809                          <svg viewBox="23 23 64 64">
1810                            <use xlink:href="#facebook-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
1811                          </svg>
1812                        </a>
1813                      
1814                        <a class="icon icon--fill  header-icon header-icon-border-shape-none header-icon-border-style-outline"  href="https://www.instagram.com/suzukinewton/" target="_blank" aria-label="Instagram">
1815                          <svg viewBox="23 23 64 64">
1816                            <use xlink:href="#instagram-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
1817                          </svg>
1818                        </a>
1819                      
1820                        <a class="icon icon--fill  header-icon header-icon-border-shape-none header-icon-border-style-outline"  href="https://twitter.com/suzukinewton" target="_blank" aria-label="Twitter">
1821                          <svg viewBox="23 23 64 64">
1822                            <use xlink:href="#twitter-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
1823                          </svg>
1824                        </a>
1825                      
1826                        <a class="icon icon--fill  header-icon header-icon-border-shape-none header-icon-border-style-outline"  href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SuzukiNewton" target="_blank" aria-label="YouTube">
1827                          <svg viewBox="23 23 64 64">
1828                            <use xlink:href="#youtube-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
1829                          </svg>
1830                        </a>
1831                      
1832                    
1833                  </div>
1834                
1835              
1836
1837              
1838
1839            
1840            
1841
1842              
1843              <div class="showOnMobile">
1844                
1845              </div>
1846
1847              
1848              <div class="showOnDesktop">
1849                
1850              </div>
1851
1852              
1853                <div class="header-actions-action header-actions-action--cta" data-animation-role="header-element">
1854                  <a
1855                    class="btn btn--border theme-btn--primary-inverse sqs-button-element--primary"
1856                    href="/donate"
1857                    
1858                  >
1859                    Donate
1860                  </a>
1861                </div>
1862              
1863            </div>
1864          
1865            
1866
1867
1868<style>
1869  .top-bun, 
1870  .patty, 
1871  .bottom-bun {
1872    height: 1px;
1873  }
1874</style>
1875
1876<!-- Burger -->
1877<div class="header-burger
1878
1879  menu-overlay-has-visible-non-navigation-items
1880
1881" data-animation-role="header-element">
1882  <button class="header-burger-btn burger" data-test="header-burger">
1883    <span hidden class="js-header-burger-open-title visually-hidden">Open Menu</span>
1884    <span hidden class="js-header-burger-close-title visually-hidden">Close Menu</span>
1885    <div class="burger-box">
1886      <div class="burger-inner header-menu-icon-doubleLineHamburger">
1887        <div class="top-bun"></div>
1888        <div class="patty"></div>
1889        <div class="bottom-bun"></div>
1890      </div>
1891    </div>
1892  </button>
1893</div>
1894
1895          
1896          
1897          
1898          
1899          
1900        </div>
1901      </div>
1902    </div>
1903    <!-- (Mobile) Menu Navigation -->
1904    <div class="header-menu header-menu--folder-list
1905      
1906      
1907      
1908      
1909      
1910      "
1911      data-section-theme=""
1912      data-current-styles="{
1913                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;layout&quot;: &quot;navRight&quot;,
1914                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;action&quot;: {
1915                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;href&quot;: &quot;/donate&quot;,
1916                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;buttonText&quot;: &quot;Donate&quot;,
1917                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;newWindow&quot;: false
1918                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              },
1919                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;showSocial&quot;: true,
1920                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;socialOptions&quot;: {
1921                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;socialBorderShape&quot;: &quot;none&quot;,
1922                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;socialBorderStyle&quot;: &quot;outline&quot;,
1923                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;socialBorderThickness&quot;: {
1924                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;px&quot;,
1925                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;value&quot;: 1.0
1926                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                }
1927                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              },
1928                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;sectionTheme&quot;: &quot;bright&quot;,
1929                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;menuOverlayAnimation&quot;: &quot;fade&quot;,
1930                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;cartStyle&quot;: &quot;cart&quot;,
1931                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;cartText&quot;: &quot;Cart&quot;,
1932                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;showEmptyCartState&quot;: true,
1933                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
1933                                                             &quot;cartOptions&quot;: {
1934                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;iconType&quot;: &quot;stroke-1&quot;,
1935                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;cartBorderShape&quot;: &quot;none&quot;,
1936                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;cartBorderStyle&quot;: &quot;outline&quot;,
1937                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;cartBorderThickness&quot;: {
1938                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;px&quot;,
1939                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;value&quot;: 1.0
1940                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                }
1941                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              },
1942                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;showButton&quot;: true,
1943                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;showCart&quot;: false,
1944                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;showAccountLogin&quot;: false,
1945                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;headerStyle&quot;: &quot;theme&quot;,
1946                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;languagePicker&quot;: {
1947                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;enabled&quot;: false,
1948                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;iconEnabled&quot;: false,
1949                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;iconType&quot;: &quot;globe&quot;,
1950                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;flagShape&quot;: &quot;shiny&quot;,
1951                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;languageFlags&quot;: [ ]
1952                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              },
1953                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;iconOptions&quot;: {
1954                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;desktopDropdownIconOptions&quot;: {
1955                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;size&quot;: {
1956                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;em&quot;,
1957                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;value&quot;: 1.0
1958                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  },
1959                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;iconSpacing&quot;: {
1960                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;em&quot;,
1961                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;value&quot;: 0.35
1962                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  },
1963                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;strokeWidth&quot;: {
1964                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;px&quot;,
1965                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;value&quot;: 1.0
1966                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  },
1967                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;endcapType&quot;: &quot;square&quot;,
1968                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;folderDropdownIcon&quot;: &quot;none&quot;,
1969                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;languagePickerIcon&quot;: &quot;openArrowHead&quot;
1970                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                },
1971                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;mobileDropdownIconOptions&quot;: {
1972                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;size&quot;: {
1973                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;em&quot;,
1974                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;value&quot;: 1.0
1975                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  },
1976                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
1976                                                                     &quot;iconSpacing&quot;: {
1977                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;em&quot;,
1978                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;value&quot;: 0.15
1979                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  },
1980                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;strokeWidth&quot;: {
1981                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;px&quot;,
1982                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;value&quot;: 0.5
1983                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  },
1984                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;endcapType&quot;: &quot;square&quot;,
1985                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;folderDropdownIcon&quot;: &quot;openArrowHead&quot;,
1986                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;languagePickerIcon&quot;: &quot;openArrowHead&quot;
1987                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                }
1988                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              },
1989                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;mobileOptions&quot;: {
1990                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;layout&quot;: &quot;logoLeftNavRight&quot;,
1991                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;menuIconOptions&quot;: {
1992                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;style&quot;: &quot;doubleLineHamburger&quot;,
1993                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;thickness&quot;: {
1994                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;px&quot;,
1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &quot;value&quot;: 1.0
1996                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  }
1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                }
1998                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              },
1999                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              &quot;solidOptions&quot;: {
2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;headerOpacity&quot;: {
2001                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;unit&quot;: &quot;%&quot;,
2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;value&quot;: 100.0
2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                },
2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                &quot;
2004blurBackground&quot;: {
2005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;enabled&quot;: false,
2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &quot;blurRadius&quot;: {
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2103      
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2120                <a class="header-menu-controls-control header-menu-controls-control--active" data-action="back" href="/">
2121                  <span>Back</span>
2122                </a>
2123              </div>
2124              
2125                
2126                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2127                    <a
2128                      href="/our-mission"
2129                      
2130                    >
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2132                        Our Mission
2133                      </div>
2134                    </a>
2135                  </div>
2136                
2137                
2138              
2139                
2140                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2141                    <a
2142                      href="/suzuki-philosophy"
2143                      
2144                    >
2145                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2146                        The Suzuki Philosophy
2147                      </div>
2148                    </a>
2149                  </div>
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2151                
2152              
2153                
2154                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2155                    <a
2156                      href="/administration-and-board"
2157                      
2158                    >
2159                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2160                        Administration and Board
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2162                    </a>
2163                  </div>
2164                
2165                
2166              
2167                
2168                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2169                    <a
2170                      href="/faculty"
2171                      
2172                    >
2173                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2174                        Faculty
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2176                    </a>
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2178                
2179                
2180              
2181                
2182                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2183                    <a
2184                      href="/policy-statement"
2185                      
2186                    >
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2188                        Policy Statement
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2192                
2193                
2194              
2195                
2196                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2197                    <a
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2199                      
2200                    >
2201                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2202                        Diversity at SSN
2203                      </div>
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2206                
2207                
2208              
2209                
2210                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
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2213                      
2214                    >
2215                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2216                        Career Opportunities
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2220                
2221                
2222              
2223            </div>
2224          </div>
2225        
2226      
2227    
2228      
2229        
2230          <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
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2235            >
2236              <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content header-menu-nav-item-content-folder">
2237                <span class="visually-hidden">Folder:</span>
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2240            </a>
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2243            <div class="header-menu-nav-folder-content">
2244              <div class="header-menu-controls container header-menu-nav-item">
2245                <a class="header-menu-controls-control header-menu-controls-control--active" data-action="back" href="/">
2246                  <span>Back</span>
2247                </a>
2248              </div>
2249              
2250                
2251                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2252                    <a
2253                      href="/music-classes-for-children"
2254                      
2255                    >
2256                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2257                        Music Classes for Children
2258                      </div>
2259                    </a>
2260                  </div>
2261                
2262                
2263              
2264                
2265                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2266                    <a
2267                      href="/suzuki-adult-instruction"
2268                      
2269                    >
2270                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2271                        Adult Education
2272                      </div>
2273                    </a>
2274                  </div>
2275                
2276                
2277              
2278                
2279                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2280                    <a
2281                      href="/teacher-training"
2282                      
2283                    >
2284                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2285                        Teacher Training
2286                      </div>
2287                    </a>
2288                  </div>
2289                
2290                
2291              
2292                
2293                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2294                    <a
2295                      href="/summer"
2296                      
2297                    >
2298                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2299                        Summer Offerings
2300                      </div>
2301                    </a>
2302                  </div>
2303                
2304                
2305              
2306                
2307                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2308                    <a
2309                      href="/suzuki-by-the-green"
2310                      
2311                    >
2312                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2313                        Suzuki by the Green
2314                      </div>
2315                    </a>
2316                  </div>
2317                
2318                
2319              
2320                
2321                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2322                    <a
2323                      href="/scholarships"
2324                      
2325                    >
2326                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2327                        Scholarships
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2329                    </a>
2330                  </div>
2331                
2332                
2333              
2334            </div>
2335          </div>
2336        
2337      
2338    
2339      
2340        
2341          <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2342            <a
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2344              href="/preschool-1"
2345              
2346            >
2347              <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content header-menu-nav-item-content-folder">
2348                <span class="visually-hidden">Folder:</span>
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2351            </a>
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2355              <div class="header-menu-controls container header-menu-nav-item">
2356                <a class="header-menu-controls-control header-menu-controls-control--active" data-action="back" href="/">
2357                  <span>Back</span>
2358                </a>
2359              </div>
2360              
2361                
2362                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2363                    <a
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2366                    >
2367                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2368                        About the Preschool
2369                      </div>
2370                    </a>
2371                  </div>
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2373                
2374              
2375                
2376                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2377                    <a
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2379                      
2380                    >
2381                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2382                        Preschool Gallery
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2384                    </a>
2385                  </div>
2386                
2387                
2388              
2389                
2390                  <div class="container header-menu-nav-item">
2391                    <a
2392                      href="/testimonials"
2393                      
2394                    >
2395                      <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2396                        Testimonials
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2398                    </a>
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2400                
2401                
2402              
2403            </div>
2404          </div>
2405        
2406      
2407    
2408      
2409        
2410          
2411            <div class="container header-menu-nav-item header-menu-nav-item--collection">
2412              <a
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2414                
2415              >
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2417                  Calendar
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2420            </div>
2421          
2422        
2423      
2424    
2425      
2426        
2427          
2428            <div class="container header-menu-nav-item header-menu-nav-item--collection">
2429              <a
2430                href="/events"
2431                
2432              >
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2434                  Events
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2436              </a>
2437            </div>
2438          
2439        
2440      
2441    
2442      
2443        
2444          
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2449                  aria-current="page"
2450                
2451              >
2452                <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2453                  Blog
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2455              </a>
2456            </div>
2457          
2458        
2459      
2460    
2461      
2462        
2463          
2464            <div class="container header-menu-nav-item header-menu-nav-item--collection">
2465              <a
2466                href="/suzuki-radio"
2467                
2468              >
2469                <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2470                  Suzuki Radio
2471                </div>
2472              </a>
2473            </div>
2474          
2475        
2476      
2477    
2478      
2479        
2480          
2481            <div class="container header-menu-nav-item header-menu-nav-item--collection">
2482              <a
2483                href="/contact-us"
2484                
2485              >
2486                <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2487                  Contact Us
2488                </div>
2489              </a>
2490            </div>
2491          
2492        
2493      
2494    
2495      
2496        
2497          
2498            <div class="container header-menu-nav-item header-menu-nav-item--collection">
2499              <a
2500                href="/pay-tuition"
2501                
2502              >
2503                <div class="header-menu-nav-item-content">
2504                  Pay Tuition
2505                </div>
2506              </a>
2507            </div>
2508          
2509        
2510      
2511    
2512  
2513</div>
2514
2515              
2516                
2517              
2518            </div>
2519            
2520              <div class="header-menu-actions social-accounts">
2521                
2522                  
2523                    <div class="header-menu-actions-action header-menu-actions-action--social mobile">
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2526                          <use xlink:href="#facebook-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
2527                        </svg>
2528                      </a>
2529                    </div>
2530                  
2531                    <div class="header-menu-actions-action header-menu-actions-action--social mobile">
2532                      <a class="icon icon--lg icon--fill  header-icon header-icon-border-shape-none header-icon-border-style-outline"  href="https://www.instagram.com/suzukinewton/" target="_blank" aria-label="Instagram">
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2534                          <use xlink:href="#instagram-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
2535                        </svg>
2536                      </a>
2537                    </div>
2538                  
2539                    <div class="header-menu-actions-action header-menu-actions-action--social mobile">
2540                      <a class="icon icon--lg icon--fill  header-icon header-icon-border-shape-none header-icon-border-style-outline"  href="https://twitter.com/suzukinewton" target="_blank" aria-label="Twitter">
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2542                          <use xlink:href="#twitter-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
2543                        </svg>
2544                      </a>
2545                    </div>
2546                  
2547                    <div class="header-menu-actions-action header-menu-actions-action--social mobile">
2548                      <a class="icon icon--lg icon--fill  header-icon header-icon-border-shape-none header-icon-border-style-outline"  href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SuzukiNewton" target="_blank" aria-label="YouTube">
2549                        <svg viewBox="23 23 64 64">
2550                          <use xlink:href="#youtube-unauth-icon" width="110" height="110"></use>
2551                        </svg>
2552                      </a>
2553                    </div>
2554                  
2555                
2556              </div>
2557            
2558            
2559            
2560            <div class="header-menu-cta">
2561              <a
2562                class="theme-btn--primary btn sqs-button-element--primary"
2563                href="/donate"
2564                
2565              >
2566                Donate
2567              </a>
2568            </div>
2569            
2570          </div>
2571        </nav>
2572      </div>
2573    </div>
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2743      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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2745    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
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2752      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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2763  
2764    Happy Juneteenth and Happy Summer! (6/20/2025)
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2767<div class="blog-excerpt">
2768  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Yesterday I attended an uplifting concert by the Howard University Gospel Choir at The Allen Center in West Newton.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The voices, in harmony or in solo, were meant as an expression of freedom. In commemoration of hundreds of thousands of Black Americans who were finally released from slavery in Galveston, Texas two years&nbsp;<em>after&nbsp;</em>President Lincoln's Emancipation&nbsp;Proclamation, Juneteenth is&nbsp;celebrated on June 19th. Its purpose is to recognize that we must all still work towards the respect of all&nbsp;people&nbsp;and fight the racism that still exists today.&nbsp; While Juneteenth is a joyous holiday, we are also reminded that freedom comes with the responsibility to continue the activism that enables our freedom of speech and freedom as individuals to continue.&nbsp;</p></div>
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2772<a class="blog-more-link" href="/blog/mconsjfk2ha0e4yip9ov3m8lua4gl7" data-animation-role="content">Read More</a>
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2783<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1290x700" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Suzuki School of Newton is a Community Table (6/13/2025)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg" width="1290" height="700" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)276.4285714285714vw,138.2142857142857vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805761751-ZLJ79UYT3YJXE8MT6OC2/IMG_6842.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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2792    
2793    
2794      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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2796    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
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2798  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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2803      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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2805    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
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2815    Suzuki School of Newton is a Community Table (6/13/2025)
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2817</h1>
2818<div class="blog-excerpt">
2819  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Just this morning, our Suzuki Preschool celebrated its graduation. It was a fine and proud moment to hear our students sing, play piano and violin in a very celebratory moment.&nbsp; It is an achievement to see and hear our Preschool students as young musicians. Our Whole Notes students received their diplomas wearing their graduation caps and processing to "Pomp and Circumstance" performed by Ms. Lisa and Ms. Yuting. All the teachers worked well together in bringing a year's work to fruition in this moment. Following the graduation, the students and families shared a pizza picnic on our lawn---another example of a "community table!"</p></div>
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2842  <span class="blog-meta-primary">
2843    
2844    
2845      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
2846    
2847    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
2848  </span>
2849  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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2851  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
2852    
2853    
2854      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
2855    
2856    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
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2863  
2864    <a href="/blog/1qovfzs1im205f8vaqa7nhhefharyk" data-no-animation>
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2866    We are a Respectful Community (6/6/2025)
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2869<div class="blog-excerpt">
2870  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">"Character first, ability second."&nbsp; --Dr. Shinichi Suzuki</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Year end evaluation is often thought of reflecting upon the individual and their performance and results. As I was reading&nbsp;<em>Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World</em> by Adam Grant, I was seeking some insight on those individuals who have excelled and the conditions that actually nurture people.(1)&nbsp; What can we do as parents to encourage others, grow our abilities, and develop as good human beings as Dr. Suzuki set out to do with his students?</p></div>
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2894    
2895    
2896      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
2897    
2898    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
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2900  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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2903    
2904    
2905      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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2907    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
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2917    Deep Learning at the Suzuki School (5/30/2025)
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2920<div class="blog-excerpt">
2921  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">"Education is a deep thing, not a broad thing" -Dr. Haruko Kataoka, co-founder Suzuki Piano School</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">In our educational system, it seems that people value getting the correct answer quickly.&nbsp; There also seems to be an emphasis on quantifiable progress, such as getting through algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus as quickly as possible. Memorizing patterns and formulas for quick recall can be an important skill to learn.&nbsp; However, do we emphasize arriving at the correct result quickly without developing an understanding of the process?</p></div>
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2936<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg" data-image-dimensions="5712x4284" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="What is Memorial Day? (5/23/2025)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg" width="5712" height="4284" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)200vw,100vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805381794-21FYEC0J1U0YV55ELVCE/IMG_7173.jpeg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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2944  <span class="blog-meta-primary">
2945    
2946    
2947      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
2948    
2949    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
2950  </span>
2951  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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2953  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
2954    
2955    
2956      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
2957    
2958    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
2959  </span>
2960  
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2962  
2963</div>
2964<h1 class="blog-title">
2965  
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2967  
2968    What is Memorial Day? (5/23/2025)
2969  </a>
2970</h1>
2971<div class="blog-excerpt">
2972  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">As a way to remember my father, who has been the source of my siblings and myself listening and studying classical music, my family has created the Akira Isihara Memorial Violin Scholarships.&nbsp; We are fortunate to be able to give to the school annually, so that the SSN Board's Scholarship committee is able to have predictable and stable funding towards need-based violin scholarships.&nbsp; Violin was the instrument my father loved most, and that he played as an amateur from time to time. We also have the James Thornblade Memorial Fund to commemorate the founder of our music school, Gwendoline Thornblade's late&nbsp;husband.&nbsp; There is also the Marlene Lerer Preschool Fund to honor our Preschool founder, Marlene, who founded the Preschool in 2009 and retired in 2016.</p></div>
2973  
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2975
2976<a class="blog-more-link" href="/blog/jeo1kbhcuj8as1k0sry14rosetndfw" data-animation-role="content">Read More</a>
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2986  
2987<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg" data-image-dimensions="2182x1290" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Memorizing is a Skill - Part 2 of 2 (5/16/2025)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg" width="2182" height="1290" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)253.72093023255815vw,126.86046511627907vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753805225858-GV2965MZC2OI23E4H2SV/IMG_6617.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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2997    
2998      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
2999    
3000    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
3001  </span>
3002  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
3003  
3004  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3005    
3006    
3007      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3008    
3009    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/29/25</time>
3010  </span>
3011  
3012  
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3014</div>
3015<h1 class="blog-title">
3016  
3017    <a href="/blog/i6jo17tnwxm9qouvb4unxzxt109scg" data-no-animation>
3018  
3019    Memorizing is a Skill - Part 2 of 2 (5/16/2025)
3020  </a>
3021</h1>
3022<div class="blog-excerpt">
3023  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">While studying with Dr. Ozan Marsh, I learned a systemic technique of memorizing that I will share here.&nbsp; I was usually very comfortable memorizing just by playing a piece over and over again with 
3023no real or organized system.&nbsp; But as I got older, I would get a bit more nervous at playing from memory so discovering this technique was not only a way to become less nervous, but also a means to learn quicker and learn more repertoire. As a music major, it became standard practice to bring pieces to one's lessons already memorized even when playing the piece for my teacher the first time.</p></div>
3024  
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3027<a class="blog-more-link" href="/blog/i6jo17tnwxm9qouvb4unxzxt109scg" data-animation-role="content">Read More</a>
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3038<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg" data-image-dimensions="3024x4032" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Memorizing is a Skill - Part 1 of 2 (5/9/2025)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg" width="3024" height="4032" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)112.5vw,56.25vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753730909723-35CHOBNMAV77V513B55S/37.jpeg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
3039</a>
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3044      <div class="blog-basic-grid--text">
3045        <div class="blog-meta-section">
3046  <span class="blog-meta-primary">
3047    
3048    
3049      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3050    
3051    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
3052  </span>
3053  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
3054  
3055  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3056    
3057    
3058      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3059    
3060    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
3061  </span>
3062  
3063  
3064  
3065</div>
3066<h1 class="blog-title">
3067  
3068    <a href="/blog/memorizing-is-a-skill-part-1-of-2-592025" data-no-animation>
3069  
3070    Memorizing is a Skill - Part 1 of 2 (5/9/2025)
3071  </a>
3072</h1>
3073<div class="blog-excerpt">
3074  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Here at Suzuki School of Newton, we teach students the many steps in how to memorize a piece. That is, the step-by-step working through small previews of difficult or new technique with many repetitions already is setting the ground work towards memorization. I often suggest to my students that by the end of the week, all the previews should be memorized. If there are practice spots that require 10 repetitions daily, then add an 11th and 12th repetition to try to do that spot by heart.&nbsp; Usually these spots are played slower, so that the student can think through the technique that is being learned.&nbsp; Gradually we speed the preview or practice spot. When doing so,&nbsp;make&nbsp;sure that it can be played by heart&nbsp;while also&nbsp;securing the newly trained technique.&nbsp; In this way,&nbsp;the passage&nbsp;becomes natureal and fully assimilated by heart.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Breaking down a long piece by analyzing it by key centers and sections allows for us to understand the structure of the piece as a series of smaller pieces. In order to play a long piece, one must understand and memorize each small section and be able to restart at each of these places.&nbsp; This is the technique we learn in book 1 as we learn a folk song phrase by phrase by ear.&nbsp; The difference for the advanced student is that the initial step requires the student (with the help of the teacher) to find the smaller sections and work on each one of them until it is thoroughly learned by heart and from memory.</p></div>
3075  
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3077
3078<a class="blog-more-link" href="/blog/memorizing-is-a-skill-part
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3088  
3089<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG" data-image-dimensions="2048x1536" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Culture Draws Us Together (5/2/2025)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG" width="2048" height="1536" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)200vw,100vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728855984-OWEEG388EZAV7ZLAM0WZ/IMG_0375.JPEG?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
3090</a>
3091
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3097  <span class="blog-meta-primary">
3098    
3099    
3100      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3101    
3102    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
3103  </span>
3104  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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3106  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3107    
3108    
3109      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3110    
3111    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3113  
3114  
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3116</div>
3117<h1 class="blog-title">
3118  
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3120  
3121    Culture Draws Us Together (5/2/2025)
3122  </a>
3123</h1>
3124<div class="blog-excerpt">
3125  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Nonetheless, we are interested in more diversity in classical music. Our Suzuki approach is based upon the "mother tongue" approach. As all children can learn the language spoken by their parents and caregivers, Suzuki teachers bring the language of Western European classical music to children around the globe.&nbsp; Music is powerful and can be a language that communicates human emotions without words.&nbsp; Likewise, we can learn the music of other cultures and also learn to express ourselves through these other styles. For this reason, we are presenting our Multicultural Arts Festival on Saturday, May 17th from 2 pm to 6 pm.&nbsp; From the music of Folk Baroque to Latino Salsa music, we present each year music of different cultures.&nbsp; Our collaboration in early April with Community Music Center of Boston and Project STEP yielded a workshop on improvisation by Michael Block and a performance at the concert of Black Violin in Lexington.&nbsp; These were powerful experiences that brought students from 3 different programs together to experience music of&nbsp;various&nbsp;origins.&nbsp;</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Suzuki summer institutes are designed in the same way.&nbsp; The common repertoire is the Suzuki repertoire, but students from many different programs and from different c
3125ountries or regions can attend and learn together.&nbsp; This summer, our school is reviving our Summer Piano Institute, Suzuki By The Green, as a workshop for Suzuki piano students.&nbsp; All of our Suzuki Piano students may sign up, but also we invite Suzuki piano students from anywhere to join us for masterclasses, group classes, and ensembles. Music with this common repertoire can bring people from other places together with our community.</p></div>
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3140<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg" data-image-dimensions="4032x3024" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Lifelong Learning (4/25/2025)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg" width="4032" height="3024" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)200vw,100vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728495842-WHMVL6A2GW14JDN622WP/In-Harmony+Group+Photo+2023-2024.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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3151      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3152    
3153    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3155  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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3157  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3158    
3159    
3160      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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3162    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
3163  </span>
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3168<h1 class="blog-title">
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3171  
3172    Lifelong Learning (4/25/2025)
3173  </a>
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3175<div class="blog-excerpt">
3176  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">It is very important to take time for oneself.&nbsp; It is part of our Suzuki philosophy to believe that everyone can learn at any age. Dr. Suzuki would say, "knowledge plus 10,000 times develops ability."&nbsp; He also would say to the adult teachers, "knowledge plus 100,000 times would surely get you there!"&nbsp; This is because as adults, we have more habits that need to be changed.&nbsp; Nonetheless, expanding our horizons by learning something new can bring joy and happiness as each small step forward is accomplished.&nbsp; This is good for our mental health.</p></div>
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3191<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg" data-image-dimensions="4032x3024" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Curiosity (4/18/2025)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg" width="4032" height="3024" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)200vw,100vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1753728337612-9WL9IUBAIRJUTB64ZB36/IMG_6824.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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3202      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3203    
3204    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3211      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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3213    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3223    Curiosity (4/18/2025)
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3226<div class="blog-excerpt">
3227  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">As educators and parents, we want to cultivate curiosity in our children.&nbsp; We expose our children to science projects and classes, explore new places, or visit museums and zoos. These are external stimuli to encourage open-mindedness to learn new things. I learned from this article&nbsp;about curiosity by Emily Boudreau that curiosity is an innate instinct similar to hunger and thirst.&nbsp; Children and human beings&nbsp;<em>have&nbsp;</em>curiosity.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">In this article, Boudreau quotes researcher Dr. Elizabeth Bonawitz who indicates three truths about&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/20/11/curious-mind"><strong><u>curiosity</u></strong><u>&nbsp;</u></a>that can be contradictory to common belief: 1) "There is no scientific evidence that you can "foster" curiosity", 2)"Most of the ways we measure and assess curiosity don't actually measure curiosity itself," 3) "We may not always want students to exercise their curiosity."</p></div>
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3253      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3254    
3255    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3262      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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3264    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3270<h1 class="blog-title">
3271  
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3274    Intrinsic &amp; External Rewards (4/11/2025)
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3276</h1>
3277<div class="blog-excerpt">
3278  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Normally, teachers are focused on developing a sense of the intrinsic reward.&nbsp; To be internally motivated is what helps the individual grow as a person.&nbsp; Nonetheless, we are humans. Having the compensation or promised reward helps us to make a bigger effort to achieve the task or complete the project.&nbsp; The use of external rewards is not all bad.&nbsp; The important issue is how much reward is offered and when.&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">When we celebrate receiving a raise in one's salary by going out to a restaurant, that is an external reward.&nbsp; However, it is also taking the moment to enjoy the accomplishment and allowing oneself to feel the positive emotion that came with the success. Taking that time is important in order to feel the intrinsic reward. On a busy lesson day when we juggle work, picking up children from school, attending a lesson and music class or math class, we can promise our student "if you have a good lesson today, we can go out to dinner." I would try to frame this in a different way, "Lesson day is so busy, let's go out to dinner after your lesson so we can eat and not have to rush home."&nbsp; Then at the restaurant you might share what might have been the successes of the day:&nbsp; at school, at sports, at math class or at the music lesson.&nbsp; If you remember a particularly successful moment in the lesson "that was great how you were getting your pinky to be really curved today!" it shows that you are noticing positive changes in the student's life. Taking advantage of a seemingly external reward (Lesson Day is Pizza Day!) can also allow for connection to the intrinsic rewards.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">When I was in Japan attending&nbsp;Dr Suzuki's Talent Education Institute, he would go around smiling to the teachers who were studying there giving out chocolates. He knew they were working hard and he was sharing his warm smile and a chocolate, an external reward.&nbsp; However, he was not asking different teachers if they did good work that day, nor singling out only those who did well. He also did not reward a single activity with an immediate reward.&nbsp; He was celebrating the whole person for the efforts that they were making.</p></div>
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3303    
3304      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3305    
3306    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3308  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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3311    
3312    
3313      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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3315    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">7/28/25</time>
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3321<h1 class="blog-title">
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3324  
3325    Diversity in Classical Music: Our 2nd Annual Workshop! (4/4/2025)
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3327</h1>
3328<div class="blog-excerpt">
3329  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">How does this relate to "Diversity"?&nbsp; Learning to play diverse music is a great start. Learning that improvising is the source of all composing is fundamental to any music "Classical", "Jazz", "Hip Hop" or "Greek." The famous composers of Western European Classical composers (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven,etc.) were often known for their brilliance at improvising in performances.&nbsp; Changing our openness to listening and learning about other music traditions can lead to connecting us with the people that represent these traditions.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Perhaps the most important definition of <em>diversity </em>is to consider we are all people on the same planet. If we can learn to connect to each other through music, we learn to understand one another better.&nbsp; We may become more empathetic as we learn that we human beings must share this planet. Most of all, we want our students to learn that what we teach here at the Suzuki School of Newton are the fundamentals of playing an instrument well with proficiency or excellence.&nbsp; We want to reach the ability to express oneself through the music. Most of all, we want our students to know that their instrument does not depend upon just Mozart and Beethoven.&nbsp; Each student can use their instrument to express whatever music they may choose and find their own personal expression. The musical instrument can be an expression of their own voice.</p></div>
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3355      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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3357    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">3/28/25</time>
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3364      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
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3376    Do you have any free time? (3/23/25)
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3380  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">How we spend our time is a matter of <em>choice</em>. While we may feel that the demands on our time are consumed by work, family obligations, outside pursuits, and other responsibilities, we are all faced with choices.&nbsp; While we may feel that preparing our income tax return is a burden, time consuming, and a headache, we can change our mindset.&nbsp; We can be happy that we can make the time to meet this obligation.&nbsp; We can also appreciate that we have income and so we must report it. People who do not earn enough, and people who work two jobs do not have as much time to do these tasks. Each individual can look at how they spend their time, and work on their mindset.&nbsp; It is possible for us to find an element of <em>gratitude </em>that will improve our mental health. If we can realize that our choice in how we spend our time is ours to make, we might better realize that our control of our time is really discretionary. When we spend time driving our children from activity to activity, we can realize the good fortune that we have time to do this for our children.&nbsp; We can also realize that our children have the good fortune to be involved in meaningful activities that make them happy.&nbsp;</p></div>
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3395<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1024x683" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="&quot;How much should we be listening to the recording at home?&quot; from Suzuki Violin Instructor, Bekka Eöwind (3/21/25)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)224.89019033674964vw,112.44509516837482vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097647968-RUXBCU0TE2DEOGA0J8Y9/Three+violins+chamber+group.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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3397
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3404    
3405    
3406      <span class="blog-author">Suzuki Newton</span>
3407    
3408    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">3/27/25</time>
3409  </span>
3410  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
3411  
3412  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3413    
3414    
3415      <span class="blog-author">Suzuki Newton</span>
3416    
3417    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">3/27/25</time>
3418  </span>
3419  
3420  
3421  
3422</div>
3423<h1 class="blog-title">
3424  
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3426  
3427    "How much should we be listening to the recording at home?" from Suzuki Violin Instructor, Bekka Eöwind (3/21/25)
3428  </a>
3429</h1>
3430<div class="blog-excerpt">
3431  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The listening environment is crucial to the development of musicians.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Therefore, choose thoughtfully how you can structure your own home-listening plan. You may decide to set it and forget it, as my mother advised! Or you might be driven by a different sense of organization, and have a very specific plan about when you can remember to turn on the recording each day. At a minimum, spend two hours per day dedicated to repeating the Suzuki book level your child is currently working on. If you have several instruments or levels represented among the students of your family, two hours will accommodate two-to-four different albums, depending. If you have only one album to focus on, repeat that one, and throw in the next level or previous level for one play-through.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Remember to provide this listening background even for your older children. Even though they may have their own device, it is your emphasis on the material that shows your support for their advancing musical studies. Be creative in your approach if you need to keep things interesting for them or yourself!</p></div>
3432  
3433</div>
3434
3435<a class="blog-more-link" href="/blog/how-much-should-we-be-listening-to-the-recording-at-home-32125" data-animation-role="content">Read More</a>
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3443        <div>
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3445  
3446<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg" data-image-dimensions="972x649" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Thank You! (3/14/25)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg" width="972" height="649" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)224.653312788906vw,112.326656394453vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097432267-WVLPHDFPOJW0IMDSCMZ0/Suzuki+5.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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3448
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3453        <div class="blog-meta-section">
3454  <span class="blog-meta-primary">
3455    
3456    
3457      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3458    
3459    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">3/27/25</time>
3460  </span>
3461  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
3462  
3463  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3464    
3465    
3466      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3467    
3468    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">3/27/25</time>
3469  </span>
3470  
3471  
3472  
3473</div>
3474<h1 class="blog-title">
3475  
3476    <a href="/blog/h4a54uymbzgzigf17520j38otz62ug" data-no-animation>
3477  
3478    Thank You! (3/14/25)
3479  </a>
3480</h1>
3481<div class="blog-excerpt">
3482  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This, of course, all has its rewards.&nbsp; When we see joy on the faces of those we love and care for, it makes it all worth it.&nbsp; Sometimes, though, we do not always get those smiles and signs of appreciation. I would like to say that I know it is there. It may be hard sometimes for children or older people to remember to say "thank you."&nbsp; Children may not say, "Gee, thank you for reminding me to do my homework," or "thank you for making me practice that practice spot another 10 times."&nbsp; However, in the long term, as they reflect back, they will remember how much effort you put into their getting better in school, in sports, or playing a musical instrument. You are making a difference in their lives today, even if they do not get around to thanking you until much later.</p></div>
3483  
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3485
3486<a class="blog-more-link" href="/blog/h4a54uymbzgzigf17520j38otz62ug" data-animation-role="content">Read More</a>
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3495          <a href="/blog/53n6fv44coajeqfpyv3444uw7rwwo4" class="image-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">
3496  
3497<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png" data-image-dimensions="544x463" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="The Presence of Color in Musical Tone: Synaesthesia (3/7/25)" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png" width="544" height="463" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)176.24190064794817vw,88.12095032397409vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1743097329178-WDOFTNLR28OQD667EPJQ/hands+on+piano.png?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
3498</a>
3499
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3501        <div class="blog-article-spacer"></div>
3502      
3503      <div class="blog-basic-grid--text">
3504        <div class="blog-meta-section">
3505  <span class="blog-meta-primary">
3506    
3507    
3508      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3509    
3510    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">3/27/25</time>
3511  </span>
3512  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
3513  
3514  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3515    
3516    
3517      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3518    
3519    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">3/27/25</time>
3520  </span>
3521  
3522  
3523  
3524</div>
3525<h1 class="blog-title">
3526  
3527    <a href="/blog/53n6fv44coajeqfpyv3444uw7rwwo4" data-no-animation>
3528  
3529    The Presence of Color in Musical Tone: Synaesthesia (3/7/25)
3530  </a>
3531</h1>
3532<div class="blog-excerpt">
3533  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This is all to say that when we teach music, tone is very important! The scientific&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://track.robly.com/adf2be21-113e-4532-9353-d407f0497959DA4D928C9CDAE19CF53A6C6E59946314"><u>research&nbsp;</u></a>around tone and its measurement and perception also explains the ability to have "perfect pitch" or the ability to name the pitch upon hearing an isolated single note.&nbsp; This ability is very convenient, but not essential to being a very good musician.&nbsp; Furthermore, "perfect pitch" can be taught through repetition and practice, exactly as Dr. Suzuki said about developing ability.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">As I sit here and can hear various instruments being played, I no longer feel the absence of color.&nbsp; Thinking about why we teach awareness of tone has filled my senses with the presence of the various colors of tones around me.&nbsp; I do not have receptors like persons with Synesthesia, but I do feel the fullness and richness of my surroundings even while I wait for the visual signs of nature's colors and the beginning of Spring.&nbsp;</p></div>
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3537<a class="blog-more-link" href="/blog/53n6fv44coajeqfpyv3444uw7rwwo4" data-animation-role="content">Read More</a>
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3548<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg" data-image-dimensions="2500x1667" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Being in the Present" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg" width="2500" height="1667" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)224.95500899820036vw,112.47750449910018vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1740775097369-K1GIV8NEDM7ZT9WDP69Y/unsplash-image-YnNczu62rdk.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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3557    
3558    
3559      <span class="blog-author">Suzuki Newton</span>
3560    
3561    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">2/28/25</time>
3562  </span>
3563  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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3565  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3566    
3567    
3568      <span class="blog-author">Suzuki Newton</span>
3569    
3570    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">2/28/25</time>
3571  </span>
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3576<h1 class="blog-title">
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3578    <a href="/blog/being-in-the-present" data-no-animation>
3579  
3580    Being in the Present
3581  </a>
3582</h1>
3583<div class="blog-excerpt">
3584  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Are you waiting for Spring?&nbsp; If you are feeling like you can't wait for warmer weather and more sunshine -- you are not alone!&nbsp; With all the cold weather, icy streets and sidewalks, snow shoveling, I think many of us are ready for it to be Spring!</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This led me to thinking about projects and goals and how little time there is before deadlines are coming up!&nbsp; It has been a particularly busy week…</p></div>
3585  
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3587
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3597          <a href="/blog/hlpmrkls9ohoprl63vx4k4p9p7qvde" class="image-wrapper" data-animation-role="image">
3598  
3599<img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3024x4032" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Setting the Right Tone" data-load="false" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg" width="3024" height="4032" alt="" sizes="(max-width:767px)112.5vw,56.25vw" class="image" style="display:block;position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 50%;" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec59420bf60052391613cbb/1739910754551-2B1KTS284GBGQRQTWJSA/IMG_4653.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs">
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3609    
3610      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3611    
3612    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">2/18/25</time>
3613  </span>
3614  <span class="blog-meta-delimiter"></span>
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3616  <span class="blog-meta-secondary">
3617    
3618    
3619      <span class="blog-author">Sachiko Isihara</span>
3620    
3621    <time class="blog-date" pubdate data-animation-role="date">2/18/25</time>
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3627<h1 class="blog-title">
3628  
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3631    Setting the Right Tone
3632  </a>
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3635  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">At the beginning&nbsp;of a lesson or a practice session, we usually play a "warm-up." I remember reading that for the musician, it is not so much a question of warming up&nbsp;<em>the body</em>&nbsp;as it is warming up&nbsp;<em>the ears</em>.&nbsp; I truly believe that Suzuki lessons should be an experience of elevating the level of hearing of a student. The best lessons I have had myself, have been when I feel like I am listening and hearing so much better and with more detail and awareness than before the lesson.&nbsp; This ability to hear oneself is extremely difficult and one that even the professional musician works hard to achieve.&nbsp;
3635 At the Suzuki School of Newton, we are teaching this to even our youngest three and four year old students!</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">We must "set the tone" of our Suzuki lessons by being in the right frame of mind to focus on the music we are making.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The Cambridge (University) Academic Content Dictionary&nbsp;defines "to set the tone" as an idiom that means:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">"to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/establish"><u>establish</u></a>&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/particular"><u>particular</u></a>&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mood"><u>mood</u></a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/character"><u>character</u></a>&nbsp;for something"</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p></div>
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3686For busy teenagers, I ask my students to evaluate their energy and concentration level at the time they are about to practice.&nbsp; Depending upon these and perhaps their general mood, they should choose where to start with their practice.&nbsp; On a particularly difficult day emotionally or filled with activities and projects, perhaps that is the day to focus on making beautiful sounds and beautiful music with their review pieces. On a day that they have particular energy and focus, practicing the new technique carefully, slowly and repeatedly will help solidify their understanding and lead to more automatism. On a normal day, a warm-up, their working piece, a review piece and some sight reading could easily follow the pattern of the lesson.&nbsp; The importance of understanding that each element of the lesson has a slightly different purpose allows for understanding that the practice session could have a slightly different emotional goal. Understanding this can lead to allowing the student to participate in the choices of the order of practicing, or the division of time spent on each portion.&nbsp; On a day that a student is ill, please listen to the recording!&nbsp; There is value to all elements of a practice session and allowing choices is the principal means that a child feels more autonomous and not forced.</p></div>
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3737  <div class="blog-excerpt-wrapper"><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">In order to develop creative individuals, we need to develop the ability to see everyday occurrences in a new way.&nbsp; Often problems that seem unsolvable just need an entirely different approach.&nbsp; The ability to see things differently is typical among our creative individuals. The non-conforming child is sometimes our most creative and innovative individuals as adults. These are also sometimes the most troublesome students in school.&nbsp;</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">A person who sees things differently from others sometimes questions the rules.&nbsp; This individual who wants to do things their own way can be disruptive in a group situation.&nbsp; In his book, <em>Originals(1)</em>, Adam Grant points out that a survey was conducted of elementary school teachers of their favorite and least favorite students. The least favorites were the non-conformists who wanted to follow their own paths.&nbsp; The favorites were the ones who quickly learned to follow&nbsp;directions and do what was expected. In this way, originality is no longer nurtured but hidden.(p. 10)</p></div>
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4482  <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">191 Pearl Street<br>Newton, MA 02458</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="tel:+16179644522">617-964-4522</a></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Contact%20Form">[email protected]</a><br></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Office Hours</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Monday-Friday 9am to 5:30pm</strong></p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">We do not take calls on holidays. Check <a href="https://www.suzukinewton.org/calendar">here</a> to see if the office is closed for a holiday before you call (we are closed on all days colored gray).</p></div>
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