19th Annual Utah Suzuki Convention

Parents

Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016

8:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.

American Preparatory Academy Draper #2

The Utah Suzuki Convention hosted by The Suzuki Association of Utah will feature a variety of classes on teaching and parenting in the Suzuki method. It will be a stimulating weekend of events to recharge your Suzuki journey. Saturday lunch is included with registration.

Cost for Utah Suzuki Convention:

Saturday Parent Workshops: $10 

Non SAU members: $40.  

Your membership in SAU reduces the cost by $30.  

A $10 late fee will be applied if you register after Jan. 29, 2016. 

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Saturday Parent Class Schedule

Class Tiltes, Descriptions and Schedule is tenative and subject to change.  Please check back for any updates.

8:30 Parent Registration 

9:00 Keynote Address 

“I Can Solve Any Problem” By Carson Tueller

Carson Tueller will share experience of overcoming obstacles, importance of continued education and how his musical journey has helped him through his battle since his spinal cord injury. (Check out Carson's blog: http://prayforcarsontueller.blogspot.com/)

 

 10:00 Classes 

• Suzuki Early Childhood Education (SECE) Demonstration: Kristi Spackman and
• “Balance: Finding balance physically and emotionally” Patricia Rosenbury
•  "Strings and Things: Harp Maintenance" by Melanie Harper

 11:00 Classes 

•  “Practice Basics: Parent and Teacher Panel” Hosted by Carson Tueller
  • Have any questions about practicing or issues you deal with your child when practicing? Email your questions to Kara Allen at paino@suzukimusicutah.org

 12:00 Lunch

 (included with your registration)

12:30 SAU Annual Meeting

 

 

1:00 Classes

• “Introduction to Kodaly: Using solfège and folk songs to help improve your child’s development in music.”   Randen Heywood
• “Tiger Mothers Anonymous” Jenny Wadsworth
• "Combating the Sitting Disease" by Jonathan Brubaker

 2:00 Classes

•  “Tiger Mothers Anonymous 2: What next?” Jenny Wadsworth
• “Improving reading by four grade levels” Patricia Rosenbury

 Don’t forget to pick up your Celebration DVDs at the front desk for all those who registered for Celebration.

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Clinician Bios 

(Updated soon)

Caron Tueller (Keynote Speaker)

Carson Tueller began playing flute when he was 10 and has loved it ever since. He is a strong advocate of music education and loves the Suzuki Method. He has studied with many great teachers, and has had additional instruction from some of the nation's best, including Jim Walker, Leone Buyse, Tadeo Coelho, Amy Porter, and Bonita Boyd. As a teacher, Carson provide ample opportunities for students to perform, learn from others, and have a variety of experiences to promote growth and experience. Teaching is his passion and he gives the very best instruction he can to every student.

Jonathan R. Brubaker

Jonathan R. Brubaker is a senior studying Exercise Physiology & Movement Sciences at BYU-Idaho. He currently works as a tutor for students studying Kinesiology and Biomechanics and runs an online personal training business.  He is also currently studying to obtain a license in massage therapy.  Jonathan has previously worked as a personal trainer and as a physical therapy technician for Hand & Orthopedic Physical Therapy.  He has completed internships at Hand & Ortho and Vasa Fitness.  He has given presentations relating to back and trunk health at BYU and BYU-Idaho. In his spare time Jonathan enjoys teaching martial arts, drawing, and weight training.

Melanie Harper

Melanie Harper graduated from the University of Utah in Harp Performance in 2011, studying with ShruDeLi Ownbey.  She has worked at Lyon & Healy West in harp sales for 8 years.  She has worked with Lyon & Healy harp technicians Steve Moss, Jason Azem, and has spent time at the L&H factory in Chicago learning about harp maintenance and repairs from John Pappadolias. Melanie maintains an active Suzuki harp studio, and a busy schedule as a professional gigging harpist.  She enjoys spending time with her handsome husband, and their cat Wilson, and is excited for the arrival of her first baby (girl) due in March! 

Randen Heywood

Randen Heywood graduated from Brigham Young University in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in music education. Heywood won 2006's annual Merle J. Isaac Composition Contest for student-level works, sponsored by ASTA/NSOA. His piece is a composition for full orchestra titled "Angel's Landing."

 

Patricia Rosenbury

Patricia Rosenbury 

Kristi Spackman

Kristy Spackman started playing piano at age 4 - a Suzuki student!  She really feel that starting piano so young gave her a head start on so many things - not only musicality, but math, memorization, work ethic, etc - that she wanted to be a teacher herself.  She loves to travel to spend time with the Japanese teachers when they come.

In 2013, Kristi took my first training in the SECE - Suzuki Early Childhood Education, a class for children ages 0-3 and their parents.  She has now taken 90 hours of coursework in teaching the SECE class and is excited to be offering SECE class in Utah through Hand-in-Hand Music.

Jenny Wadsworth

Jenny Wadsworth has been teaching for 19 years. She has four awesome kids ranging from age 9-17, two cellists and two violinists. She has a strong "music is fun, curiosity and mistakes are how we learn, and connecting with beauty and others enriches our life" philosophy.   Her training includes BA in Music from BYU, both long term and short term certification through the Suzuki Association of the Americas as well as more than a thousand professional development master teacher observation hours.   Her current musical passion is choral. She just finished her 3rd season with Utah Voices culminating in a performance at Carnegie Hall!  She is a new member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Her hobbies outside of music include hiking, photography and cooking.

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