Jennifer Chesterman

443 Maraetotara Road

RD 12

Havelock North 4294

06 8747844

kphp@xtra.co.nz

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Tutor and Teacher Trainer NZ Suzuki Institute Hawkes Bay Branch

Autumn Workshop

April 25—28

Napier Girls High School

Flute, Cello, Violin, Piano

Hawkes Bay Autumn Suzuki

Workshop

April 25th to 28

th, 2013

A special opportunity for young Suzuki

students to come to Napier to be involved in

our Annual Autumn Suzuki Workshop. You

will participate in 3 days of fun and variety

including expert tuition, Master Classes,

Group Lessons, Ensemble, Concerts and

Musical Enrichment.

For Registration Please Contact

HB Branch NZSI on:

06 8747844, 0274777637

Julia Breen has a Master of Music degree in musicology

from Melbourne University. She has been involved in Suzu-

ki for 35 years, as parent of three children reaching

advanced levels in piano and violin, and as teacher and

teacher trainer of flute and piano.

Julia studied Suzuki flute and piano in Matsumoto, Japan in

1981 & 1989 with Mr Toshio Takahashi (flute) and Mrs

Haruko Kataoka (piano). In 1981, her children had violin

lessons with Dr Suzuki himself. Julia has also studied with

Mr Takahashi at many International and Pan-Pacific Con-

ferences from 1987 to 2001, and has participated in profes-

sional development sessions with many world leaders in

Suzuki flute and piano.

Julia is currently co-chair of the Pan-Pacific Association,

and a member of the Board of Directors of the International

Suzuki Association.

Julia edited the Victorian Suzuki Newsletter for 7 years,

was President of the Suzuki Association in Victoria for 4

years, and was on the Suzuki Council for 14 years. She has

chaired the Professional Development Committee since

1989, and is Director of Professional Development

(Teacher Training) for Suzuki Music Victoria

She has many advanced students on both flute and piano,

who have often performed in special concerts and won

prizes and scholarships. Many of her former Suzuki flute

students have also trained as Suzuki teachers.

Julia has attended, taught students and trained teachers at

numerous workshops, summer schools and international

conferences all over Australia, and in New Zealand,

Germany, Italy, USA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philip-

pines. Julia has also been co-editor of a book of rhymes

and songs for parents and young babies and children, called

Merrily, Merrily.

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Introducing our NZ Tutors Elizabeth Lau is the Music Director of The Music Association

of Auckland and of the Mozart Orchestra. She is a graduate of

the University of Auckland with BMus (Hons) and PGDipMus

(Perf.) where she studied conducting with Dr. Karen Grylls and

Associate Professor Uwe Grodd. Elizabeth also studied piano

accompaniment with Rae de Lisle and holds degrees on double

bass performance as well as in composition. She tutors Suzuki

piano at St Cuthbert's College, Diocesan school for Girls as well

as her private studio. Her involvement in the Suzuki movement

includes tutoring piano, piano accompanying and conducting in

workshops and conferences in New Zealand and Australia. As a

freelance musician, Elizabeth shares her time between piano

teaching, piano accompanying, conducting, chamber music

coaching and double bass playing

Fleur Chee: Fleur has been involved with the Suzuki Method

both as a parent and teacher for 30 years. She runs a large studio

and is now teaching her grandchildren and several “second

generation” Suzuki students. She has taught at many work-

shops and camps and continues to be inspired and challenged by

the many students she interacts with.

Rachel Walker Braly: Rachel began studying the violin as a 3

year old after attending a concert with her father to see Nadja

Salerno-Sonnenberg play the Tchaikovsky violin concerto.

While her parents had in mind for her to play the piano, nearly 8

months of begging convinced them to find a violin teacher.

Soon after, the Suzuki journey began for Rachel and eventually

her 6 younger siblings. When she was 15 she decided she

wanted to be a Suzuki violin teacher, and began to teach under

the supervision of her teacher Deborah Bennett. Rachel went on

to study at the Florida State University and completed her Bach-

elor of Music in Violin Performance. In 2006, Rachel moved to

New Zealand from the United States with her husband Gabe,

for what was originally a 2 year visit. However, after 2 years,

neither of them could imagine moving back. Rachel has been

teaching a growing Suzuki violin studio in Takapuna, Auckland

since 2007. Since moving to New Zealand she has become a

mother to two boys. She has now approached the Suzuki Phi-

losophy from 3 sides of the Suzuki Triangle, as student, teacher,

and now parent. Rachel lives on Waiheke Island with her hus-

band and two sons.

New Zealand Suzuki Institute Hawkes Bay Branch

2013 Autumn Workshop for Violin, Piano, Flute and Cello

SUZUKI WORKSHOP

General Information

Our workshop is held at Napier Girls High School

and will start with registration from 2:00pm and a

play in at 3:30pm on Thursday the 25th of April and

finish at 4:30pm on Sunday the 28th. All students

participate in a minimum of 3 classes per day.

These are a Master class, a group/ensemble lesson

and an enrichment lesson. Other activities include;

daily piano recital, parent talk and finally an

Instrumental Concert on Sunday. Classes run from

9am through to mid afternoon. We require each

student to be supervised by an adult. The ensemble

program will be organised according to the level and

abilities of the children involved.

Tutors

Piano: Elizabeth Lau, Fleur Chee

Violin: Stacey Shuck, Simon Griffiths, Rachel Braly

Flute: Julia Breen from Vic. Australia

Cello: Sally-Anne Brown

Enrichment: Sally Tibbles and more TBC

Workshop fees

$165 per child, Beginners $130. Early Bird prices

of $150 and $120 respectively for registrations

received before Friday Feb 22. (Prices Incl. GST)

Social Activities

We love to organise social activities in conjunction

with our workshop. We are planning visits to Ocean

Spa, the National Aquarium and Golflands.

Stacey Shuck, Violin Tutor and Teacher Trainer with vast

Overseas experience. Stacey took on the role od Director of

Teacher Training in NZ in 2002, she has been pivotal in the

development of a professional training system for the NZSI.

Attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to Dr

Suzuki’s philosophy are hall-marks of Stacey’s approach.

Simon Griffiths has been involved in the Suzuki movement in

New Zealand since 1975, first as a student in Hamilton and then

as a teacher. He has now been teaching Suzuki Violin for more

than 25 years including 7 years in the USA and since 1995 with

his wife, Stacey Shuck, in Auckland. Simon attended Auckland

University and Ithaca College in New York. He also studied

violin and the Suzuki Method in Matsumoto, Japan at the Talent

Education Institute with Shinichi Suzuki and Yuko Mori for

eighteen months and has had further Suzuki training in the

U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand. He has taught at many

workshops, camps, conferences and Institutes in the U.S.A. and

New Zealand. Simon and Stacey now live in Auckland City

with their daughter Aleena who learns Suzuki Violin and Piano.

Sally-Anne Brown is a graduate of the Mozarteum in Salzburg,

Austria and a Teacher Trainer in NZ for Suzuki Cello. She is the

mother of two Suzuki daughters who, having begun their Suzuki

lessons at three years, are now completing advanced post gradu-

ate studies and teaching their own studios.

Alongside teaching, Sally-Anne enjoys gardening, fishing and

walking her dog all on Waiheke Island and running Real Enter-

tainment - a family business which organises ensembles to per-

form for functions.

Sally Tibbles is a RNZ performing artist, tutor in Baroque flute

at University of Auckland and a member of Extempore. She is

an experienced Suzuki parent and qualified Suzuki teacher in-

volved in workshops around NZ and Australia. Sally is in-

volved in Orff Schulwerk pedagogy which she will share.

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