Suzuki Viola School, Volume 8: International Edition

Teach viola with the popular Suzuki Viola School. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the "mother-tongue" approach. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Viola School. Suzuki lessons are generally given in a private studio setting with additional group lessons. The student listens to the recordings and works with their Suzuki viola teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person. This CD of the Suzuki viola method, Volume 8, features recordings by Michael Isaac Strauss accompanied by R. Kent Cook. Titles: Three-Octave Exercises * Concerto in B-flat Minor (Vivaldi/Preucil) * Song Without Words, Op. 109 (Mendelssohn/Preucil) * Advanced Shifting Exercises * Sonata in D Major (for Violin and Piano), Sarabande (Leclair/Preucil) * Sonata in D Major (for Violin and Piano), Tambourin (Leclair/Preucil) * Fantasia VII for Solo Viola (Telemann/Preucil) * Fantasie for Viola and Orchestra (Hummel/Preucil) * Romanze, Op. 85 (Bruch/Preucil) * Toccata (Frescobaldi/Cassado/Preucil).