Violin Teacher Training Courses and Mini-Workshop for Violin Students in Mallorca, Easter 2016
Music for mixed-level string ensemble
The Happy Squirrel
Arr.: Kerstin Wartberg & David Andruss
We arranged this piece especially for the group of mixed-level children and teacher trainees from Pre-Twinkle up to book 6 for our Mallorca workshop.
Here you can DOWNLOAD the sheet music:
5 violin parts
1 piano part
score
The cuckoo and the donkey
Der Kuckuck und der Esel
Arr.: Kerstin Wartberg & David Andruss
Listen to our brand new song, variations on the German Folk Song. It is a famous and very old German
children’s song from the early 19th century. Its text was written by Hoffmann von Fallersleben in 1835,
the melody was already composed by Carl Friedrich Zelter in 1810. The song is about a singing contest
between a cuckoo and a donkey.
We arranged it especially for the group of mixed-level children and teacher trainees from Pre-Twinkle up to book 6 for our Mallorca workshop. So it was sort of a world premiere.
We had a lot of fun to learn this song and its variations.
Here you can DOWNLOAD the sheet music:
5 violin parts
1 piano part
scoreDOWNLOAD of the piano accompaniments
Version 1: Quarter note = 132 (1:47)
Version 2: Quarter note = 160 (1:28)
https://en.germansuzuki.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Kuckuck-piano-132.mp3
https://en.germansuzuki.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Kuckuck-piano-160.mp3
Music & Movement
Witches Dance by Paganini
(Suzuki Violin School / Step by Step, vol. 2B)
Isabel Morey Suau, Suzuki Violin Teacher Trainer, plays the Witches Dance by Paganini with a children group. Her creativity and imagination for the development of skills combined with enjoyment seem to be ENDLESS …
This short film shows her in full action.
Benefits of Music & Movement
Young children enjoy moving around when they hear music. They feel energy, life, joy, and playfulness. Teachers should encourage this desire and include these activities into their teaching. Research has shown that the connection between body movement, rhythm and awareness is beneficial to the development during the whole childhood, which includes not only thinking and feeling, but also motoric abilities.
With the help of MUSIC & MOVEMENT children develop most notably their skills for
• listening
• observing
• imitating
• memorizing
• concentrating
• performing
• discipline
• perseverance
• sensitivity to feelings and emotions
Music for beginners: Snow and Wind
(from Step by Step, vol. 1A)
Kerstin Wartberg & David Andruss
Here comes another short piece from our workshop. It is suitable for students in early book 1. The song “Snow and Wind” has only 4 notes and can be played with only three fingers on the A string.
The violin part is published by Alfred, Step by Step, vol. 1A. David Andruss composed the piano accompaniment and arranged all pieces from Step by Step in an EASY and in an ADVANCED VERSION.
Here you can DOWNLOAD
the piano part (easy version) of this song.
On Wings of Song
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Arrangement for 2 Violins & Piano by Kerstin Wartberg
During our workshop, the two Suzuki violin teachers Beatriz Junco (Spain) and Silvia Migliorini (Italy) performed together with the pianist Neil Fellows (England) the beautiful music “On Wings of Song” by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Please listen to them and enjoy the harmonious atmosphere of beauty and peace, which we experienced at this special place during one intensive workshop week.
The violin parts of this piece are published by
Edition Peters in the book Recital Training, vol. 2.On this page you can DOWNLOAD the piano part
and find more information.