Mastery for strings starts here
Welcome to Buffalo Niagara Strings, Based out of New York, Dr. Laurie Scott leads a team of professionals to master your journey. We welcome all to join us in-person at an institute, online, or to view our resources for students and parents.
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Buffalo Niagara Suzuki Institute
Suzuki in the Schools Level Courses and Enrichment classes are designed to share curriculum, sequences, materials, and strategies to assist any Suzuki teacher in teaching group classes, school classes, and beginning ensembles. The daily course framework includes philosophy, materials, methodology and logistics for use of the Suzuki method in groups and school settings. Each course is designed to expand any teacher’s ability to differentiate instruction towards addressing the needs of all children and all types of learning.
Suzuki in the Schools
The Suzuki Method has achieved unparalleled success in teaching young children to play instruments with ease and skill. The method is based on child centered learning concepts introduced in a positive environment.
The Suzuki method trains students in sequential concept mastery, aural learning, memorization, and finally, the art of emotional expression through music. As a child learns musical skills, they learn vital strategies to be able to master anything they choose.
Mastery for Strings
Mastery for Strings presents a unique, efficient methodology for developing high levels of proficiency in string players in both classroom and private studio settings. Cornerstones of the Mastery for Strings approach: a curriculum design for large heterogeneous string classes, technical skills organized in small, sequential steps, ""how-to"" pages with clear goals, explicit instructions, and recognizable evaluation criteria for each technical skill, a plan for developing problem-solving strategies and self-evaluation skills, and music theory (fingerboard geography) taught without reference to the piano keyboard.
Dr. Laurie Scott
Laurie Scott is an Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Provost’s Distinguished Leadership Service Academy. Additionally, she serves as the director of The University of Texas String Project and the Musical Lives string program at UT Elementary School. As a university professor, she has received both the Teaching Excellence Award from the School of Music and the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. In every facet of her teaching, Dr. Scott serves as an advocate for inclusive and diverse music classrooms, adult music learners, and access to quality music instruction for all children. She is a registered teacher trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas, maintains a private violin studio, and works weekly with the students in the Musical Lives orchestra program at UT Elementary School. She is co-author of the books Mastery for Strings, and From the Stage to the Studio: How Fine Performers Become Great Teachers. In 2020 Dr. Scott was recognized by alumni as one of the “Texas Ten” most influential and inspiring professors at UT Austin and most recently received the Marvin J. Rabin National Award for Community Service from the American String Teachers Association and the Dan Burke Visionary Award from the University of Texas Elementary School.
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