The
Tutti Dolce Pre-Twinkle Program
The
Tutti Dolce program is the first subsidized multi-district Suzuki Pre-Twinkle
Violin Program open to all students ages 3-5 attending the SCUSD, FCUSD, and NUSD commencing September 2014. Classes are conducted in rotating Guest
Artist Residency Sessions and are included as part of SPAC's comprehensive Tutti
Dolce curriculum.
This highly effective program will be one of the few of its kind on the West Coast. No previous musical experience is necessary for children or parents. The only requirement for enrolling in the program is participation of a parent at lessons and group practices. Parents will learn along with their children and will supervise home practice. The Suzuki method allows children to develop confidence, self-discipline, and the determination to try difficult things. A combination of parent involvement, an early beginning for the child, daily listening, and repetition is what makes the Suzuki method unique. By the completion of this program the student will have developed the following skills:
1. Rest Position 2. Stance, focus, endurance 3. Listening skills, attention, habits 4. Sidedness 5. Following directions, quickness 6. Opposites (high-low, loud-soft) 7. Posture 8. Bow hold 9. Heavy head holding violin 10.Rhythms 11.String names and pitches 12.How to bow 13.Basic E string posture 14.String crossing, E and A string 15.Bow control, tip control 16.Relaxed, natural weight of bow arm 17.Square of the arm 18.Bow held silently on string 19.Stop form bowing on middle of bow 20.Left hand shape 21.Finger numbers 22.Finger patterns 23.Preparation fingers 24.Quick placement of fingers25.Soft left thumb/ relational left fingers 26.Coordination of bow and fingers 27.Pizzicato partners 28.Kreisler highway 29.Tonalization 30.Care of instrument and bow 31.Practice Skills 32.Memory skills 33.Entire 5 rhythmic patterns of the Twinkle used in the Suzuki Method.
Staff: Teaching staff for each classroom of the Tutti Dolce program consists of a Suzuki Master Teacher, a Suzuki Apprentice Teacher, an AmeriCorps Classroom Assistant, and Suzuki Parent Teachers.
