Learning Resources for your student
As we discover new materials that can be helpful for students, we will add them here. You’ll also find links to the books and other curriculum materials used in our lessons.
May 20th Spring Concert handout–click here!
fff (Fantastic Folk and Fiddle) is now open for registration! This event occurs August 2-5th, and is open for students ages 10-18 (registration for children under 10 with teacher recommendation.) Young musicians of all levels of experience will have the opportunity to learn new styles of music through large and small group classes with expert instructors, culminating in a final performance at the Sugar Maple Music Festival! Free Sugar Maple Music Festival passes are included for workshop participants and their guardians. See the flyer below and click here to register by April 15th for the early bird discount!
Suzuki Audio Downloads
Click here to download Suzuki audio files from Amazon and Itunes.
Tips and Tools for Practicing
- 100 Days Club
- 100 Ways to Say “Very Good”
- Ability
- Better Practicing
- Game Board
- Group Class Notes
- How to Help Your Child at Their Lesson
- How to Help Your Child at Home
- Ideas for Keeping the Fun in Practicing
- Listening
- Measuring Your Child’s Success
- Motivation
- Practical Practice
- Recipe for Effective Practice
- Parents’ Pledge
- Resistance
- Review
- Resources for Parents
- Surviving Those Practice Slumps
- Taking Notes at Lessons
Books and Sheet Music
- Star Spangled Banner, Violin 1
- Star Spangled Banner, Parts 2 and 3
- Heid Music – Madison Location – (608) 829-1969
- Ward Brodt Music – Madison – (608) 661–8600
- Suzuki Violin Book & CD Volume 1
- Suzuki Violin Book & CD Volume 2
- Suzuki Violin Book & CD Volume 3
- Suzuki Violin Book & CD Volume 4
- Suzuki Violin Book & CD Volume 5
- Suzuki Violin Book & CD Volume 6
- I Can Read Music: A Note Reading Book for Violin Students (Volume 1)
- I Can Read Music: A Note Reading Book for Violin Students (Volume 2)
Local Technicians
Need a rehair, tune up, or to obtain the next sized instrument? These are some reputable luthiers in the Madison area and beyond that we have worked with for years:
Ilsa Reed Violins
Ralph Rabin
302 Fairway Dr.
Madison, WI
608-274-8272
Nathaniel Taft
608-345-8623
Spruce Tree Music
851 East Johnson
Madison WI 53703
608-255-2254
Glenn Germain
5309 Maywood Dr.
Monona, WI
608-221-2270
