Suzuki Lessons
at the Adult School
All classes take place at Columbia High School.
REGISTER BELOW!
Suzuki Violin – Beginner
$446 for 24 weekly classes
For grades K-5
This class is for students who have never played the violin before. Although the violin is a difficult instrument, students will have played through the twinkle variations by the end of this course. This important stage of your children’s violin playing is laying a foundation and we believe strongly in setting up technique completely before playing songs. You will need to rent or purchase a violin and come to class with the Suzuki Violin School: Violin Part, Vol. 1 book.
Suzuki Violin - Twinkler
$446 for 24 weekly classes
For grades K-5
The Twinkler class is for students who have completed the Beginning Suzuki class and can play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and all its variations. The Twinkler class will delve deeper into the Suzuki book and begin both not and rhythmic reading with the”I Can Read Music” book by Joann Martin.
Suzuki Violin - Intermediate
$446 for 24 weekly classes
For grades K-5
The Intermediate class is the next step for our budding Virtuosi violins on their musical path. We will continue delving deeper into the Book 1 repertoire as well as focusing on note and rhythm reading.
SUZUKI LESSON TEACHERS
TODD VAN BEVEREN
Todd Van Beveren is the Director of Strings at Columbia High School, as well as the founder and conductor of the Northern New Jersey Youth Orchestra.
Mr. Van Beveren has served as the performance chair for the NJ All-State Orchestra and served as conductor for the NJIO. He was a student of Beverly Somach and Oscar Ravina, and the conducting student of Thomas Carlo Bo.
He served for many years as the principal violist in the Montclair Chamber Ensemble and conducted the group in their last two performances.
He has served as concertmaster for the Crescent Choral Society where he was the featured soloist for the Faure Requiem.
ANNAMARIA CHILIMINTRIS
Annamaria Chilimintris began playing the violin around six years of age. She started with the Suzuki Method and has not stopped playing since.
Her expertise ranges from solo work to orchestral to string quartets.
Annamaria is currently the Orchestral Director at Maplewood Middle School. She finds joy in guiding others to find their musical gifts.
WHAT IS THE SUZUKI METHOD?
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's "Mother Tongue" approach to teaching music builds on the principles of language acquisition.
Those principles include an early beginning, listening, loving encouragement, parental support, constant repetition, learning with other children and then learning to read.
Because all children learn and master their own language, Suzuki believed all children could learn and master music in the same way.