2012 Suzuki Association of Minnesota
Fall Workshop & Master Classes

Saturday, October 27 – Sunday, October 28, 2012
Ferguson Hall on the University of Minnesota Campus


SATURDAY

October 27 

9 AM – Noon

Violin & Viola Events 

Master Classes with Mark Bjork

Cello Events 

Master Classes with Carlynn Savot

Piano Events 

Master Classes with Reiko Imrie

Guitar Events 

Master Class with Michele Horner

12:15 – 1:15 PM

SAM Annual Meeting - Members

1:30 – 4:30 PM

IJAM

Interactive Journey through Art and Music

Guest Clinician: Michele Horner

For Teachers and Families (All Instruments)

SUNDAY

October 28

9 AM – Noon


Violin & Viola Events 

Master Classes with Mark Bjork

Cello Events 

Master Classes with Carlynn Savot

Piano Events

Master Classes with Reiko Imrie

Guitar Events 

Master Class with Michele Horner

1:00 – 4:00 PM

Raising Your Spirited Child

Secrets to Effective Discipline

Guest Clinician: Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

For Teachers and Parents (All Instruments)


 ABOUT THE 2012 WORKSHOP CLINICIANS

Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka 

Dr. Kurckinka is a best-selling author and internationally recognized lecturer and parent educator. Her books include:

 

·    Raising Your Spirited Child

·    Raising Your Spirited Child Workbook

·    Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles;

·    Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving or Missing Sleep?

 

As director of parentchildhelp.com, Dr. Mary provides training nationally and internationally for families and professionals, including medical personnel, educators, and social service providers who serve families. Licensed as a parent educator and early childhood teacher, she has pioneered efforts to bring topics such as temperament, neurobiology, the importance of sleep, and emotion coaching into homes, schools, medical practices, and businesses. She is as comfortable as a keynote speaker for major professional conferences as she is working one on one with families in their homes or teachers in their classrooms.

Known for her real-life examples, Mary links research-based information with typical challenging behaviors and provides practical solutions that really work. Her presentations have helped hundreds of thousands of parents and professionals to understand children better, and themselves as well.  A former director of one of Minnesota's largest Early Childhood Family Education programs, Mary is the founder of the Spirited Child and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles workshops.  She also provides individual parent consultations for families and professionals. 


MICHELE HORNER

Ms. Horner is on the Suzuki guitar faculty at the Greenwich Suzuki Academy (CT) and at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (NY). Michele added guitar instruction to the curriculum of the State College Suzuki Program (PA) when she joined the faculty in 2000. During her tenure as SCSP String Director, Michele's vision for multimedia collaborative performance led her to create innovative programs for the SCSP featuring a confluence of music, visual arts, and dance. In 2006 SCSP was one of only four American Suzuki schools selected by audition to perform a featured concert at the 14th Suzuki World Convention in Turin, Italy.

Michele is a graduate of Penn State University and has studied guitar with Kevin Gallagher and Frederic Hand, and completed Suzuki guitar teacher training with Frank Longay, Bill Kossler and David Madsen. Michele created an Interactive Journey through Art & Music in 2003 as a way to help instrumental students of all ages better understand the context of their pieces by identifying common trends in painting, sculpture and music throughout.