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October 23, 2020  |  By admin In News, Uncategorized

Suzuki Teaching and Training in Latvia – Maintaining Reltionships

This video shows a National workshop in Latvia August 2019 with students from Scotland, Latvia, Russia, Spain and Iceland. Celebrating the music Scottish composer Ronald Stephenson, piano students are all playing from memory a piece from Stevenson’s suite containing 4 pieces entitled ‘A Wheen Tunes for Bairns Tae Spiel. Mary has delivered Suzuki workshops and […]

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October 1, 2020  |  By admin In News

Celebrating 30 Years of Suzuki in Scotland

30 years ago Dr. Suzuki visited Scotland and 2000 people came to St. Andrews’ to see him made an honorary  Dr at the esteemed  University of  St. Andrews. Until then the Suzuki Piano method was not known or delivered in Scotland. Ann Turner who worked to  develop the piano community and teaching programme in England […]

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July 29, 2020  |  By admin In News, Uncategorized

International Weekly Zoom Suzuki Concerts

Mary has hosted 16 Zoom concerts since the beginning of lockdown in March 2020!  Mostly of about an hour in length every Saturday during the isolation period. ‘Interest is growing and continuing and we are able to connect with students from all over the world connecting and making music together.’ Participants from  USA , Canada, […]

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July 29, 2020  |  By admin In News

Suzuki Teacher Training Moves Online

  Since March – beginning of the lockdown period due to Corona Virus, the Suzuki teacher training community have moved their learning online. Suzuki Trainer Mary McCarthy has delivered teacher  training session on Zoom. These are some photographs from a session where the participants are in Spain! With some observers from as far as Latvia […]

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January 18, 2020  |  By admin In News

Mary at The Pianodrome

Last year I gifted community piano lessons to Pianodrome – a theatre made entirely out of pianos! The Pianodrome was designed and built by musician and sculptor Tim Vincent-Smith to develop the community and provide a space for all artists to learn, develop work and perform. Venues included Royal Botanic Gardens, Leith Theatre and The […]

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January 18, 2020  |  By admin In News

Suzuki Piano in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada – January, 2020.

Exciting news! Just leaving Canada, where there is a New Branch of our Suzuki Family, in Salmon Arm, British Columbia! Liam started formally  in January, 2018, when I came to visit as  his cousins in Edinburgh are current pupils and his uncle Seán Spencer is an established Suzuki Piano and Suzuki Guitar teacher in Edinburgh. […]

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December 19, 2019  |  By admin In News

Suzuki Teacher Training – Spain 2019

           

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November 29, 2019  |  By admin In News

Louis Vaughn – Lesson with Mary McCarthy

An account by Louis Vaughn of a recent lesson with Mary: I have been learning the piano for the last two years getting lessons here and there but never consistently. The lessons would usually consist of me telling the teacher what I wanted to work on and that was about it. The first lesson I […]

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November 21, 2019  |  By admin In News

2020 Spain Suzuki Teacher Training Dates

Details of the 2020 Suzuki Teacher Training Courses taking place in Spain are now available from the Spanish Federation website: http://federacionmetodosuzuki.es/proximos-cursos-de-formacion/598-curso-de-formacion-profesores-piano-suzuki-2019-20-niveles-1-al-5-598.html Enquiries and bookings can be made by contacting the federation directly at: info@federacionmetodosuzuki.es  

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November 13, 2019  |  By admin In News, Uncategorized

Spring 2020 Scotland Suzuki Teacher Training Dates

Teacher Training and Irish Traditional Music – 14th and 15th March 2020 – Edinburgh Teacher Training – 3rd-5th April – Edinburgh

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"This website is about the music I play and love and the passion I have for preserving and sharing traditional music with those who may otherwise never come across it, be it Balkan, Peruvian, Irish, Scottish or from elsewhere in the world.

You can hear samples of my CDs and buy the two books of piano transcriptions comprising the whole Molaidh Uist CD."

Mary McCarthy is a pianist, accordionist and celebrated Suzuki piano tutor. She directs Suzuki teacher training courses in Scotland, Ireland and South America.

Recent news

  • Suzuki Teaching and Training in Latvia – Maintaining Reltionships
  • Celebrating 30 Years of Suzuki in Scotland
  • International Weekly Zoom Suzuki Concerts
  • Suzuki Teacher Training Moves Online
  • Mary at The Pianodrome
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