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July 7, 2019  |  By admin In News

Mary McCarthy Visits Cusco 2011

MARY MC CARTHY VISITS CUSCO- 2011 Written by Flor Canelo, Suzuki and traditional piano teacher in Cusco, Peru This last January, we enjoyed the visit of Mary McCarthy to Cusco. We had a wonderful time together working with the students in Cusco, in our passion, the traditional music of our countries, Scotland and Ireland (Mary) and […]

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June 28, 2019  |  By admin In News

Irish Suzuki Piano Teacher Reunion

Photo from a reunion of Irish Suzuki Piano Teachers, taken at the Loughrea Hotel, Galway, Thursday 20th June 2019

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June 24, 2019  |  By admin In News

Hamish Napier’s Thoughts on Suzuki Piano

I have been a pianist in an accompaniment role in Scottish Traditional music bands for eight years. I have been influenced and taught by top trad piano players such as Brian McAlpine (Session A9), Andy Thorburn (Blazin’ Fiddles) and David Milligan (The Unusual Suspects).  I have also been fortunate to be able to pass of […]

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June 24, 2019  |  By admin In News

Minutes of BA Scottish Music Piano Staff and Student meeting 2009

RSAMD SCOTTISH PIANO ‘COLLECTIVE’ Minute of the BA Scottish Music Piano Staff and Student meeting held at held at 11am on Monday 29th June 2009 in the Concert Hall of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) Present: Dr. Joshua Dickson (only Initially to welcome all present) Mary McCarthy (Chair) James Ross Hamish […]

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April 7, 2019  |  By admin In featured, News

Lauren Tait- An Exploration of the Suzuki Traditional Piano Movement

Click on the link below to read a description of the Suzuki Traditional Piano movement written by Mary’s former pupil Lauren Tait: An Exploration of the Suzuki Traditional Piano Movement- Lauren Tait 2011

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April 7, 2019  |  By admin In featured, News

Suzuki Teacher Map

Northern Irish Suzuki teacher Mary Hanna has compiled a map showing the geographical spread of those for whom Mary has been a Suzuki Piano Teacher Trainer.

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April 7, 2019  |  By admin In featured, News

RCS Room Dedicated to Ronald Stevenson

Room 1.54 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has been dedicated the Ronald Stevenson Room, in honour of Ronald’s influence on the development of the piano within the RCS Traditional Music Department. Mary wrote: “When I started teaching piano on the new Traditional Music degree course, it was to Ronald I went, week in and […]

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January 29, 2019  |  By admin In featured, News

Scottish Suzuki Piano Course | Little Ireland Arts Collective (LIAC)

Scottish Suzuki Piano Course Little Ireland Arts Collective (LIAC) As part of the world-wide celebrations for “Irish Week”, which includes St. Patrick’s Day, Mary McCarthy is working with the Little Ireland Arts Collective to organise two Traditional music events in the Edinburgh Society of Musicians on the afternoons of 23-24 March 2019. Suzuki teacher training […]

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October 24, 2018  |  By admin In featured, News

The War to End All Wars – 17/11/18, St Giles Cathedral

The War to End All Wars is a concert of music and spoken word presented by peace charity Dove Tales and exploring successive wars, from World War One to the Iraq war and beyond.

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October 23, 2018  |  By admin In featured, News

Events – October / November 2018 – UPDATED

Events in October and November 2018

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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.

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