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Oct 29, 2014 - 8:28 AM
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pete
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Ha, I'm all for the pitchforks^
There are certainly some nutters associated with the method and quite a lot of accounts point to a cult of personality around him. I wouldn't want my kids (when and if I have any) anywhere near this nutter:
"Some say the quasi-religious tendencies shown by some Suzuki devotees may not be entirely healthy. Brunner, for example, was summoned to teach Suzuki in a vision. 'I went on an aeroplane and heard voices saying: “You are the one you are looking for.” They say that you don’t find the guru – the guru finds you. And Suzuki found me.’ She has a picture of Suzuki up on the wall in her rehearsal room, in a guru-like pose. It’s the idea that he is the leader of some sort of musical cult that makes people feel unhappy. When people think of Suzuki, they still think of the mass formations of three year-olds, lined up in matching outfits, playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in unison on the violin."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8146379/How-I-became-a-Suzuki-disciple.html
From some of the comments by his supporters recently, you'd think he invented the concept of practise.
And I find this really creepy. Orwellian creepy. Put an enormous guilt trip on anyone who wants to leave. That's the first thing they teach you in Cult101^:
As with team sports, practicing violin with a group teaches accountability to young students at an early age, she said. "If one performer is gone, that's huge. It makes a difference in the way they play together," Takeuchi said. "Playing in a group creates a level of commitment. As they practice more, they encourage each other on. It's productive peer pressure."
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_20690758/suzuki-method-strings-together-musicianship-character
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