Have you ever felt so focused on the project in front of you that the rest of the world seemed to disappear? Perhaps time stood still? You felt in complete harmony with things around you? This place is a source…

"Bringing Your Gifts and Feeding a Hunger that the World Has." - Episode 6

From the Suzuki Association of the Americas, Building Noble Hearts explores the learning environments where we gain knowledge and also grow personally. These interviews with members of the Suzuki music community can inform good teaching everywhere.

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What is community? How do you find it? Join it? Build it? It’s more than just showing up to a bake sale with brownies from a box, then taking off (though I’ve done this many times). Is it bowling clubs…

"I Get to Bring Them In" - Season 2, Episode 4

Music practice has its highs and lows. Sometimes we reach a state of bliss and flow as we find the perfect balance of competence, challenge, and creativity with our instrument. Or, sometimes we can feel like Sisyphus; over and over…

Practicing Can Be Hard - Season 2, Episode 3

Margaret Watts Romney: Gail Johansen and Daniela Gongora are both violinists and teachers, but they’ve made music in vastly different areas. 
Gail Johansen lives in Fairbanks, Alaska…
Gail Johansen: Right now since it is almost the winter solstice, we have less…

Greater Than We Would Be on Our Own

Greater Than We Would Be on Our Own - Season 2 Episode 2

Welcome back to season two of Building Noble Hearts. I’m Margaret Watts Romney. Here, we take a look at the learning environments in which children, parents, and teachers gain new knowledge, and are also encouraged to become fine individuals. Throughout…

"Bringing Your Gifts and Feeding a Hunger that the World Has." - Episode 6

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