Rhythmic Minds provides studio based violin lessons in Hillcrest, CA to all ages. Cami began teaching in San Diego County in October 2007. She is a long time trained musician on violin and has been teaching for over 20 years. She has a wide range of experiences working with typical individuals and those with special needs. Cami is trained as a music therapist, thus, has extensive training and experience working with individuals and groups with unique learning styles and behavioral difficulties. Her training is in the Suzuki method, classical, and fiddle music. Each lesson focuses on individual interests, strengths, and abilities.
Rhythmic Minds offers adaptive music lessons to those that have a unique style of learning. The lessons are person-centered and utilize a creative approach to learning. Please contact Rhythmic Minds for more information on adaptive music lessons.
What is the Suzuki Method?
The Suzuki Method was founded by a Japanese violinist; Shinichi Suzuki, in the 1930s. He noticed that children all over the world learned their native language with ease. He began to implement those basic principles of language acquisition to learning music. He called this method the mother-tongue approach. This approach works when these elements are included: parent involvement/responsibility, listening, repetition, and loving encouragement. The Suzuki Method is a nurturing process that involves the parents throughout the learning experience. The parents will often study the instrument so they become the teacher at home. The early years are crucial to developing the mental processes and muscle coordination. Listening at birth will develop the child’s ear training and enhance auditory and muscle memory. Children learn words after hearing them hundreds of times so listening to the Suzuki repertoire repeatedly will help them learn to play an instrument. Constant repetition is essential to learning an instrument. We learn new words every day that are added to our vocabulary, gradually using them in new and sophisticated ways. As with language, the child’s effort to learn a new instrument should be met with praise and encouragement. The Suzuki Method is widely used in the United States and around the world with many different instruments.
