Sung-Duk Song
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Teaching Experience: Elite-level Music Education Training for Violin, Viola, Piano, Music History and Music Theory. Affiliate Violin & Viola Instructor with Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto). Lessons emphasize technique, repertoire, music theory and ear training. Flexible, creative approach individually tailored to each student’s needs and potential. Known for developing a training program and method that produces exceptional talent. Teach traditional and Suzuki methods.
• Violin: 19 years; Beginners thru Advanced Level; Ages 4 to Adult (2001 - Current)
• Viola: 3 years; Beginners thru Intermediate Level: Ages 8 to Adult (2017 - Current)
• Currently teach 23 private students in violin and viola (ages 3 thru Adult); 2 group classes in Suzuki Violin & Music Theory.
• Taught over a total of 250 students in the English language (over 19 year period) from USA, China, South Korea,Vietnam, France, Venezuela and Colombia. Many former students have won concertmaster positions and top prizes at competitions (local, regional, national and international). In addition, numerous former students have gone on to study professionally at the most prestigious pre-conservatories and music conservatories around the world.
• Created 3 courses in Music Theory, Analysis & Ear Training to help students prepare for professional music school entrance examinations and examination boards (i.e. ABRSM, AMEB, Trinity and RCM Toronto).
• Specialize in teaching gifted and motivated children / younger students. Experienced in teaching students with special needs (i.e. autism, ADHD, PTSD).
• Masterclasses, Seminars & Clinics: Conducted masterclasses and seminars at the École Normale Musique de Paris, Manhattan School of Music, University of Washington, University of British Columbia and at various high school and youth orchestras throughout Seattle, Los Angeles and Hartford.
• Adjudication: Frequent juror at junior and senior-level violin competitions around the world. Adjudicator for CMEA Eastern & Northern Regional Competitions.
• Music Education Outreach: At the Tacoma Philharmonic Association (2002 to 2006), organized community outreach music education initiatives with local inner-city schools and universities, including Kids Zone Concerts, Emerging Artists Series, and Tacoma Philharmonic Solo Music Competition.
Education & Training: Professional Studies in Violin Performance at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse (Paris, France) and at The Juilliard School of Music. Certificate in Music Theory & Analysis from the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto (Award: First Class Honours with Distinction). Certificate in Violin & Viola Pedagogy from Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music. Suzuki Violin Pedagogy Workshop at the Hartt School of Music (Hartford, CT) with Carrie Reuning-Hummel.
• Violin Teachers: Current student of Viktoria Mullova and Pinchas Zukerman. Former student of Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin, Ivry Gitlis, Augustin Dumay, Roland Daugareil, Iona Brown and Sidney Weiss.
• Viola Teachers: Current student of Antoine Tamestit, Pierre Lenert and David Gaillard.
• Piano Teachers: Former student Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Maria-Joao Pires, Leon Fleisher and Jacques Rouvier.
• Music Theory & Analysis: Current student of Esa-Pekka Salonen
• Masterclasses: Isaac Stern, Ida Haendel, Pinchas Zukerman, Vladimir Spivakov, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Midori Goto.
I offer a comprehensive and rigorous training program for all levels and ages that are tailored to your individual needs and goals. My teaching approach is driven by three core values: (1) openness; (2) flexibility; and (3) search for excellence. The same performance-enhancement training methods used by the coaches of world-class elite level athletes are incorporated into the personalized curriculum. As a result, all students improve their self-confidence, focus, anxiety issues, problem solving, and artistic creativity. In addition, students are all taught to be leaders and learn to set goals and accomplish them, which helps them succeed in school and in their future career endeavors (in music and other fields of interest). Expert guidance is provided in a friendly and nurturing environment, in order for all students to help them achieve their individual goals.
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA); American String Teachers Association (ASTA); Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA); American Viola Society (AVS); Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto); Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
• Traditional European Methods
• Suzuki Method
• Essential Elements for Strings
• Sound Innovations
• Mark O’Connor Method
• Leopold Auer Method
• ABRSM
• Trinity
• Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto