Lauren Whittaker is the Suzuki piano teacher at South Shore Piano School, where she works with students as young as three years old. In this episode, Lauren talks about her beginnings in music, what teaching music to children means to her, and the Suzuki philosophy of teaching music.
0:33 Introduction
1:08 Lauren talks about her earliest memories of learning music herself.
2:50 Lauren reminisces about her own early piano lessons.
4:55 Lauren discusses what led her to choosing music as her career.
6:00 Lauren talks her music education and what led her to become a Suzuki teacher.
8:15 Lauren explains what exactly Suzuki music lessons are.
13:46 Lauren tells us about her Suzuki training.
15:10 Lauren reflects on the joy teaching music brings to her.
16:30 Lauren talks about what a first Suzuki lesson would look like.
17:57 Lauren discusses the role of the parent in Suzuki lessons.
20:11 Lauren talks about the transition to virtual lessons with the COVID-19 pandemic.