I studied Music Therapy in college. Upon completing my classwork, I ended up choosing not to pursue the two year internship that would have eventually led to me becoming a board certified music therapist. I picked the private teacher route instead. Even though I never ended up practicing music therapy in an official capacity, I never regretted my choice of studies in college. Had I known then that I wanted to be a private music teacher I might have decided to take more of a music education route instead of therapy. In retrospect, however, I feel that the therapy aspect prepared me more for the challenges of private teaching then anything else ever could have. I think the biggest difference between the therapy approach versus standard music education is that in therapy you are assuming that your client is not a normal functioning individual and then working from there. Whether it's cerebral palsy or autism or anger problems, the issues are seen as the pr...
Thoughts and experiences while exploring the Suzuki Method of teaching.