Donald Becker; Violin, Viola, Piano, &
Kodály Class
M.M., Eastman School of Music, 1974
B.M., Ohio State University School of Music, 1972
Teacher’s diploma, Talent Education Research Institute (Matsumoto, Japan), 1986
Mr. Becker took Suzuki Method teacher training course with Anastasia Jempelis at the Eastman School of Music. He studied with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki and Ms. Yuko Mori for over three years in Japan and supervises the violin teachers at the Suzuki Institute of Boston in using Dr. Suzuki’s teaching points. He holds a teacher’s diploma from the Talent Education Research Institute in Matsumoto, Japan, where he performed as a soloist at the summer school and the national teacher’s conference. He studied at the summer program of the Kodály Center of America and teaches the Kodaly music classes at the Suzuki Institute of Boston. He studied the Alexander Technique in Boston for over three years.
He speaks and can teach in Japanese. In Japan he created a series of study tapes for the 100 haikus by Kobayashi Issa that are taught in the Talent Education program in Japan. He used these to learn all 100 himself from memory and could perform them with the Japanese drill tapes.
He has recorded an extensive series of practice recordings including the ABCs of Duets by Janice Tucker Rhoda. The duet and ensemble recordings include canons and selections from the standard string quartet and string orchestra literature.