Teach viola with the popular Suzuki Viola School. The Suzuki Method(R) of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the mother-tongue" approach. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Viola School. Suzuki lessons are generally given in a private studio setting with additional group lessons. The student listens to the recordings and works with their Suzuki viola teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person. This CD of the Suzuki viola method, Volume 9, features recordings by Michael Isaac Strauss and piano acc. performed by R Kent Cook. Titles: * Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 5, No. 3 (Hummel/Preucil) * Andante e Rondo ungarese, Op. 35 (Weber/Preucil) * Sonata in A Minor, D 821 (Schubert/Preucil)."