![]() Who would you say were your most influential teachers? At USC, I played for David Russell, Paul Odette, Manuel Barrueco and many others. Michael Lorimer-who came out every year, so I studied with him a lot. While living in Detroit, my master class teachers included Alirio Diaz, Oscar Ghilia and A bunch of us also went to his house for lessons, too. For college I attended University of Southern California where Pepe gave lessons. On his suggestion, I began flamenco studies with Juan Serrano, who was living in Detroit at the time. I met Pepe Romero when I was 14 going to Houston, Texas, for his master classes every summer. I studied with him the rest of my time in Detroit. I was 12 or 13 at the time and though he normally didn’t take kids, he took me as a student. Eventually I auditioned for the Joe Fava Conservatory of Guitar in Birmingham, Michigan. So, after her I went to downtown Detroit and studied with Joe LoDuca, who is now a well-known TV composer, Lee Diamond and others who were all students of Joe Fava. She said she couldn’t teach me, but she could help me find someone. ![]() She told me they were classical music and that there was classical style guitar. There were little melodies by composers like Tchaikovsky in these books, and I liked those. We were using a plectrum and playing through different books. She was my teacher from age six to eleven. My first teacher was Wanda Bruning, who I studied with at a local music store in Detroit. Another was the TV show Hee Haw which had a lot of string instruments and players-especially guitarist Roy Clark. Artists like Andy Stewart, Tommy Makem and the Clancy brothers. My father was of Scottish descent, so we listened to a lot of Celtic Music-especially singers. We always had recordings of singers in the house. ![]() I learned that we also share a birthday.įor a long time, the only orchestra recording we had in the house was Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra playing tunes like “Love is Blue.” I thought it was great symphonic music! Growing up, I was influenced a lot by visual art too. What artists other than guitar players have influenced you and why? Guitars, little toy banjos-that is why my brother and I received them as toys every year. I found guitar very fascinating-anything with strings on it, I was interested in it. She played woodwind instruments all through junior high and high school. Was anyone in your family musical? Did anyone play the guitar? After a few months, I was enjoying it more-when I started to see some progress. I knew my friends were outside, so at first it was painful. My mom made me practice 15 minutes a day and she sat there while I did it. My mother told me I had to take lessons, so I grudgingly did.Īnd how long did it stay “grudging” for you? When I was six, I got my first real guitar-a little steel-string. My brother and I received toy guitars for Christmas since I was three or four years old. How did you choose guitar as your instrument and how old were you when you started playing? Scott, we are very excited that you’re coming to our Suzuki Conference 2016! I would like to thank those who responded to my request: Maxwell Miller (Houston, Texas) Jason Short (Columbus, Ohio) Gene Swenson (Humble, Texas) Austin Wahl (Rochester, New York) Eric Ulreich (Leesburg, Virginia). What follows are questions we came up with together. Scott is featured on our Suzuki Guitar Method Book Nine CD and he has taught quite a number of Suzuki kids in his travels.įor this interview, emails were sent to Suzuki Guitar students and teachers to learn what they would like to ask Scott. Scott is a founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, an amazing soloist, and the author of what has become the current leading technique manual for classical guitar, Pumping Nylon. This unique interview is a sort of a cyber-roundtable of questions for guitarist, teacher and technical guru Scott Tennant. Home Recording & Translation Guidelines for Suzuki Voice.Suzuki Early Childhood Education Teacher Training.Suzuki Principles in Action (SPA) Overview.Bolsas para Professores Latino Americanos.2024 Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference.Appel aux présentations de sessions éclair !.Chamada para Apresentações de Sessão Relâmpago!.Convocatoria para las presentaciones de las sesiones relámpago.College Credit for Suzuki Teacher Training.The Michele Higa George Suzuki Outreach Fund.
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