Event photos
Photographs from SEMSA events
2015-2016
Honors Recital, October 24, 2015
2014-2016
SEMSA Group Master Class, May 6, 2015
Photographs from SEMSA events
SEMSA Group Master Class, May 6, 2015
SEMSA activities, including the Rochester Middle Schools Outreach Program (April 2019) and Gasshuku 2018 (November 2018), are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.
The 2016 Improvisational Workshop and 2018 Gasshuku were made possible in part through funding from the Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust.
Rochester Commercial Banks Association -- The 2016 Improvisational Workshop and 2018 Gasshuku were both supported by the Rochester Commercial Banks Association - Associated, Eastwood, Merchants, Minnwest, Premier, Sterling State, U.S. and Wells Fargo Banks.
IBM Corporation -- SEMSA also recognizes the generous support of the IBM Corporation through the IBM Community Grant Fund. IBM awarded SEMSA with a 2018 grant in support of our Gasshuku workshop and a 2017 grant in support of our recital programs.
The Suzuki Method of talent education relies on:
- Parent involvement
- Early beginning
- Listening
- Repetition
- Encouragement
- Learning with other children
Read more about the Suzuki Method...
“Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.” - Shinichi Suzuki
