Violin is a major component of a child’s education at Global Concepts.  EVERY student learns to play the violin and receives a 30-minute lesson per week. Research has repeatedly shown the correlation between playing a musical instrument and high student achievement. In particular, playing the violin increases self-discipline, responsibility, creativity and imagination, spatial reasoning, thought processing, and fine motor skills.

Students learn to play using a modified Suzuki method. This method emphasizes playing by ear, following a teacher’s model, and learning a sequence of folk songs, but not reading notes.  The first song to master is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and the Suzuki method quickly progresses to music of the master composers- J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Beethoven, etc.

GCCS has two concerts annually—winter and spring. These concerts feature all students in the school.  For students who excel at violin, there are two honor groups: Superstars (Gr. 3-5) and Little Twinklers (Gr. K-2).  These groups perform more concerts and often travel to perform.