15 Piano Teacher outside the associaƟon. As a person, Sirje was cheerful and humorous. She supported and noƟced the people around her. Her home was always open to guests! Big thinking and flying ideas were very characterisƟc of her. The last wish - to become a Teacher Trainer - was unfortunately not fulfilled. As Suzuki's first Piano Teacher in Estonia and by further developing Suzuki Teacher Training and Teaching, Sirje has leŌ an important legacy for EstSA. We remember her as a great colleague, Suzuki parent and very good friend. skills; her fluent communicaƟon skills made her the perfect communicator with the outside world. As a teacher, she parƟcipated in the NaƟonal Suzuki Summer Camps and Workshops in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and in Switzerland She was also a valued In Memoriam S irje was one of the founders of the Suzuki AssociaƟon in Estonia. From 1997, in the early years of the associaƟon, Sirje was a great help in organising Suzuki Violin Teacher Training courses. Sirje was also a Pianist and translator. Together with her husband Eino, who was a lawyer, she draŌed the statutes of the Estonian Suzuki AssociaƟon (EstSA). Later she also translated it into English for the European Suzuki AssociaƟon. Sirje also translated into Estonian S. Suzuki's book "Nurtured by Love" (2001). Sirje was involved in the Suzuki Method at first as a parent and then trained as a Suzuki Teacher from 2002-2022. She possessed excellent Swedish and English language Sirje Subbe-Tamm (1962 - 2023) by Karmen Kääramees A Tribute to Gabriella Bosio by Elio Galvagno ‘What is it that I can do for hours without geƫng Ɵred?’ Talent, like any precious thing, must be taken care of and culƟvated. You cannot think of living on talents without ever taking care of them. Talents require commitment. Do we dedicate Ɵme and space every day to our talents and passions? Our human experience requires deep dedicaƟon in every aspect, parƟcularly to ourselves. When will we learn to someƟmes say ’no’ and set aside Ɵme for ourselves? Every day we should try to - · improve something · learn something new · experiment with something Even when we understand what our talents are, it doesn't mean that their realisaƟon is smooth and painless. We will sƟll need to know how to integrate conƟnual opposing trends into our daily life - Thinking of Gabriella Bosio and her legacy, moƟvated me to write this leƩer to all Suzuki teachers and parents. However, it is also addressed to myself and my daily task of facing the flow of life’s conƟnuous changes. Talent and the Environment We are usually focused on children's talents. When and how do we think about our own talents? Everyone has many talents, and they manifest our life’s purpose. Our talents are unique and they require specific and parƟcular aƩenƟon. Those who thrive on their talents stand apart from the crowd - they are independent and do not have to account to anyone; they do not consider work to be work because they do what they do with passion in their hearts. To discover and find our talents at any age, we need to answer this quesƟon - AcƟon and ContemplaƟon Joy and Seriousness Abundance and Scarcity Welcome and Firmness Introversion and Extroversion Night and Day Light and Shadow In any case, at this point in our life, it will be necessary to manifest them with courage and without falling into false modesty or arrogance. It will be important to remain humble, with our feet on the ground, with the absolute certainty that we need to conƟnuously work and nourish our talents, without feeling we have arrived or finally made it! To remain humble also means that we cannot assume we always know the specific needs of others and how to help others. Maybe what we are doing is not necessarily addressing the needs of those we are helping.
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