SHU-YI SCOTT

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This workshop gives teachers a clear, joyful roadmap for the very first lessons—what to teach, how to say it, and how to adapt for ages 3–5 and ages 7–8. We’ll align setup (balanced posture, instrument fit, bow hold, left-hand frame) with simple musical goals (beautiful open-string tone, pulse, first finger patterns) using age-tuned language, games, and concise teaching scripts. We’ll also align parent expectations from day one—minutes of daily practice, what "progress" looks like, and how to give feedback—so the teacher–parent–child team starts strong.

Participants will leave with: a practice-sanctuary checklist (quiet corner, stand/binder, metronome/tuner, small mirror, recording device), lesson-flow templates for the first 3–6 lessons (both age bands), a two-week tonalization plan, cue cards for teacher language, and home-practice games that make review feel like doing it better, not just again. We’ll outline the first three months:

• Month 1: routines, greeting/thank-you bows, parts/care, posture, bow/hand-shape games, 5-minute focused practices, listening habits.
  
  
• Month 2: refine tone and setup, introduce first melodies (e.g., "Flower Song" or similar), 8–10 minute practices, simple practice charts.
  
  
• Month 3: add familiar tunes (e.g., "Three Blind Mice", "Mary Had a Little Lamb"), begin "Twinkle-style" patterns, celebrate progress through joyful review.

For families who want context, we’ll share a brief Musical Parenting Reading Starter (begin one title before lessons): "The Talent Code" (Coyle) and "The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition" (Hollins). The goal: confident teachers, aligned parents, and children who experience cello as mastery with joy from the very first week.

This workshop is for cello teachers, advanced students with an interest in pedagogy, as well as anybody interested in its content.

On the day after the workshop at 9 a.m. (CET), participants will receive private access to watch the recording during the next week, until Monday 2 February at 9 a.m. (CET). This access is protected with password and IP identification.

To obtain a certificate of attendance it is necessary to attend the workshop live and to be in front of the active camera for at least 80% of the total time.

1. Places are limited and will be reserved by strict order of application.
2. When the workshop is full, the application form will not be available, but you will be able to sign up for a waiting list in case a participant drops their place.
3. Taking pictures and the complete or partial recording of this course by the participants are forbidden, as well as its reproduction or broadcasting.
4. Without prejudice of the right of withdrawal, the fee is not refundable. The place cannot be used by a different person, or for any other course or other editions of the same course.
5. Within fourteen calendar days from the date of your registration, you have the right to withdraw from the contract without justification. To exercise the right of withdrawal, you must notify Andrés Ortiz Saúco, with address in Avenida del Manzanares, 202, 1º B, 28026 Madrid, phone number +34686381692, email address info@cepic.es, before the expiration of the aforementioned period, of your decision to withdraw from the contract through a unequivocal statement (for example, a letter sent by post or email). You can use the model withdrawal form that is provided at the following link, although its use is not mandatory. In case of withdrawal on your part, we will refund all payments received from you without undue delay and, in any case, no later than 14 calendar days from the date you inform us of your decision to withdraw from the contract.