The International Suzuki Association
(ISA) was founded in 1983 as a
non-profit organisation in Dallas Texas in order to
serve as a coalition of Suzuki Associations
throughout the world. Its primary purpose is to
serve as an co-ordination centre and to protect the
"Suzuki" name and rights.
The ISA was designated by Dr Suzuki
as the sole authorised organisation
which can grant rights to the use of his name and
the marks "Suzuki", "Suzuki Method", and other
similar terms throughout the world.
The
ISA is an organisation of organisations. At present
five
Regional Associations have been licensed by the
International Suzuki Association. The Regional
Associations have been given rights to grant
sub-licenses to national associations or other
organisations within their area.
Please see map.
Each Regional
Association has the same goals as the International
Suzuki Association: to encourage, promote, enlarge
and co-ordinate the Suzuki Method™ within their
area, and to maintain the highest standards of
educational instruction.
Management: The ISA is managed by a
Board of Directors which includes
representatives of the Regional Associations. The
ISA's
Instrument Committees
advise the ISA board on
matters relating to educational material and musical
repertoire and editions.
Membership: The Regional
Associations are the members of the International
Suzuki Association. Some of them, in turn, have
National Suzuki Associations as their members, and
these have individual members, who may be teachers,
parents of students or interested members of the
public.
To
become members of the ISA, teachers or other
interested individuals, therefore need to join their
own regional Suzuki association, or where
appropriate the local or national association in
their own area. A proportion of membership dues
collected by such local organisations will be paid
to the Regional Associations who will pay an annual
membership fee on behalf of all their members to the
International Suzuki Association. For more
information please contact the Regional Associations.
Donations: Any person or
organisations who wish to further support the work
of the International Suzuki Association are also
invited to make direct donations to the ISA itself
(through its
Administrative Office) or to the
'Shinichi Suzuki Teacher Development Fund'. This
trust fund is independent of the ISA, but supports
the aims of the International Suzuki Community by
funding Teacher Development Projects throughout
areas of the world where new programmes are needed
and where the local teachers and parents are
themselves unable to finance training.
