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Ariya Wibisono (geb. 13.06.1994 in Jakarta, Indonesien) hat sein Bachelor- und Masterstudium in Jakarta, Kassel und Regensburg mit Auszeichnung unter Dr. Tomislav Dimov, Christoph Callies und Verena Sommer abgeschlossen. Zur Zeit ist er an der städt. Sing- und Musikschule Landsberg am Lech als Geigenlehrer angestellt und unterrichtet ebenso Privatschüler. Seine Schüler spielen in verschiedenen Jugendorchestern und sind Preisträger des Regional- und Landeswettbewerbs „Jugend musiziert“.

Hi - my name is Bethany Watt. I am a violin teacher in Lexington, KY. 

Director of the German Suzuki Institute,

violin pedagogue, Suzuki teacher trainer, and author.

Kerstin Wartberg received her professional musical education at the conservatory (Musikhochschule) of Cologne and graduated there with violin performance and teaching degrees. After her graduation in Germany she went to Japan for two years where she was the first German to study at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan. She graduated in 1981.In 1982 she became and still is the director of the teacher training program at the German Suzuki Institute.

She regularly organizes workshops, training courses and concerts. In 1987, she was the Director of the 8th Suzuki Method International Conference at the International Congress Center Berlin with about 4000 active participants from more than 32 different countries. Kerstin Wartberg works in Europe as an examiner for Suzuki teacher training examinations. She is Professor of Music Education at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt (University of Frankfurt) where she teaches instrumental music education and string pedagogy. She gets invited regularly to teach and lecture at different universities, conservatories, European conferences, workshops and festivals.
She is the author of several teaching books and CDs as well as the Step by Step series of violin exercise books with companion CDs, published by Alfred and Recital Training, published by Edition Peters. These series based on Dr. Suzuki’s Method were drafted by Kerstin Wartberg at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan, between 1981 and 1986, approved by Dr. Suzuki and tested by numerous Suzuki teachers, their students, and parents. They represent a source of Suzuki’s instrumental concepts as well as specific instructions concerning the individual pieces, both in written and audio form. Many of the publications are available in German, English, French and Spanish.

Director of the German Suzuki Institute,

violin pedagogue, Suzuki teacher trainer, and author

Kerstin Wartberg received her professional musical education at the conservatory (Musikhochschule) of Cologne and graduated there with violin performance and teaching degrees. After her graduation in Germany she went to Japan for two years where she was the first German to study at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan. She graduated in 1981.In 1982 she became and still is the director of the teacher training program at the German Suzuki Institute.

She regularly organizes workshops, training courses and concerts. In 1987, she was the Director of the 8th Suzuki Method International Conference at the International Congress Center Berlin with about 4000 active participants from more than 32 different countries. Kerstin Wartberg works in Europe as an examiner for Suzuki teacher training examinations. She is Professor of Music Education at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt (University of Frankfurt) where she teaches instrumental music education and string pedagogy. She gets invited regularly to teach and lecture at different universities, conservatories, European conferences, workshops and festivals.
She is the author of several teaching books and CDs as well as the Step by Step series of violin exercise books with companion CDs, published by Alfred Publishing and Recital Training, published by Edition Peters. These series based on Dr. Suzuki’s Method were drafted by Kerstin Wartberg at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan, between 1981 and 1986, approved by Dr. Suzuki and tested by numerous Suzuki teachers, their students, and parents. They represent a source of Suzuki’s instrumental concepts as well as specific instructions concerning the individual pieces, both in written and audio form. Many of the publications are available in German, English, French and Spanish.
Other publications:
My Trio Book
My First Note-Reading Book
Further sheet music with MP3 files you find here.

Angie Villanueva, Professional cellist, Suzuki Cello, Violin, and Viola teacher and instructor in Music Scores! Pre-K Violin literacy program.

Jolanta  Varnauske from Suzuki music studio Lithuania

StringsPlay music - teaching violin, viola and cello 

Education:

 “Ciprian Porumbescu” Conservatory of Music - Bucharest - Romania: Obtained the Master’s Degree of Arts in the field of instrumental Music (Violin).

Session of June 1986

Professional Experience:

-Professor at the National Conservatory of Music – Jordan

-Professor of violin and the conductor of the Little Musicians Academy for children at Zaha Cultural Center, Under the patronage of the Greater Amman Municipality -  from 2013 till the present time.

- member of the National Symphonic Orchestra – Jordan

Recent Activities:

-Collaborating and performing with rewon artists of the musical field. example Andrea Bocelli and Renown Conductor Tariq Alnasser, Mohamed al Seddeeq, Ahmad Ayyad and Tomah Jbara

- Performing in Spain, Portugal and Germany with the Jordanian Foundation of Love Choir

-being part of the national Jordanian Orchestra and performing in different events in Jordan and abroad

- Performing at the 50 years of collaboration Ceremony in the presence of the Hungarian Ambassador in Jordan.

- the Celebration of the National day of Romania: An event organized by the Romanian Embassy in Amman, Jordan.

Jacoline Schot is a multilingual music teacher. Dutch-Swiss, she was born in India and grew up in Switzerland. She started her musical training at the age of 7 at the “Institut Jacques Dalcroze” in Geneva, and studied at the Geneva Music Conservatory. 

Music, children and pedagogy resume her life’s passion.

She became interested in the Suzuki method thanks to her autistic grandson whose key appeared to be music. Her experience includes teaching music to children in situations of diverse handicaps, mental, emotional or physical.

The SAA has awarded her with two scholarships for piano teacher training, in Lima, Peru, and in Oakland, California. She was a top recipient of the ASI -American Suzuki Association- scholarship for violin teacher training in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

The Suzuki method has opened new and unlimited horizons to her life. “Every child can!” She desires to impart the wonderful and priceless gift of music to children (and children at heart) as long as she lives. Beautiful music is an avenue to express a human being’s deepest emotions. It brings hope, comfort, healing and love. It connects us to the spiritual dimension where all things are possible.

Website: https://cdmsge.mymusicstaff.com

SAA (Suzuki Association of the Americas) Registered Training

Core Units

• Every Child Can!
• Filosofía
• Violin Unit 1
• Violin Unit 2
• Violin Unit 3
• Violin Unit 4
• Violin Practicum
• Piano Unit 1
• Piano Unit 2
• Piano Unit 3
• Piano Unit 4
• Piano Unit 5
• Piano Unit 6
• Piano Unit 7
• Piano Practicum
• Piano Teaching Strategies

Supplementary

• Piano Book 1 Refresher!
• Excellence from the Start: Piano Unit 1 Refresher
• Piano The Art of Teaching

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Musikschullehrkraft für Violine, Viola, Kinder- und Jugendstreichorchester;

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Rachel Samson of Chili Dog Strings, located in Plano, TX, USA.

Chloe Ross is the founder of The Studio Violin, a Suzuki violin studio located in Lafayette, California. Founded in 2015, The Studio Violin is a warm and welcoming studio offering expert instruction in violin studies for children ages 3 to 18. Chloe is a Suzuki Association of the Americas Certificate of Achievement recipient as well as a recipient of the Suzuki Association of the Americas Distinguished Young Teacher Award. Chloe also serves as the Assistant Director of the Japan-Seattle Suzuki Institute. She has been a guest lecturer at The International Music Teacher’s Exchange Conference in Remscheid, Germany and was a presenter at the 2024 SAA/ASTA Biannual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

Chloe began studying violin at the age of three, in Seattle, Washington under the tutelage of Kathleen Boyer- principal second violinist with The Seattle Symphony. As a “Suzuki kid” herself, Chloe attended many institutes around the country including the advanced Japan-Seattle and Ithaca College Suzuki Institutes. Along with her Suzuki studies, she was also a member of The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra program.

In 5th grade, Chloe moved across the country to begin musical studies at The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. As a student at Longy, she studied music theory, music composition and history, and performed in monthly masterclasses with many notable renowned violinists. She was the youngest ever admitted member of The Longy Youth Chamber Orchestra, becoming concert master after only a short time with the ensemble. International tours include Canada, Mexico, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Continuing at Longy to receive her Certificate of Violin Performance, Chloe has competed in many competitions performing some of the world’s most iconic violin repertoire both solo and with orchestra.
Principal teachers include Clayton Hoener- principal second violinist of The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, as well as main study with the late Janet Packer- former Longy School of Music String Department Chair and acclaimed soloist. Secondary study with Mark Lakirovich, Sophie Vilker and Roman Totenberg.

In 2010 , Chloe moved back to Seattle and became a section violinist with The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Adam Stern.

Chloe now makes her home in Lafayette, California and her private studio consists of over 50 families! Chloe is strongly influenced by those early years as a Suzuki student, and believes wholeheartedly in the magic of the Suzuki Method. She continues to study Suzuki violin pedagogy with principal mentor Charles Krigbaum, and has taken extensive training with Kerstin Wartberg, Diana Volodka Staggs, Edward Kreitman, Ann Montzka Smelser, Teri Eindfeld, Kathleen Spring and more. She is a registered Suzuki teacher in The Suzuki Association of the Americas, and an active member of The Suzuki Music Association of California as well as her local SAA chapter, The Suzuki Association of Northern California.

The Studio Violin is located in Lafayette, California is active in the Northern California Suzuki Association events. The studio consists of 50 families from around the East Bay Area and is ready to welcome you with open arms!

Violinist, pedagogue, and orchestra conductor from El Salvador.

He began his musical journey at the age of 4 and has 35 years of experience teaching violin using the Suzuki methodology and working as a music educator. He has taken specialized pedagogical courses in countries such as the United States, Peru, Costa Rica, and Spain.

In 2011 and 2013, he participated in the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies at Juilliard School in New York. He has represented his country internationally alongside his students, performing in various concert halls.

He studied orchestral conducting at the Navarro Lara Conducting School, both virtually and in person, under the guidance of Spanish maestro Francisco Navarro Lara. In 2016, he attended the school's annual student gathering in Huelva, Spain, where he had the opportunity to conduct in the country and perform with the International Orchestra of Orchestra Conductors (OIDO).

He has also been invited several times to conduct at Youth Orchestra Gatherings in Leesburg, Virginia, conducting in different concert venues in Washington and Virginia, including the Hall of the Americas at the Organization of American States (OEA).

He has offered various pedagogical training courses for teachers in El Salvador and Central America. As president of the Suzuki Association of El Salvador, he has organized, together with other teachers, eight music festivals for teacher certification in the Suzuki Methodology.

Currently, he is the Principal Conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra at Dr. José Matías Delgado University, the Conductor of the Liceo Francés Orchestra, the owner and director of Forma Acústica Suzuki Music School, and violin professor in the Bachelor's in Music program at Matías Delgado University.

Mi nombre es Paula Ros Bres, soy profesora de violín en Cartagena (España)

I'm a Suzuki violin teacher based in Oak Park, IL. I teach at the Western Springs School of Talent Education & Naperville Suzuki School, where I keep a private studio as well as teach Pre-Twinkle group class and Creative Ability Development group classes. I've done long-term training at the School for Strings in NYC with Allen Lieb, Ekaterina Gerson, and also completed training with Sandy Reuning, Edward Kreitman, Thomas Wermuth, & Nancy Jackson. I learned about Kerstin's materials after attending a workshop with Charles Krigbaum in 2018.

Tina Oyer Ponce earned a B.M. from SUNY Fredonia where she majored in music education. She was the recipient of the Monbusho Scholarship from the Japanese government to research music education at Aichi University in Japan, which included Japanese language study. Upon graduation from Aichi, the next three years were spent studying violin with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the world-renown Suzuki Method. After graduation from Talent Education Research Institute in Matsumoto, she taught Suzuki violin in Marseille, Aix and Paris, France for several years. Tina taught music in public school for 7 years, summer Suzuki program for Public School, has been a guest Suzuki Violin teacher for summer camps in France and the U.S.. Tina earned a M. S. in liberal studies from a Utica College. Tina is active as a musician performing in the Half Moon Orchestra. Tina currently teaches music classes and leads the string ensemble at Utica University . Tina enjoys teaching students in her violin studio, recently online and socially distant outdoor lessons.

Matheus Oliveira violin teacher from Brazil moved recently to Australia. Violin teaching in group and one by one. Violin pedagogy and performance.

i was studying VIOLON at Hue university of art.after graduated,i was a music teacher in primary school.Now i live with my family at buon ma thuot city,i sometimes play violon for weddings,it's too difficult to find a work in bmt city.i find the "imtex.info" very well.i love violon,I want to learn your skills.thank so much from your gift .thank you again.

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Ann Montzka Smelser is a Suzuki Student, Teacher, Parent and Suzuki Teacher Trainer. In between receiving her Bachelors of Music Education and Masters in Performance and Pedagogy at Northern Illinois University, Ann studied with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan.
Ann has performed in many orchestras and ensembles and is currently principal violist with Camerata Chicago and concertmaster of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Ann is on the music faculty at Northern Illinois University and Northwestern University teaching Suzuki Pedagogy, Director of the NIU CSA Suzuki Strings Program and formerly a teacher at the Music Institute of Chicago. Ann maintains a studio of 40 violin and viola students and enjoys working with Suzuki families at Festivals in Lima, Peru, Singapore, Mexico, Costa Rica and though out the US.

Ann lives in DeKalb, IL with her husband Linc.  She loves spending time in nature whether on a bike on foot but especially with her family. Their Suzuki-raised children, Benjamin and Genevieve are currently professional musicians.

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Katie Mattix is the director of Mattix Music Studio, located in the western suburbs of Chicago. She is a registered Suzuki violin and piano teacher. Visit her website at www.mattixmusic.com.

Contact her at katie@mattixmusic.com or 708-638-3027.

JENNY MACMILLAN

I have taught piano privately for over 30 years.  I have a thriving teaching practice of about 20 pupils aged between about three and 14, most pupils then moving to the junior departments of the London music colleges.

I teach according to the Suzuki approach, and am an ESA teacher trainer.  I run a Suzuki teacher training course in Cambridge, UK (see below), and have contributed to training courses and workshops in Norway, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands as well as the UK.

Since completing a masters degree in Psychology for Musicians at Sheffield University, I have written extensively about music education.  My acclaimed book, Successful Practising: A handbook for pupils, parents and music teachers, has been reprinted.  For ten years I was regional organiser of EPTA Cambs.

My website includes tutorials on how to teach and practise the Suzuki piano repertoire; recordings of the repertoire; and many articles on practising, on the Suzuki approach, and on other aspects of music education.

Piano Teacher Training course (Cambridge Suzuki Training)

My ESA piano teacher training course consists of three week-long courses each year – in August, beginning of January, and at Easter.  Training takes place in my own studio so trainees observe and interact with my pupils and their families.  Guest tutors have included Caroline Fraser, Caroline Gowers, Kristinn Orn Kristinsson, Ewa Guz-Seroka, Sue Bird, Beate Toyke, Helen Brunner, Heather Clemson, Paul Harris, Penelope Roskell and Sally Cathcart.

Those who wish to find out more about Suzuki, or who would like to consider this as useful in-service training, are welcome to join us.  Trainees and observers have come from Italy, Spain, Norway, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, America and Australia, as well as the UK.  Feedback from trainees has been enthusiastic.

Several of my articles about the Suzuki approach will be of interest to prospective trainees.  I would particularly recommend the eight articles on Suzuki for Piano published in Music Teacher magazine between 2008 and 2010, and the 13 articles in the special Suzuki issue of Piano Professional which I edited in January 2007. 

I also run a Continuous Professional Development course for Suzuki teachers.  Some of the training, such as early parent education, practising, and group lesson activities, is non-instrument specific so non-pianists also may be interested to visit my studio. 

Do email me if you are interested in finding out more about training courses.

www.liana-pereira.de

Virginia Lamboley is a registered Suzuki Teacher with the SAA, teaching Violin, Viola and Piano in Clearwater, FLA. She performs in symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles on viola.

My name is Laia. I love teaching so I decided to become a Suzuki teacher. I achieved level 5 with Koen Rens in February 2023. I think it's very important to be a good teacher is grow up day by day so I try to learn more every day.

Sou professora de violino e viola na Escola de Música Tio Zequinha em Porto Alegre / RS do Brasil. Trabalho  com 22 anos de uso e utilização da Suzuki e também alguns anos uso do material Passo a Passo da Kestin Wartberg

Violinist Judith Ingolfsson is recognized for her intense, commanding performances, uncompromising musical maturity, and charismatic performance style. Now based in Berlin and enjoying a global career, she performs regularly as soloist, chamber musician and in recital as the Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel, founded in 2006. The New York Times has characterized her playing as producing “both fireworks and a singing tone” and Strings Magazine described her tone as “gorgeous, intense, and variable, flawlessly pure and beautiful in every register.”

She had collaborated with conductors such as Wolfgang Sawallisch, Raymond Leppard, Gilbert Varga, Jesús López-Cobos, Rico Saccani, Gerard Schwarz, and Leonard Slatkin, and appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Tokio, the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder). Concerts have taken her through almost the entire USA and to many other countries, including Germany, France, Spain,the Czech Republic, Russia, China, Japan, Hungary, Iceland, Puerto Rico, Panama, Hong Kong and Macau. She has played in many of the world’s most famous venues, including the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Tokyo Opera City, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Judith Ingolfsson studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Jascha Brodsky, David Cerone, and Donald Weilerstein. In addition to winning the Gold Medal at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1998, Judith Ingolfsson was also a prizewinner at the Premio Paganini Competition in Genoa and at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York. In 1999, she was honored by National Public Radio as Debut Artist of the Year.

She is currently Professor of Violin at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart and co-artistic director and founder of the Festival "Aigues-Vives en Musiques" in France. She performs on a Lorenzo Guadagnini violin, crafted in 1750, and a viola by Yair Hod Fainas.

I have a Suzuki violin studio in Northfield, Minnesota in the USA. I am a registered SAA teacher in books 1-8. My students range in age from 4-18. 

Julian Fisher holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance (Viola) from the University of Toronto (1988). He studied viola with Stanley Solomon and Osher Green. For ten years he was a faculty member at The Royal Conservatory of Music, and is a member of the College of Examiners. As a teacher, Julian is a member of the Suzuki Association of Ontario, serving on the board, and he is a long-time member of the Ontario Registered Teachers’ Association.
Julian is active as an adjudicator in many music festivals across Ontario. He is the violist for the Fisher Quartet, which freelances in the Greater Toronto area. He conducts the Adult Orchestra at the Toronto School for Strings and Piano, which Julian and his wife Mary co-founded in 1999. He is Principal Viola in the Hart House Orchestra at the University of Toronto.

Brecklyn Smith Ferrin began playing the violin at six years old. Over her childhood and teenage years she studied with notable teachers, such as Wendy Flanders, Karen Child, and Leonard Braus (Utah Symphony.) Upon graduating high school, she was accepted at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. While there she worked closely with notable musicians Federico Agostini, Kathleen Winkler, and David Effron. She began her violin pedagogy studies at Indiana University with Mimi Zweig. Brecklyn recently completed her masters degree at the University of Utah, where she was a member of the Graduate Quartet.
She currently teaches violin and Suzuki Early Childhood Education at the Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City..
She also blogs about teaching the Suzuki method at www.pluckyviolinteacher.com

I am the director of the Willamette Violin Academy in Eugene, Oregon. I teach Suzuki violin lessons, group classes, and music theory classes. 

Jessica Retana (Emery) is a Suzuki violin teacher, early childhood music educator, and founder of The Well-Balanced Violin Studio, a Suzuki violin program in Albuquerque, NM. Jessica offers an exceptional musical education for children ages 4-18 through expert instruction and a variety of musical opportunities.

Jessica received her Bachelor of Music in Classical Violin Performance from Belmont University in Nashville, TN. She studied with Elisabeth Small, former Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony and student of Dorothy DeLay, as well as Alison Gooding Hoffman, First Violinist of the Nashville Symphony and founding member of the Grammy nominated Alias Chamber Ensemble. While studying at Belmont University, Jessica received multiple opportunities to participate in major festivals in the United States, including the National Orchestral Institute and the National Music Festival. Through Belmont University and summer festivals, she has a great deal of orchestral recording experience on NPR, Naxos records, national televised broadcasts on PBS, and many other recording projects in Nashville.

After her studies at Belmont, Jessica received her Masters of Music in Violin Performance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX where she studied with Diane Kitzman, Principal First Violinist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. While in Dallas, Jessica regularly performed with regional orchestras and maintained a private studio.

Jessica studies violin pedagogy from her principal mentor Charles Krigbaum, as well as additional Suzuki teacher training from Daina Volodka Staggs, Edward Kreitman, Ann Montzka-Smelser, and Teri Einfeldt. She has also received training in Suzuki Early Childhood Education from Lynn McCall and Wan Tsai Chen. 

Most recently, Jessica was awarded the Suzuki Association of the Americas Certificate of Achievement, an award given to teachers that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to lifelong learning and excellence in their teaching. She is also Vice President of the New Mexico Chapter of the American String Teachers Association. In addition to teaching, Jessica actively performs with many ensembles in New Mexico and Southern Colorado including the New Mexico Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, San Juan Symphony, and the Giovanni String Quartet.

I am a Suzuki violin teacher in Portland, Oregon, USA. https://valleysuzukiviolin.com

I'm Suzuki violin teacher, level 5. I teach violin, orchestra, groups in my own Suzuki studio called Villa Viola. 

I love to play chambermusic.

DEVIN COPFER   is a performer, recording musician, registered Suzuki teacher, and arts entrepreneur based in Columbus, OH. Graduate of the Ohio State University [BM Violin Performance, BA Arts Management ’14].

Devin is the co-founder, director, and violinist in Chamber Brews, a new music performance series committed to breaking down the fourth wall in classical concerts. She also serves as violinist in Columbus’ new Janus String Quartet with the professor of cello at the Ohio State University Mark Rudoff, violist Nancy Nehring, and violinist Leah Anderson. Janus recently performed with BalletMet in their fall 2019 series BeMoved.

Devin is currently serving as Assistant Concertmaster in the Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra, and as Principal Second violinist with the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra. In her freelance performing career, she has worked with the Central Ohio Discovery Ensemble, the Ohio Song Project, Columbus Dance Theater, the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio Wesleyan University, the Ohio State University, Capital University, and the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Devin’s pop and rock projects include Small Songs [AVANT POP], Fables [FOLK/ROCK], Lowlights [FOLK/ROCK], BABS [FUNK/ROCK], and is a featured vocalist on the 2019 Waves de Ache [AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ] album. 

A recipient of 2018 program grants from the Johnstone Fund for New Music and the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Devin is an arts advocate dedicated to sustaining creative programs in the Central Ohio region.

Devin’s strong commitment to Suzuki violin teaching is revealed in her philosophy of nurturing responsibility and respect. She follows Dr. Suzuki’s notion that truly, everyone can learn, that “any child has the possibility to be musically inclined,” as long as we nurture a love of learning and creativity at home as well as in the studio. Devin believes that through music lessons, we not only get to know our playing, but we get to know ourselves. Through the violin we will cover work ethic, responsibility to music and learning, enrolling the immediate and extended family, the joy of hard work, and so much more. In my studio, we understand that success doesn’t come from outcome, but rather from our journey — and we get to learn how to play the violin as well!

Suzukiacademie.be

Gent/Belgium

Sally Coffee

violin

Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Kamolmas Charoensook
Owner/Violin teacher/ Suzuki early chilhood teacher at Aum-Aree Music School, Bangkok Thailand 

Crystal Boyack is a leader in early childhood violin pedagogy and is a highly sought-after teacher, clinician, and lecturer. She is the best-selling author of Wee Violin: World Music Preparatory to Twinkle.

Crystal began teaching and performing at the auspicious age of 15 when she founded and directed Morgan Valley Strings, a community orchestra program.  Over 15 years and 400 students later, Crystal has performed solo, chamber, and symphonic works all over the United States and has taught violin, viola, orchestra, and early childhood music in public, private, and charter schools, youth symphonies, and music camps.  She attended Weber State University studying Music Education studying with Dr. Michael Palumbo and the University of New Mexico studying String Pedagogy and Viola Performance with Susan Kempter and Kimberly Fredenburgh, respectively. At the University of New Mexico, she received her long-term Suzuki training and is still an avid Suzuki teacher. She also is certified in Music Together and currently teaches Music Together Family Classes. 

Crystal is an avid solo, chamber, and orchestral performer, performing all across the State’s Southwest. Before taking an indefinite maternity leave, she was the principal violist of the Albuquerque Philharmonic. 

She is the founder and president of the Albuquerque Upper String Teachers’ Association, on the board for the New Mexico chapter of the American String Teachers’ Association, and is an avid member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. 

In 2016 she began studying Early Childhood Development and Music Learning Theories and synthesizing the two into early childhood violin pedagogy. Crystal is the author of Wee Violin: Music for Young Violinists Preparatory to Twinkle, the only early childhood violin curriculum, which contains traditional music from around the world.

 She currently teaches at the University of New Mexico’s String Lab School and in her home studio. She loves gardening, doing yoga, and playing with her husband and four young kids. 

She can be reached at www.crystalboyackmusicstudio.com

Karen Lorena Bautista Torres, 30

Sie verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung als Violinlehrerin in Kolumbien und Deutschland. Derzeit unterrichtet sie Violine und leitet Ensembles an der Regionalen Kulturschule Malchin. Zudem gibt sie privaten Unterricht für Schüler aller Altersgruppen. Viele ihrer Schüler spielen in verschiedenen Jugendorchestern und haben Preise beim Regional- und Landeswettbewerb „Jugend musiziert“ gewonnen.

Ihr musikalischer Werdegang führte sie von Kolumbien nach Deutschland. Während ihres Bachelorstudiums wurde sie von der Studienstiftung der Javeriana Universität gefördert, ihr Masterstudium im Fach Orchestervioline an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock (Klasse Dr. Holger Wangerin) unterstützte die Ad Infinitum Stiftung. 2019–2020 war sie Mitglied der Orchesterakademie der Norddeutschen Philharmonie. Darüber hinaus vertiefte sie ihr Interesse an der Musikpädagogik in der Klasse von Prof. Christiane Hutcap an der HMT Rostock.

Neben ihrer Lehrtätigkeit ist sie regelmäßig als Aushilfe in mehreren professionellen Orchestern in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern tätig, darunter die Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin und das Philharmonische Orchester des Theaters Vorpommern. Zudem bildet sie sich kontinuierlich als Violinpädagogin weiter und absolviert derzeit die Ausbildung zur Suzuki-Lehrerin bei der Deutschen Suzuki Gesellschaft (DSG).

Unterrichtssprachen: Deutsch und Spanisch

Mein Name ist Marjana und ich arbeite als Suzuki Violin Teacher bei Tirana International School in Tirana, Albania

Teaching and Administrative Experience

2023- present

EY Music Specialist and Violin Teacher at St Louis School - Milan, Italy

Suzuki Violin and Viola Teacher at Centro Musicale Suzuki - Milan, Italy

2020 - 2023

Arts Advisor, Stamford American International School - Singapore

Coordinate the EY visual arts, music and drama teachers, supervise the PYP

Arts curriculum and liaise with administrators and homeroom teachers

2017 - present

Strings and General Music specialist, Suzuki groups and String Orchestra director

Stamford American International School - Singapore

-Plan and execute music lessons for N/KG1, with an emphasis on Suzuki Early Childhood Education, Violin

and integration with the IB Primary Years Program curriculum

-Instruct Suzuki individual students and groups for the Early Years and Elementary divisions

-Conduct the intermediate and advanced string orchestras (grade 1-12)

-Plan, coordinate and conduct regular performances, concerts, showcases, open houses, musicals and

community events, with live instrumental and vocal performances and integration across the Visual Art,

Drama and Music departments

2017

Music specialist in the bilingual project, Scuola Elementare Statale A. Diaz, Milano - Italy

Taught general music in English to all grade one classes

1999-2017

Founder and President of the Association I Piccoli Musicisti - Centro Didattico Musicale,

Director of the Specialist Music School, Milano (Italy)

-developed an original general music and strings curriculum from foundation to advanced level, based

on instruction in violin, viola, cello, piano individual lessons and orchestra

-managed a team of general music, instrumental, and choir teachers

-conducted individual and group lessons in Violin, Early Childhood Music Education, chamber music

-conducted four students orchestras (from foundation to advances)

-Successful preparation of ABRSM and Conservatory Admission exams

2009-2013

Violin Senior Instructor, chamber music teacher and string orchestra conductor, Allegro

Music and Arts, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

-conducted individual and group lessons for violin and orchestra from beginner to advanced level

-external foundation violin group instructor at International School Kuala Lumpur

-Successful preparation of ABRSM and University Admission exams

Violin Mentor in the Suzuki Teacher Training Program, Malaysia Suzuki Association, Kota

Kinabalu (Malaysia)

-contributed to establish the Suzuki program in Malaysia

-supervised the trainees in the teacher training program conducted by the Korean Suzuki Trainers

-conducted workshops, presentation to the public and Institutes/camps

1991-1999

G. Verdi Symphony Orchestra, CARME - La Scala Ensemble and Scottish Chamber Orchestra

sectional first and second violinist

Public and private institutions, Conservatorio di Musica, Como, Italy

violin teacher and external examiner

Strings Consultant and Suzuki Clinician experience

2009-2020

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, SG: Violin faculty at three Singapore International Strings Conferences

Asia Regional Suzuki Association, Bali, Indonesia: Violin guest faculty, 6th Asia Suzuki Conference

Suzuki Music Association Indonesia, JK: Violin faculty during all Summer Institutes in Jakarta

Thailand Suzuki Association, BKK: Violin faculty during all Summer Institutes in Bangkok

Asia Suzuki Association, KK - Malaysia: Violin guest faculty, 4th Asia Suzuki Music Conference

International Association of Southeast Asian Schools, KL, Malaysia: Festival adjudicator

Author

Edizioni Musicali CURCI, Milano (Italy)

Authored eleven books of scales and repertoire for violinists, developing a fresh approach to teaching

beginners and young children, based on Italian folk tunes, duets and chamber music

Archi Magazine, Roma (Italy)

Authored articles about violin pedagogy and Early Childhood Music Education

European Suzuki Association

Reviewed the Suzuki Early Childhood Education curriculum, translating and adapting it to the Italian

Language and cultural heritage based on children folk tunes and activities

Education and Professional Development

2022 QTS (Qualified Teacher Status to teach K-12)

2020 Certificate: Project Zero - Creating Cultures of Thinking, Harvard Graduate School of Education

2019 European Suzuki Association - Diploma in Violin Teaching, ESA, Lyon (France)

2019 Certificate:  Project Based Learning, SAIS - Singapore

2018 Certificate: Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol, SAIS - Singapore

2017 Certificate: Making the PYP Happen in the Classroom / Category 1, Singapore

2013 Intermediate Certificate: Suzuki Early Childhood Education, Luzern (Switzerland)

2012 Certificate of completion Winter Violin Academy, Chioggia (Italy)

2007 Advanced Certificate: Gordon Music Learning Theory, Rome (Italy)

1999-2008 Professional Development in Kodaly Method and Dalcroze Eurhythmics (Italy, UK)

1990 Master’s Degree in Violin Performance - Conservatorio G. Verdi, Milan (Italy)