Ontario Suzuki String Teacher Development

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susan gagnon

Susan Gagnon holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario. She has also attended masterclasses at the Banff School of Fine Arts with Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. She is a member of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chrysalis Piano Quartet and String Quartet Panache. Ms. Gagnon has been a faculty member of The Royal Conservatory of Music since 1984, and was a major contributor to the Cello Syllabus, 1995 Edition. Susan is a registered teacher trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She also is a member of the Canadian Federation of Adjudicators and has adjudicated and given workshops throughout southern Ontario, in Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton. Her summer teaching activities include Suzuki Institutes throughout North America, Music at Port Milford, and the Oakville Performing Arts Day Camp.

oakville/toronto, ontario
phone 905-844-8718
e-mail psgagnon@globalserve.net

david evenchick

David Evenchick has been head of the cello area of the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, IA, for 10 years and has been Music Associate at Grinnell College since 2002. He has been in demand at workshops and summer institutes across North America as a teacher and Suzuki Association of the Americas approved teacher trainer. David is currently a Doctoral Candidate at The University of Iowa where he has been the resident celist for The Center for New Music. He has been a member of The Cedar Rapids Symphony, The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, The Victoria Symphony, and The Prince George Symphony.

David was recently awarded the Anne T. Clearly Fellowship for International Doctoral research to persue his research in Zagreb, Croatia. He will continue his study of the Croatian Cellist, Teacher and Composer, Rudolf Matz. David has moved to Guelph in the summer of 2004 with his wife Jennifer to join the faculty of the Suzuki String School of Guelph.

guelph, ontario
phone 519-780-2491
temporary e-mail david-evenchick@uiowa.edu

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paule barsalou

A native of Dunham, P.Q., Paule Barsalou holds a B.A. in Music Performance from Laval University (PQ) and an M.A. in Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy from the Cleveland Institute of Music (OH). Her main teachers and mentors have been Michele Higa George, Daphne Hughes, David Cerone, Kathleen Winkler and Gyorgy Terebesi. Ms. Barsalou is a Suzuki teacher trainer approved by the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Since 1989 she has been teaching at the Suzuki String School of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, where she became the artistic coordinator in 2004. She is a guest teacher at institutes and workshops throughout Canada and adjudicates at music festivals in Ontario. She is on part-time faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a member of the Guelph Chamber Orchestra and performs in solo and chamber music recitals on a regular basis. Ms. Barsalou is the director of the Southwestern Ontario Suzuki Institute held every August at Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario. She lives in Guelph with her husband pianist Ken Gee.

guelph, ontario
phone 519-836-3798
e-mail paule@artset.net

karen-michele kimmett

Karen-Michele Kimmett is a graduate of the University of Toronto, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and Ithaca College (Master of Music). She has taught at Seneca College, the Royal Conservatory of Music and at the music school ITE in Ithaca, NY. In 1985 she joined the faculty of the Institut Suzuki in Lyon, France, and from 1990-2000 co-founded and directed the Institut Musical Suzuki Paris in Paris, France. She is a teacher trainer for the ESA (European Suzuki Association) and the SAA, and has taught in numerous European countries- Belguim, England, Holland, Spain, Ireland and Scotland - as well as in Morocco, Canada, the United States, St. Barthélemey and South Africa. She has served on the Board of the ESA, and from 1999-2001 was Secretary in the European String Teacher’s Association (ESTA-France). Ms. Kimmett currently maintains an active private studio in Kingston, Ontario while continuing to do workshops and teacher development in North America, France and South Africa.

kingston, ontario
phone 613-531-6039
e-mail karenm1277@cs.com

elayne ras

Elayne Ras began Suzuki violin lessons at the age of 11 at the first Suzuki school in Toronto. She attended University of Western Ontario, and received her Honours Bachelor in Musis Performance, and her BA in Psychology. Elayne has worked with many wonderful Suzuki Teacher Trainers while pursuing teacher training, including Alice Joy Lewis, John Kendall, Margery Aber, Nancy Lokken, and Becky Sandrok, and recently became a registered Teacher Trainer with the SAA, one of only 7 violin Trainers in Canada (3 in Ontario). In 1984 Elayne began teaching in Huron County, and in 1988 she founded the Huron String School when she moved to Goderich. The School now serves over 75 students, (violin and cello), and includes a commuting teacher and a Theory Through Movement teacher on staff, a beginning Orchestra of the intermediate students, and a chamber group of the advanced students who perform with her at weddings and other special events. Several of her students have also been members of the London Youth Symphony. Elayne has been on the faculty at Institutes in Kansas, Waterloo and Manitoba, has been a clinician for Suzuki workshops in many communities, and has adjudicated at the Kiwanis Festivals in London and Brampton. She is currently the Vice-Chair of the Suzuki Association of Ontario, and she presented a session on Rural Suzuki Teaching at the recent SAA conference in Minneapolis. In addition, Elayne has conducted a community Band of all ages in Goderich since 1989.

goderich, ontario
phone 519-524-5634.
e-mail elayner@huronstringschool.org

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	cello susan gagnon Susan Gagnon holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario. She has also attended masterclasses at the Banff School of Fine Arts with Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. She is a member of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chrysalis Piano Quartet and String Quartet Panache. Ms. Gagnon has been a faculty member of The Royal Conservatory of Music since 1984, and was a major contributor to the Cello Syllabus, 1995 Edition. Susan is a registered teacher trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She also is a member of the Canadian Federation of Adjudicators and has adjudicated and given workshops throughout southern Ontario, in Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton. Her summer teaching activities include Suzuki Institutes throughout North America, Music at Port Milford, and the Oakville Performing Arts Day Camp. oakville/toronto, ontario phone 905-844-8718 e-mail psgagnon@globalserve.net david evenchick David Evenchick has been head of the cello area of the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, IA, for 10 years and has been Music Associate at Grinnell College since 2002. He has been in demand at workshops and summer institutes across North America as a teacher and Suzuki Association of the Americas approved teacher trainer. David is currently a Doctoral Candidate at The University of Iowa where he has been the resident celist for The Center for New Music. He has been a member of The Cedar Rapids Symphony, The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, The Victoria Symphony, and The Prince George Symphony. David was recently awarded the Anne T. Clearly Fellowship for International Doctoral research to persue his research in Zagreb, Croatia. He will continue his study of the Croatian Cellist, Teacher and Composer, Rudolf Matz. David has moved to Guelph in the summer of 2004 with his wife Jennifer to join the faculty of the Suzuki String School of Guelph. guelph, ontario phone 519-780-2491 temporary e-mail david-evenchick@uiowa.edu violin paule barsalou A native of Dunham, P.Q., Paule Barsalou holds a B.A. in Music Performance from Laval University (PQ) and an M.A. in Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy from the Cleveland Institute of Music (OH). Her main teachers and mentors have been Michele Higa George, Daphne Hughes, David Cerone, Kathleen Winkler and Gyorgy Terebesi. Ms. Barsalou is a Suzuki teacher trainer approved by the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Since 1989 she has been teaching at the Suzuki String School of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, where she became the artistic coordinator in 2004. She is a guest teacher at institutes and workshops throughout Canada and adjudicates at music festivals in Ontario. She is on part-time faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a member of the Guelph Chamber Orchestra and performs in solo and chamber music recitals on a regular basis. Ms. Barsalou is the director of the Southwestern Ontario Suzuki Institute held every August at Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario. She lives in Guelph with her husband pianist Ken Gee. guelph, ontario phone 519-836-3798 e-mail paule@artset.net karen-michele kimmett Karen-Michele Kimmett is a graduate of the University of Toronto, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and Ithaca College (Master of Music). She has taught at Seneca College, the Royal Conservatory of Music and at the music school ITE in Ithaca, NY. In 1985 she joined the faculty of the Institut Suzuki in Lyon, France, and from 1990-2000 co-founded and directed the Institut Musical Suzuki Paris in Paris, France. She is a teacher trainer for the ESA (European Suzuki Association) and the SAA, and has taught in numerous European countries- Belguim, England, Holland, Spain, Ireland and Scotland - as well as in Morocco, Canada, the United States, St. Barthélemey and South Africa. She has served on the Board of the ESA, and from 1999-2001 was Secretary in the European String Teacher’s Association (ESTA-France). Ms. Kimmett currently maintains an active private studio in Kingston, Ontario while continuing to do workshops and teacher development in North America, France and South Africa. kingston, ontario phone 613-531-6039 e-mail karenm1277@cs.com elayne ras Elayne Ras began Suzuki violin lessons at the age of 11 at the first Suzuki school in Toronto. She attended University of Western Ontario, and received her Honours Bachelor in Musis Performance, and her BA in Psychology. Elayne has worked with many wonderful Suzuki Teacher Trainers while pursuing teacher training, including Alice Joy Lewis, John Kendall, Margery Aber, Nancy Lokken, and Becky Sandrok, and recently became a registered Teacher Trainer with the SAA, one of only 7 violin Trainers in Canada (3 in Ontario). In 1984 Elayne began teaching in Huron County, and in 1988 she founded the Huron String School when she moved to Goderich. The School now serves over 75 students, (violin and cello), and includes a commuting teacher and a Theory Through Movement teacher on staff, a beginning Orchestra of the intermediate students, and a chamber group of the advanced students who perform with her at weddings and other special events. Several of her students have also been members of the London Youth Symphony. Elayne has been on the faculty at Institutes in Kansas, Waterloo and Manitoba, has been a clinician for Suzuki workshops in many communities, and has adjudicated at the Kiwanis Festivals in London and Brampton. She is currently the Vice-Chair of the Suzuki Association of Ontario, and she presented a session on Rural Suzuki Teaching at the recent SAA conference in Minneapolis. In addition, Elayne has conducted a community Band of all ages in Goderich since 1989. goderich, ontario phone 519-524-5634. e-mail elayner@huronstringschool.org piano \| strings \| flute \| every child can! \| early childhood \| calendar \| institutes \| sao \| saa