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~ 2009 Suzuki Festival ~
Friday & Saturday, March 20-21, 2009
Hopkins Center - Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
2009 Festival Photo Album
| Guest Clinicians |
| Lisa Lederer ~ Violin |
| Violinist Lisa Lederer is the Director of the Longy School of Music Suzuki Program in Cambridge, MA, where she has been on the faculty for 19 years. She has been a teacher and clinician at numerous workshops, camps and festivals as well as directed the Massachusetts Suzuki Festival. She is a past-President of the Suzuki Association of Massachusetts. Ms. Lederer freelances in and around the Boston area.
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| Kathy Post ~ Violin |
| Eighteen years ago Kathy post entered the Suzuki world as the parent of two new little violinists, aged 4 and 7. The excitement, joy, and pride as they happily learned about the world, themselves, and of course, music generated a desire to make all this possible for other children and their families, too. Training at institutes, workshops, camps, conferences, teacher training, and 15 years of teaching has produced beautifully developing students, nurtured by loving parents and a community of learning. All parties co-operate and "learn-how-to-learn" to create a world of love, honor, safety and challenge, beautified and enriched by music, peopled by loving adults and comrades.
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| Pam Reit ~ Violin |
Pam Reit has been a Suzuki teacher for 20 years. She has taught at Institutes and Workshops around the United States. She is the Music Director of Vermont Suzuki Violins, Inc. in Northern Vermont. She teaches privately in her home while raising her children Layla and Abby. She has a BM from Peabody Conservatory and an MM from Rice University.
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| Chris Cavenaugh ~ Violin |
| Chris Cavanaugh, suzuki violin - B.A., theology, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. Suzuki Training at Hartt Suzuki Institute and Capital Suzuki Institute. Studied with John Fredrickson of American Conservatory. Performances include New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra and the band Brother Sun. Worship Director with various churches.
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| Bob Mark ~ Orchestra |
| Bob Mark has a rich and varied background as a performer, composer, educator and administrator. He was assistant concertmaster of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra as well as contractor, developer, and presenter of children's programs, Director of Instrumental Music at Northfield Mt. Hermon School and Assistant Director of their summer school. He has been a conductor and clinician of "All-State programs in New York, Vermont and and New Hampshire. Bob has been a member of a number of Resident String Quartets and Piano Trios at educational institutions. Bob co-founded the Upper Valley Music Center, and until 2006 was Artistic Director, conducted their string orchestras and coached chamber music. He presently has his own studio where he teaches violin and viola lessons as well as coaching chamber music.
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| Erik Madsen ~ Violin |
| Erik Madsen decided to become a Suzuki violin teacher when he heard the
Japanese tour group perform in Montreal in 1975. He has taught ever
since. In addition to taking teacher training and observing at
institutes, his teacher development includes a period of study with the
late Dr.Suzuki in Matsumoto, Japan. A B.Mus. in Performance and an M.A.
in Education were both obtained at McGill University. Erik founded
Institut Suzuki Montreal in 1979 and directed it for 25 years. He
currently maintains a studio in the Montreal area, where he teaches
pupils aged 3 - 17, from beginning to advanced players. Erik also
conducts string orchestras. Several of his former pupils have gone on to
careers in music or are presently enrolled in conservatories. The
majority have chosen other paths, their lives enriched by music. Erik is
married to Kirsten, a Suzuki cello teacher. They have four children:
Emmanuel, Isaac, Jacob and Else.
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| Kirsten Madsen ~ Cello |
| Kirsten Madsen began playing cello at the age of three with the Suzuki Method. As a student she won many competitions and honors. At the age of thirteen she began teaching as an aide. She went on to study under cellist Wolfgang Laufer and was chosen to perform in master classes for renowned cellists such as Truls Mark and Sharon Robinson. In 1995 she completed a one year teaching apprenticeship at the Georgia Academy of Music with Dr. Beth Cantrell. To this experience she added short term teacher training courses through the SAA. She maintained a private studio as well as teaching both cello and Musical Beginnings at the Georgia Academy of Music. In addition to teaching she performed regularly with a string quartet, and was assistant principal of the Dekalb Symphony Orchestra. In 2000 she moved to Montreal to marry Suzuki violin teacher Eric Madsen. They enjoy a combined private studio. Kirsten now teaches part time as most of her time is occupied in caring for their four small children.
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| Marcia Cassidy ~ Chamber Music |
| Marcia Cassidy, violist, has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan to critical acclaim as a member of the Franciscan String Quartet. Ms. Cassidy pursued her musical training at the University of Texas, University of New Mexico, New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory and with the Tokyo String Quartet at the Yale School of Music. Her principal teachers have included Geraldine Walther, Burton Fine, Leonard Felberg and Doris Norton. She is a member of the Bella Rosa String Quartet, the New England Bach Festival Orchestra, and the faculty of Dartmouth College.
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| Workshop Providers |
| Peter Blum ~ Workshop Director |
Peter Blum has been a Suzuki teacher in Vermont for 17 years. He is the
President of the Northeastern Suzuki Foundation which organizes large Festivals
and Workshops. He has a BA in music from Vassar College, an MS in Music
Education from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from RPI - Hartford
Graduate Center. Peter has been the string teacher at the Wellspring Waldorf School for the past three years.
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| Erik Nielsen ~ Composition |
| Erik Nielsen has been composing for 30 years and his catalog includes works for chorus, orchestra, solo instruments, chamber music of many configurations and electronic music. His clarinet quintet, a commission from the National Symphony Orchestra, was premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C in 2004. He has also recently received commissions from the Vermont All-State Music Festival, Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Vermont Youth Orchestra. He is Composer-in-Residence and composition mentor at Bloomfield, East Hartford, Simsbury and Wethersfield High Schools in Connecticut. He is a composition mentor with the Vermont Midi and Teen Voices Projects and also teaches music theory and composition with the Vermont Youth Orchestra as well as composition and Orff-Schulwerk at a number of music camps. Mr. Nielsen lives in Brookfield, Vermont. He and his wife, Barbara have three daughters, Cora, Christina and Ingrid.
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| Kate Ullman ~ Kodaly |
Kate Ullman, Children's Chorus. B.A., Washington College, M.MEd., Hartt School of Music; Graduate Certificate, Kodaly Pedagogical Institute, Hungary. Ms. Ullman has taught chorus and classroom music in Windham County for 18 years. She has performed all her life as a singer, most recently in the role of Suora Beatrice in a production of Puccini's Suor Angelica at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro.
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| Paula Mann ~ Drama |
| Paula Mann has been a professional actress for the past 27 years, appearing
in film, television and regional theatres. She has appeared in numerous
productions at the Dorset Theatre Festival and won four Best Actress awards
for her work. She also created and ran a summer drama camp for children at
the DTF and is currently teaching acting at Green Mountain College in
Poultney, Vermont.
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| Linda Blum ~ Art |
Linda Blum of Springfield, Vermont has been educated in art and teaching and is presently employed in a teaching position. Her painting is done with a fast-dry oil medium. There has been an on-going interest in puppetry and drama, and she has created many puppets, back drops and props. She has traveled with her puppets and plays. Her art interests are varied, and that enthusiastic creativity brings an interesting experience to the students. Linda has been on the faculty of the Springfield Schools for six years. She teaches "Art for Young Naturalists" at the Vershare Camp and has been teaching art at various Suzuki Camps and Festivals for the past eight years. She is presently working as a tutor through Club Z.
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