Ms. Ann Marie Novak
Piano Teacher
SAA Member
SAA Registered Training
Core Units
- Every Child Can!
- Suzuki Principles in Action
- Piano Foundation 1A
- Piano Foundation 1B
- Piano Book 2
- Piano Book 3
- Piano Book 4
- Piano Book 5
Supplementary
- Piano Basics
Ann Marie Novak earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Oberlin College-Conservatory of Music. She holds a Master of Music from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She began her Suzuki training with Martha Stacy at Oberlin. She has pursued further studies with Haruko Kataoka, Valery Lloyd-Watts, Carole Bigler and Yasuko Joichi. Ms. Novak taught Suzuki Piano for nearly 10 years in Ohio and Massachusetts. While residing on the East Coast, she was the founding director of the Northampton Community Music Center and the Suzuki Department Coordinator at the Community Music School of Springfield. Ms. Novak moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin in 1992, where she is on the faculty of the Aber Suzuki Center at UWSP. She maintains a studio of approximately 40 students and performs with colleagues and accompanies students in the ASC program. Ms. Novak also teaches at workshops around the country and at the American Suzuki Institute at Stevens Point. She also has taught at the Colorado Suzuki Institute. She currently is a WMTA District Chair and has served as the President of the Suzuki Association of Wisconsin.
