Member Directory

Clara Hardie

Violin, Viola Teacher SAA Member

I have worked with youth of all ages for more then ten years mentoring, tutoring & doing art therapy. I’m going on my 3rd year of teaching private lessons & group violin classes/summer camps around Detroit. I use the Suzuki method; my goal is to nurture the development of admirable humanity and beautiful music ability in my students. I teach youth ages 2-16 at COMPAS Cultural Center in SW Detroit, at Orchestra Hall with youth from Capuchin Soup Kitchen as well as facilitating private lessons at the Cass Community Commons at Cass & Forest downtown. I completed a series of Suzuki Music Teacher Training programs with Suzuki Royal Institute of Music with Director Mark Mutter including “Every Child Can”, Pre-Twinkle & Suzuki Books 1 through 5. I went to college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and then moved to Detroit in 2006. I’ve been a Suzuki kid since age 5 when I started lessons in Marquette, where I was born. I went to Blue Lake Fine Arts and Stevens Point many summers of my childhood and traveled to Europe with the Blue Lake International Youth Symphony Orchestra when I was 16. I’ve also played electric violin in indy bands and on a few of my friends albums. [updated March 2012]