Member Directory

Ms. Mary Cay Neal

Violin Teacher, Administrator · Teacher Trainer SAA Member

Mary Cay Neal is the founder and director of Buffalo Suzuki Strings, which is now in its 43rd year of operation. At present, Mary Cay teaches 25 violin students and conducts the B.S.S. Friendship Touring Ensemble, whose message of “World Harmony Through Music” has been shared in 22 countries since 1984. Mary Cay holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from Georgia State University and has done post-graduate work in Suzuki Pedagogy. She has studied with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki on many occasions including: teacher-training workshops at the International Conferences in Hawaii in 1975 and 1977; Munich, Germany in 1979; Amherst, Massachusetts in 1981; Matsumoto, Japan in 1983; and has taught at the International Suzuki Teacher’s Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1985; Adelaide, Australia in 1991; Matsumoto, Japan in 1999; and Torino, Italy in 2006. Mary Cay is a registered Teacher Trainer and has served on The Suzuki Association of the Americas Board of Directors for three terms. She has taught teacher training and violin at many Suzuki Institutes and workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan and South America.