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MaryLou Roberts

Guitar Teacher, Parent, Administrator · Teacher Trainer SAA Member

MaryLou Roberts is a classical guitarist and an active teacher trainer in the SAA and ESA. Currently serving on the board of directors of the Suzuki Association, offering training courses in the US, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico, Ireland and Australia offers a wonderful opportunity to connect with guitarists and Suzuki teachers world-wide. MaryLou received a Bachelor’s degree in Guitar Performance from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, studying with John Holmquist and Gilbert Biberian, and her Master’s Degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received the Valedictory Award and was elected a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. She is Coordinator of the Ann Arbor Suzuki Institute of Music, with the support of many amazing teachers there. She has served as the Guitar Conference Coordinator in 2008 and 2012, and serves on the Teacher Development Advisory Committee for the SAA. MaryLou has recently been named Chair of the ISA Guitar Committee, which works on the core materials for the Suzuki Guitar editions, and has recently co-authored an article with Mychal Gendron, printed in the GFA Soundboard entitled “The Suzuki Guitar Experience”. Master classes she has performed in include Manuel Barrueco, Sharon Isbin, Angel Romero, Tanya Chagnot, Gilbert Biberian, John Holmquist and David Russell, Steven Dodgson, Reginald Smith-Brindle, and Toyohiko Sato. MaryLou participated in extensive Suzuki training with Frank Longay, Bill Kossler and David Madsen, and attended Suzuki master classes with John Kendall. She is director of the Ann Arbor Suzuki Guitar Institute held each summer, and is on the adjunct faculty at Schoolcraft College.