Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka
Violin, Viola Teacher
SAA Member
Teaching Availability
Accepting new Violin, Viola students in:
Rockford IL 61108
815-399-1794
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La Salle IL 61301
815-399-1794
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Peru IL 61354
815-399-1794
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SAA Registered Training
Core Units
- Suzuki Principles in Action
- Violin Book 1
- Violin Book 2
- Violin Book 3
- Violin Book 4
- Violin Book 5
- Violin Book 6
- Violin Book 7
- Violin Book 8
- Violin Book 9
- Violin Book 10
- Violin Practicum
Bachelor of music in music performance and music education from Northern Arizona University with emphasis on Suzuki pedagogy; master of music in music performance and Suzuki Pedagogy from East Carolina University.
Mr. Tanaka is the former Suzuki program founder/director at Upper Valley Music Center and Twin State Suzuki Workshop in Lebanon, NH. A registered Suzuki teacher in Book 1 though Book 10, he has studied long term Suzuki pedagogy with Louise Scott, Karin Hallberg, and Joanne Bath. Additional short-term training with Nancy Lokken, Barbara Barber, Alice Joy Lewis, and Daphne Hughes. He studied violin with Hana Aoto, Hal Grossman, Louise Scott, Victor Liva and Ara Gregorian, and he was former member of Flagstaff Symphony.
Mr. Tanaka is violin/viola instructor at Music Academy in Rockford, Adjunct Faculty member of violin/viola at Rockford College, and violin/viola instructor at Illinois Valley Youth Symphony’s Music school.
