Dr. Sera Jane Smolen
Cello Teacher
SAA Member
SAA Registered Training
Core Units
- Every Child Can!
- Cello Foundation 1A
- Cello Foundation 1B
- Cello Book 2
- Cello Book 3
- Cello Book 4
- Cello Book 5
- Cello Book 6
Dr. Sera Smolen, Performer, Suzuki cello studio, including Creative Ability Development: Smolen performs with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra in Ithaca NY. As an improvisor, she collaborates with dancers, sculptors, painters and poets. She composes, records and performs original music with her husband, Tom Mank. She has had a thriving Suzuki Cello studio since 1978, and teaches cello at the Ithaca Waldorf school. Her doctoral study allowed her to explore the Suzuki Philosophy and Method in relation to the new impulse in Waldorf music education. Smolen has included Creative Ability Devleopment all levels in her studio since she met Alice Kanack in 1992. The philosophy and method of Creative Ability Development, as Dr. Suzuki recommends, profoundly helps us discover the innate musical brilliance of our children parallel with their repertoire study and group classes. Smolen has taught at Mansfield and Alfred Universities, and at Hobart and William Smith College. She is the Assistant Director of the New Directions Cello Festival, and leads seminars for teachers in Creative Ability Development.
