Author: Erin Rushforth

Join us in congratulating our newest Violin Teacher Trainer Candidate, April Martin. We’re pleased to welcome April to this stage and to recognize her ongoing commitment to teacher education. She joins the growing cadre of new Teacher Trainers and Candidates since last summer: Sarah Cummings, violinCharles Regauer, violaKaryn Grove-Bruce, viola Congratulations to all!

January 1, 2026, marks the start of a pilot program for Unit 1 training. As part of this pilot, SAA is highly encouraging, but no longer requiring, the submission of an audition to enroll in Unit 1 training. While the audition is optional during this period, all participants are still expected to meet the high…