{"id":219980,"name":"Abbey Hansen","url":"","description":"Cellist, artist-teacher and SAA registered Cello Teacher Trainer, Abbey Hansen, maintains an active teaching and performing schedule in the Cleveland area where she has lived since 2016.  As founder and director of Cleveland Cello School, Ms. Hansen maintains a full and active studio of cello students ages 3 and up and their families. In addition to her work with Suzuki students, she conducts a two-year graduate Suzuki teacher-training program, part of a unique dual Master's degree in Cello Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Prior to her appointment at CIM and founding the Cleveland Cello School, Ms. Hansen served on faculty at the Music Institute of Chicago, Rockford College Music Academy, Community School of the Arts at Northern Illinois University and Music Academy at Lawrence University.\r\n         An in-demand guest clinician, Ms. Hansen has taught and lectured at workshops and institutes from coast to coast. Ms. Hansen has also performed in several chamber music ensembles in the Chicagoland area and has been featured on faculty and alumni recitals throughout the Midwest. In 2006, she had the privilege of performing in a friendship concert at the Suzuki Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan. In 2016 Ms. Hansen became the youngest ever registered Suzuki Cello Teacher Trainer. She is also the recipient of the Suzuki Association of the Americas\u2019 Level 1 Certificate of Achievement for excellence in Suzuki education.\r\n          Ms. Hansen\u2019s students have served as principal players in Cleveland and Chicago area youth orchestras, Interlochen and Blue Lake summer camps, and were selected to join the Suzuki Youth Orchestra of the Americas.  Hansen Studio cellists have placed in Cleveland and Chicagoland competitions including Cleveland Cello Society, Granquist, Protege Philharmonic, Rockford Women\u2019s Club and Midwest Young Artists and have continued their cello studies at top universities such as Amhurst, Drake, Brown, Oberlin and University of Illinois.\r\n          Ms. Hansen grew up in Iowa City, IA and began her cello studies in the public school system. She graduated from Lawrence University earning a Bachelors of Music in cello performance. She continued her education as a Dutton Low Strings Fellow at Northern Illinois University, earning both a Masters of Music (Cello Performance and Pedagogy) and a Performers Certificate. Ms. Hansen has registered Suzuki training with Gilda Barston, Pam Devenport, Nancy Hair, Carol Tarr and Jean Dexter.  Her primary cello teachers include Betsy Hawtrey, Janet Anthony and Marc Johnson.  Ms. Hansen lives in Cleveland Heights, OH with her husband, two Suzuki cellist children, and  Havanese dog.","link":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/es\/author\/ahcellogmail-com\/","slug":"ahcellogmail-com","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-24x24.jpeg","48":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-48x48.jpeg","96":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-96x96.jpeg"},"meta":{"lw_harbor_dismissed_notices":[],"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_last_posted":0},"acf":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":37373,"full":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480.jpeg","blog_id":1,"64":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-64x64.jpeg","32":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-32x32.jpeg","256":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-256x256.jpeg","128":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-128x128.jpeg","68":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-68x68.jpeg","34":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-34x34.jpeg","192":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-192x192.jpeg","96":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-96x96.jpeg","48":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-48x48.jpeg","260":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-260x260.jpeg","24":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/170720241721199480-24x24.jpeg"},"kb":{"avatar":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/6f25ae35b9be7362e0037b1eeebfdd2f.jpg?ver=1780205058","registered":"January 1, 1970"},"is_super_admin":false,"woocommerce_meta":{"variable_product_tour_shown":"","activity_panel_inbox_last_read":"","activity_panel_reviews_last_read":"","categories_report_columns":"","coupons_report_columns":"","customers_report_columns":"","orders_report_columns":"","products_report_columns":"","revenue_report_columns":"","taxes_report_columns":"","variations_report_columns":"","dashboard_sections":"","dashboard_chart_type":"","dashboard_chart_interval":"","dashboard_leaderboard_rows":"","order_attribution_install_banner_dismissed":"","scheduled_updates_promotion_notice_dismissed":"","homepage_layout":"","homepage_stats":"","task_list_tracked_started_tasks":"","android_app_banner_dismissed":"","launch_your_store_tour_hidden":"","coming_soon_banner_dismissed":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}