Every Child Can!
Jun 15 – 16, 2023 in Draper, UT
at Intermountain Suzuki String Institute

What

Every Child Can!

Instructor: Erika Lord-Castillo

Event Description

Every Child Can! an introductory course on the Suzuki philosophy and its application to education. For parents, teachers, prospective teachers and others, this course provides an inspiring, in-depth look at the Suzuki approach to teaching and learning. For teachers, ECC serves as the first course in the Suzuki Association of the Americas Teacher Development Program. To learn more, read about the ECC course and its guidelines.

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Trainer Information

Erika Lord-Castillo (violin, viola) has been a faculty teacher in the SIU-Edwardsville Suzuki Program since 2009 and became a Suzuki Violin Teacher Trainer in 2021. Originally from Iowa City, Iowa, Erika earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature, Sciences and Arts from the University of Iowa. She holds a Master’s in Music Education from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and studied Suzuki pedagogy Violin Books 1-10 with Vera McCoy-Sulentic. Erika has performed with numerous community orchestras in Iowa and Oregon, with the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra, the Illinois Symphony, and is a regular member of the Edwardsville Community Symphony and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Orchestra. Erika is also a regular contributor to the American Suzuki Journal. Erika received the Suzuki Association Certificate of Achievement Level 1 in the summer of 2015.

When

Thursday, June 15 to Friday, June 16, , 2023