Every Child Can!
Jul 10 – 11, 2021 in Evanston, IL
at Chicago Suzuki Institute

What

Every Child Can!

Instructor: Susan McDonald

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

Susan Montzka McDonald is Suzuki Coordinator at the Community Music School of Webster University, where she has taught for over 35 years. She has taught at numerous Suzuki workshops and institutes from California to Florida. She is a registered SAA Violin Teacher Trainer, and has served on the SAA Board of Directors.

Susan began her study of the violin as a Suzuki student of Kazuko Numanami in Oberlin, Ohio. She earned her BM in Music Education from Lawrence University Conservatory and her MA in Violin Performance from Western Illinois University, where she studied Suzuki Pedagogy with Almita Vamos. She continued her long-term pedagogy study with John Kendall at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Susan currently performs with the Metropolitan Orchestra of St. Louis. She is also the mother of two Suzuki violin graduates.

When

Saturday, July 10 to Sunday, July 11, , 2021