{"id":205282,"name":"Nancy Modell","url":"","description":"As a teacher trainer and private studio director, <strong>Nancy Modell<\/strong> enhances classic Suzuki piano pedagogy with a curriculum that nurtures original musical composition. She also promotes the Taubman Approach, which gives pianists transformative tools for physical health and musical expressivity.\r\n\r\nNancy graduated from Ithaca College School of Music earning degrees in piano performance and education. She studied the international Suzuki Approach with Sanford Reuning, Carole Bigler, and Valery Lloyd-Watts.\r\n\r\nEstablished in Springfield, NJ since 1992, Nancy Modell\u2019s Suzuki Piano Studio embraces Dr. Suzuki\u2019s philosophy that \u2018Every Child Can!\u2019, Nancy and her studio community strive to foster an anti-racist and equitable music studio culture. Her students are exposed to diverse genres and composers, expanding their musical horizons beyond the Suzuki repertoire. She encourages musicians to explore composers from underrepresented backgrounds (women, BIPOC, etc.) and music from their cultural heritage. Students of all levels compose original music at Nancy Modell\u2019s Suzuki Piano Studio.\u00a0 Through these practices, the studio becomes a safe space for young musicians and their families to practice creativity, curiosity, compassion, and community-building in a musical setting\u2014values that they can apply in their lives beyond the studio.\r\n\r\nNancy embarked on her journey as a Suzuki teacher trainer by introducing the Suzuki Piano method in Israel in the 1980s and training local piano teachers in her Jerusalem studio. Since then, hundreds of Suzuki teachers have begun or continued their training under Nancy\u2019s mentorship.\u00a0 Nancy remains committed to advancing the Suzuki Approach and is dedicated to expanding access to training for prospective teachers whose identities will diversify and nurture the Suzuki community.\r\n\r\nNancy has been honored to serve as a clinician at various international, national, and local teacher forums and workshops. She has trained Suzuki piano teachers privately, at institutes, and universities. Nancy has presented her approach to teaching original composition at the National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy (2023), the Suzuki Association of the Americas (2014, 2016, 2024), 1era Convencio\u0301n Suzuki de las Ame\u0301ricas in Mexico (2019), National Association for Music Education (2016), the New Jersey Music Teachers Association (2017), the New Jersey Education Association (2017), the Taubman Festival (2018), the Piano Teachers Congress of New York (2019), the Piano Teachers Forum of NJ (2017), the Piano Pedagogy Summer Institute (2024), the 4\u00ba Encuentro Mexicano Del M\u00e9todo Suzuki in Puebla (2024), and the 2\u00ba Festival Internacional Suzuki POR AMOR A LA M\u00daSICA in Guadalajara (2025).\r\n\r\nShe currently serves on the SAA Board of Directors, is Chair of the Piano Teachers Forum of NJ\u2019s <em>Composer Showcase<\/em>, Chair of the Music Educators Association of NJ\u2019s <em>Composers\u2019 Corner<\/em> and served as a past MEA-NJ President.","link":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/fr\/author\/n-modell-suzukipianogmail-com\/","slug":"n-modell-suzukipianogmail-com","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-48x48.jpg","96":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-96x96.jpg"},"meta":{"lw_harbor_dismissed_notices":[],"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_last_posted":0},"acf":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":52096,"full":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell.jpg","blog_id":1,"192":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-192x192.jpg","96":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-96x96.jpg","68":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-68x68.jpg","34":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-34x34.jpg","400":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-400x400.jpg","200":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-200x200.jpg","260":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-260x260.jpg","256":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-256x256.jpg","128":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-128x128.jpg","64":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-64x64.jpg","32":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-32x32.jpg","24":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy-Modell-48x48.jpg"},"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\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suzukiassociation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}