Sarah Hersh

Sarah Hersh is Associate Professor of String Education and Violin at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York Potsdam. Since founding Crane’s National String Project in 2000, she has developed a generation of string teachers and has helped university students provide quality education to community children through the violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp.

Dr. Hersh studied with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki for three years, graduating from his Talent Education Research Institute in 1976. Her 1995 doctoral dissertation is titled Music Educator Shinichi Suzuki: His Teacher Development Program and Studio Teaching. She is a registered Violin Teacher Trainer through the Suzuki Association of the Americas.