Elise Steichen

Elise is an eighteen-year-old freshman at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She studied violin with Boulder Suzuki Strings throughout middle school and high school, first with Anna Jesaitis, and then with Amy Gesmer-Packman. She is grateful for the way that the Suzuki method has taught her to be patient with herself and enjoy the process of learning. When her hands aren’t occupied by the violin, they are usually knitting shawls or flipping through a Spanish grammar book.