Jean Kountz

Jean Marshall Kountz is a piano instructor in the Philadelphia area. She has played the piano since the age of 3, but was first introduced to the Suzuki method when her sons were students. She has been teaching Suzuki piano for 11 years, following a 22 year career in public health. In 2017 she earned a certificate in Piano Pedagogy from West Chester University. Jean also enjoys composing and teaching composition. She serves as the immediate past-president of the Greater Philadelphia Suzuki Association.

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How Theodora Dutton’s Christmas-Day Secrets Were Kept by Shizuko Suzuki

by Jean Kountz

It amazes me that there is only one woman composer represented in the entire Suzuki piano repertoire—Theodora Dutton, who wrote Christmas-Day Secrets from Suzuki Piano Book One. When I point it out to my students, they want to know more.… Read more ▶

Sources for Suzuki Repertoire, Suzuki, Theodora Dutton
ASJ 50.1, page 22