Nancy Modell

Nancy Modell

Nancy Modell, a graduate of Ithaca College School of Music in piano performance and education, is very passionate about teaching music. In the 1980s, as a Teacher Trainer, she pioneered the Suzuki Piano Approach in Israel where she taught students and trained local piano teachers in Jerusalem. Since 1992 she has been teaching in Springfield, NJ, inspiring students to reach their potential. Nancy continues to train teachers in the Suzuki Approach at Suzuki Summer Institutes throughout the USA. She studied ways to employ the Taubman Approach to enhance Suzuki Piano Pedagogy through an MTNA Teacher Enrichment Grant. Nancy continues exploring ways to introduce composition to students of all levels and presents her novel approach at various national and international forums. Nancy is Piano Coordinator of the NJ Suzuki Workshop and a past MEA-NJ President.

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Silver Linings

Silver Linings

When Suzuki Students Spread Their Wings and Compose Music

When Suzuki Students Spread Their Wings and Compose Music

Tips for a Halloween Musical Bash

August 16, 2011 by Reagan Brasch, Nancy Modell

It’s August. All my students know what that means—it’s time to plan for the Halloween group recital. It wasn’t always this way—my violin teacher friend, Danielle Charboneau, deserves all the credit. When she moved to California to start a new… Read more ▶

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