Okagesamade (in your honorable shadow) Suzuki Sensei

A graduate of the Suzuki Talent Education Institute, Hiroko studied with Dr. Suzuki,
William Starr, Peter McHugh, Mimi Zweig and Brenda Brunner.
A Teacher Trainer and active chamber musician, she is currently the director of the Suzuki School of Louisville.

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Helen Higa comes from a family with 3 generations of Japanese and Western music teachers, and was born and raised in Honolulu. Her Suzuki Teacher training includes study with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki for two and a half years at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan, where she received her Teacher Certification from him in 1973. She continued her Suzuki teacher training at the University of Tennessee with William Starr, Louise Behrend at the School for Strings, and the late Hiroko Primrose in Hawaii. In NYC, she also worked with Gerald Beal on violin performance skills. Helen is currently the Director of the Suzuki Violin Program at Punahou Music School and a part time member of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra.

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