**Anita Buttemer** holds a Master of Music in Suzuki Pedagogy from Ithaca College and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto. She has taught Suzuki Method violin and viola since 1988; and has been a Suzuki parent since 1999. She is a founding director and faculty member of the Suzuki Talent Education of Waterloo (STEW) in Waterloo; Ontario; Canada. Currently; Anita is also the Artistic Director.

Previously; Anita has taught at the North York Suzuki School of Music in Toronto; the Waldorf School of the Finger Lakes in Ithaca; New York; and the Suzuki String School of Guelph. Currently; Anita performs as first violin with the Quinten Quartet; with Waterloo Chamber Players as violinist and violist; and as a freelance musician in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

Anita has appeared as a guest clinician for Suzuki events in Canada and the USA; including Ontario's Viola Day and as an adjudicator at Kiwanis Music Festivals. Anita served for many years as a board member of both the Suzuki Association of Ontario and the Southern Ontario Suzuki Institute.