Susan Gagnon Susan Gagnon is a registered teacher trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas; giving courses in Canada and the USA. She is also a core member of the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy for Young Artists at The Royal Conservatory of Music; teaching cellists and coaching string quartets. Ms. Gagnon holds a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours in Performance from the University of Western Ontario. She studied with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and attended master classes at the Banff School of Fine Arts with Janos Starker and Aldo Parisot. Susan teaches all levels and ages. She is in ...

Cindy holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance for cello from University of Toronto (1993). She studied cello with Daniel Domb, Vladimir Orloff, and Walter Joahim. Cindy has taught cello and music in many different settings and to different ages. Her students are extremely well received at RCM exams and Music festivals. Cindy received Suzuki training from Chicago Suzuki Institute, Ithaca Suzuki Institute and the Royal Conservatory of Music. Her instructors include Barbara Wampner, Nancy Hair, Carey Beth Hockett and Susan Gagnon. She is a long-time member of Suzuki Association of the Americas ...

Laurie received her undergraduate music degree from the University of Western Ontario studying with Dana Pomerants-Mazurkevich and her Masters degree from the University of Toronto. She has taught Suzuki violin for 35+ years in her home studio and at workshops and institutes. Many of her students have graduated from faculties of music including: UT; Glenn Gould School; UWO; Laurier and Queen?s; as well as London Academy and Guild Hall; UK. She is Director of Strings for the La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra; principle second for Northumberland Orchestra and Choir; founder and director of Durham ...

Jean Blanc is an active member of the Suzuki Association of Americas (SAA). Jean received his diploma in music from the University of Bucharest; Romania; specializing in violin instruction and performance. He completed the Suzuki teacher's training at the Suzuki Institute in Kinston; Ontario completing all ten volumes of Suzuki Violin Training. Mr. Blanc is an affiliate teacher with the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Daniela Cruz is an enthusiastic viola/violin teacher; who recently served as Teacher Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; The String Academy of Wisconsin; Viola/Violin Faculty at the Michigan State University Community Music School and at the Jackson Symphony Orchestra Community Music School. Daniela is a faculty member at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and has toured Europe as leading staff with their International Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has taught students of diverse background in different parts of the United States and her home country Brazil. As a performer; she is a violist ...

A Hamilton based violin and viola performer and pedagogue, Caitlin Boyle is a member of the Isabel String Quartet, the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, teaches at the Hamilton Suzuki School of Music, and is co-artistic director of Five at the First Chamber Music Series. A JUNO-nominated performing artist, Ms. Boyle concertized extensively for thirteen years from 2006-2018 with the Cecilia String Quartet. She has won several international awards including Banff, Bordeaux, and Osaka String Quartet Competitions. Her passion for music education has led her to teach at the Faculty of Music at the ...

Lita Zagala has a Teacher?s Diploma in Piano; Bachelor of Music Degree and Master of Music in Music Education. She has been a Suzuki teacher for over 25 years; and teaches all levels. She is past president and member of executive of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers? Association Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch. Lita Zagala was a recipient of the ORMTA Special Teacher Award in 2006.