JoséeDesjardins a passé sa jeunesse à Kapuskasing. Elle a commencé son apprentissage en pianoavec Rita Séguin à l’âge de 10 ans. En 1986, Josée a obtenu son baccalauréat d’honneuren musique avec distinction de l’Université Wilfrid-Laurier à Waterloo,Ontario. Elle y a étudié le piano auprès de Marjorie et Garth Beckett. Pendantqu’elle complétait son baccalauréat, Josée a fait la connaissance de l’approcheSuzuki pour l’enseignement de la musique et elle s’est engagée dans un apprentissageà long terme comme professeure Suzuki auprès de Gail Lange de Guelph enOntario. Depuis, elle enseigne le ...

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.

A dedicated Suzuki Piano teacher; Rose-Marie started teaching Suzuki method in 1982. Before this; she was involved with the traditional method for many years. Meeting Valery Lloyd-Watts the same year; learning from the experience of her mentor was one of the most enlightening of her piano career. Rose-Marie started to teach Suzuki Method in a French Immersion Public School in Richmond Hill; Ont.; where she opened one of the first Suzuki Piano programs in a public school. She has been the director of the Suzuki program there for 17 years; joined by her husband and violin teacher Jean Blanc. ...

Ellen Berry has taught piano for over 45 years; and has built a busy private Suzuki studio in Cambridge; Ontario. She has served on the boards of the Suzuki Association of the Americas; the Suzuki Association of Ontario; and the Ontario Registered Music Teachers? Association; and was the Director of the Southwestern Ontario Suzuki Institute (SOSI) in Waterloo; Ontario for many years. She enjoys learning to play the violin; and has two grown Suzuki children.