Dr. Myra Yeung (viola, violin) is an adjudicator and guest clinician in Canada and the USA. She is a past Artistic Director in Toronto, past Program Director in Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, and past violin and viola faculty in Ann Arbor, eastern North Carolina, and Winnipeg. She served on the Suzuki Association of Ontario Board of Directors from 2018 to 2021. She is a Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Certified Teacher as an Advanced specialist. For more information: https://suzukiassociation.org/people/myra-yeung/

Violinist Debbie Hammond began her studies at the age of four in London; Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto and a Master of Music in Performance from the University of Michigan; Ann Arbor. Debbie has completed Suzuki Pedagogy training with several noted trainers including Edmund Springer; Alice Joy Lewis and Dr. Timothy (Terry) Durbin. Her principal violin teachers include Patrick Burroughs; Geri Arnold; Dr. Robert Skelton; Mark Fewer & Yehonatan Berick. Debbie is the director of the Hammond Suzuki Studio; a private Suzuki violin program in ...

Philip Kashap has been Director of the Huntsville (Ontario) Suzuki School of Music since 2012. Before this; he and his family lived in Saskatoon for 26 years. In Saskatoon Philip taught at the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon Suzuki Program; which he also directed for five years. Philip grew up near Boston and San Francisco; and attended Yale University where he received his BA and MM. He is married to Martha; a professional violinist; and has five grown children; all of whom are musical in one way or another. He was one of the first North American Suzuki students himself; and ...

Susan Beth Barak; BA (Hons); MEd. Susan deeply believes in the Suzuki philosophy and is grateful to have a wonderful group of students and families in the Heart-Strings studio. Besides private and group lessons; Heart-Strings students enjoy performing throughout the community throughout the year; and fundraise for charitable organizations in the true Suzuki spirit. From senior residences to Fairy Lake to Pickering College to the Cardinal Golf Club to the Bradford Arts Centre and area churches; Heart-Strings students share their love of music all around York Region and South Simcoe. ...

**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 ...

Carmen Evans is the Artistic Director of the Suzuki String School of Guelph, where she teaches violin; viola; and Suzuki ECE. Carmen was the Chair of the SAO from 2016-2019