2007 Annual Fund Campaign Appeal

Dear Friends and Supporters of the SAA,

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, I would like to enlist your support for the SAA’s 2007 Annual Fund.

The Suzuki Association of the Americas is widely recognized for thirty-five years of excellence in musical education throughout the western hemisphere. Each aspect of the “Suzuki Triangle”—teachers, parents, and students—prospers from the SAA’s promotion of excellence in teacher training and teacher education, communication with parents, and genuine concern for developing each child’s appreciation of music. The SAA has produced impressive multi-dimensional results. They include, for example, the alumni who perform in our national symphony orchestras and those who work to develop new programs in Latin American towns and villages and rural and inner city programs throughout the Americas. Further, they provide scholarship programs for students and teachers and are dedicated to securing the heritage of Dr. Suzuki for future generations. Vehicles for communication include our SAA website and the Suzuki Journal of the Americas and allow relevant articles and new ideas to reach our membership.

To enhance the training of new and experienced Suzuki teachers and to share Dr. Suzuki’s musical philosophy with students throughout the western hemisphere would be impossible without the support of dedicated and generous individuals like yourselves. We appreciate all you do on behalf of our organization and, working together, we can introduce children to a wonderful new world of music and “happy hearts” as envisioned by Dr. Suzuki.

Thank you in advance for your generous contribution to this important fundraising effort.

Sincerely,

Gwendoline Thornblade, (SAA Board, 2002–2005)
On behalf of the current SAA Board of Directors

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November 11, 2007
Topics: Fundraising

Gwendoline Thornblade, educated at St. Paul’s Girls’ School, is a graduate of both the Royal Dental Hospital, London University and Boston University (B.D.Sc., M.Sc.D.). She began her second career as an involved Suzuki mother and has taught in the Newton Public Schools, The All Newton Music School, New England Conservatory, including chamber music coaching, and the Longy School, as well as Suzuki Institutes in the USA and Canada and international workshops. A founding member of the Suzuki Music Schools of Massachusetts, (SuzukiMA) she has organized annual MA Suzuki Festivals and many workshops.

In addition to several other music associated boards, she has served on the board of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, and currently on the Board of the Association of Chamber Music Players, Inc Chamber Music Network.

She has two daughters who are professional musicians in Boston and LA. In her spare time she can be found swinging a tennis racquet on the tennis courts.

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