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Gail Johansen

Violinist Gail Johansen is a founding member of the Fairbanks School of Talent Education and the music director of the Fairbanks Suzuki Institute. A registered teacher trainer with the SAA, she teaches violin, viola, and chamber music as a private studio instructor and on the faculties of numerous institutes in North America. Dr. Johansen teaches Suzuki Violin Pedagogy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stanford University and a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received the prestigious 2009 Alumni Achievement Award. Gail is associate concertmaster of the Fairbanks Symphony and the Arctic Chamber Orchestra and performs with the Alaska Chamber Players.

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Greater Than We Would Be on Our Own—Season 2 Episode 2

June 17, 2018 by Daniela Gongora, Gail Johansen, Margaret Watts Romney

Margaret Watts Romney: Gail Johansen and Daniela Gongora are both violinists and teachers, but they’ve made music in vastly different areas. Gail Johansen lives in Fairbanks, Alaska… Gail Johansen: Right now since it is almost the winter solstice, we have less… Read more ▶

Fairbanks Suzuki Institute: Gathering a Community Around Suzuki’s Vision

October 8, 2008 by Gail Johansen

Imagine flying over hundreds of miles of rivers, mountains, with a town here or there but mostly vast wilderness. Then though it is nearly 1 am in the morning, through the glare of sunlight, a small city appears below. Upon arriving… Read more ▶

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