Jean Dexter

Jean Dexter (BM—Michigan State; MME—Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, specializing in the Suzuki Approach with John Kendall) is a cello and violin Registered Teacher Trainer with the SAA. Jean has twice served on the SAA Board of Directors, most recently as Secretary, has served on SAA committees to develop systematic teacher training courses, and received the first Missouri ASTA Studio Teacher Award and the Suzuki Chair Award at the American Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Jean maintains a private Suzuki studio of cello and violin students in Olathe, Kansas.

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Dots, Stickers, and Tapes, Oh My!

by Barbara Balatero, Jean Dexter, Sally Gross

Cello, Columns, Finger Tape, Teaching Tools
ASJ 44.2, page 24

In Memoriam: Kristi Knecht

December 1, 2011 by Jean Dexter

Kristi Ann Rassmussen Knecht, 61, of Gladstone, Missouri, passed away September 12, 2011. Kristi was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was the second of seven children. At age five, her family moved to Northfield, Minnesota, where Kristi graduated from high… Read more ▶