Kimberly Meier-Sims

Kimberly Meier-Sims
Conservatory Violin faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Head of CIM Suzuki Pedagogy and registered Violin Teacher Trainer through the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Ms. Meier-Sims conducts a graduate two-year Suzuki teacher training program at CIM which is part of the unique Master duo degree program in Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy. Sato Center for Suzuki Studies director 2004-2022. Her violin professors include John Kendall (founder of the Suzuki Method in the United States) and Almita Vamos. Ms. Meier-Sims was the Coordinator of the University of Memphis Suzuki String Program from 1996-2004 and a violin instructor at the Preucil School of Music from 1984-1996. In the summer of 1986, she studied violin and pedagogy with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki in Matsumoto, Japan. Over the past thirty years she has worked with young students and teachers promoting the Suzuki Method of teaching at summer institutes and workshops.

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In Memoriam: Michele Higa George

by Rebecca Ensworth, Kimberly Meier-Sims

Memorial, Violin
ASJ 43.1, page 65

The Talent Code: How to Dramatically Improve Virtually Any Skill

by Kimberly Meier-Sims

Conference
ASJ 38.4, page 26

Meet the Cavani Quartet

July 10, 2008 by Kirsten Docter, Annie Fullard, Kimberly Meier-Sims, Merry Peckham, Mari Sato

Annie Fullard, Violin Mari Sato, Violin Kirsten Docter, Viola Merry Peckham, Cello It was a pleasure to interview the Cavani String Quartet for the SAA Board’s series “Meet Our Honorary Board Members.” We had an engaging hour filled with intellectual conversation, passion towards music… Read more ▶