These short videos presented at the conference provide a wonderful introduction to the Suzuki Method, and how it can benefit the larger community as well as individual students.
by Kathleen & Thomas Schoen
By Joanna Smulakowski
by Heidi Schuller
Kathleen Schoen earned her undergraduate music degree from the University of B.C., then studied at the University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music, and Banff Centre for the Arts.
She performs on period and modern flutes and recorders. Recent performances have mixed both historical and modern performance practice in arrangements and original compositions.
A Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas, Kathleen has been invited to programs in Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, United States, Australia and the Netherlands. At home, she teaches at the University of Alberta and her home studio. For more: https://fluteplayer.ca
Thomas Schoen (B. Mus U.B.C) teaches students of all ages and levels from Suzuki Early Childhood Education classes for parents and children (0-3 yrs), to violin and viola students from 4 to adult. Teaching positions include Augustana Faculty of U. of A and privately in his home studio. Mr. Schoen was director of the Alberta Suzuki Summer Institute in Edmonton AB from 2010 to 2021.
Residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Thomas enjoys a busy and varied performing career performing on both modern and baroque violins. He has subbed frequently with the Edmonton Symphony and has performed professionally with orchestras across Canada. He performs regularly throughout Canada with the Schoen Duo, who have been broadcast on the CBC.
Thomas has received a Certificate of Achievement from the Suzuki Association of the Americas (2017) and a Teacher of Distinction award from the Royal Conservatory of Music (2018) in recognition of his teaching.
Heidi Schuller holds a BA in music and a MBA in arts management from the State University of New York and maintains a Suzuki flute studio in Alexandria, VA and teaches at the Levine School of Music. She has performed in recitals at the State Department, Dumbarton House, and other Washington, DC, venues, and with the Virginia Grand Military Band, Pan American Symphony Orchestra and Piedmont Symphony. She performed with the National Flute Association Professional Flute Choir at their 2009 National Convention and has published articles in Flute Talk magazine. She is a board member of the Suzuki Association of Greater Washington.
Joanna Smulakowski is a highly sought-after teacher and performer in the New York City area. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s of music in viola performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and completed Suzuki teacher training with Kimberley Meier-Sims. In December 2012, she will graduate with a master’s in music education from Hunter College. Joanna performs frequently as a violist with chamber and orchestral groups such as the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Dicapo Opera, Westchester Symphony Orchestra, the Radio City Music Spectacular Orchestra, and the Atlantic Classical Orchestra. She has also collaborated with artists such as Barry Manilow and Kanye West. Her teachers include Stanley Konopka and Lynne Ramsey of the Cleveland Orchestra and pedagogue Jeffrey Irvine. A devoted teacher, she is on the faculty of Turtle Bay Music School, the Town School, and New England Music Camp. She serves as Suzuki faculty advisor at Turtle Bay Music School.
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