Dr. Carey Cheney

Carey Cheney, a native of Canada has been teaching and performing for over40 years. She is a Registered Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas, having taught all units of cello training as well as many enrichment courses throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. She holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in cello performance from the University of Utah, and a Master of Music in cello performance from the University of Texas at Austin. While there she studied cello and pedagogy with Phyllis Young and taught in the Texas String Project. She teaches at many institutes in the US and Canada, and at workshops and conferences in Italy, Japan, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. . Also, Carey has been a presenter at the Suzuki Association of the Americas National Conferences and Retreats, and at the American String Teacher’s Association National Conferences. Carey has recorded eight audio CDs and prepared six of the eight volumes of her series, Solos For Young Cellists published by Summy-Birchard, a subsidiary of Alfred Music Co. Inc.