Information about membership, fees and the form can be found here
President - Lynela Becker
President Elect - Judy Hickey
Past President - Linda Thompson
Treasurer - Yeoniee Kim
Secretary - Tabitha Hanson
Group Lessons - Jan Glowacki
Recitals - Christy Patel, Connie Larson
Fund Raising - Sherry Jester
Newsletters - Kari Wright
Website/Instrument Exchange - Paula Stewart
Members at Large - Barbara Bartleson, Elizabeth McGeeney, Carolyn Mead
It is the purpose of SEMSA (Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association)
to help students, parents and teachers grow as individuals and musicians,
following the principles set forth by Shinichi Suzuki.
"All Children are born with great talent". asserted Shinichi Suzuki,
who found an educational movement on this conviction. Suzuki felt
all children can develop a high level of musical ability.
Suzuki Talent Education requires an enriched environment and the close
involvement of the mother and father. Children learn music the same
way they learn to speak a language. Music reading is added when the
child is ready.
Parents attend private and group lessons with their child, lean how to
practice with their child and provide a musical setting at home.
Children progress at their own rate, in tune with their own learning
style.
The goal to educate the whole children through music, building
self-confidence through mastery and successful learning.
More information on the Suzuki Method can be found at
the Suzuki Association of the Americas
website.
