Green Mountain Suzuki Institute July 9

2011 Violin/Viola Teachers

Gretchen Frazier (violin, viola) has studied the Suzuki method with Liz Arbus, Ed Kreitman and Teri Einfeldt, at Eastern Carolina University and the Hartt School of Music. She holds degrees from the Crane School of Music and the Cincinnati Conservatory. Gretchen is Assistant Principal Viola in the Eastern Connecticut Symphony and has held positions in the Savannah, Hilton Head, and Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestras. She taught violin at the Ashley Hall School for Girls, Armstrong Atlantic State University, and Virginia Heard Elementary. Festivals include the Des Moines Metro Opera, Aspen Music Festival and the Opera Theater of Lucca. Gretchen currently teaches strings at the Hartt Community Division and at Audubon Strings. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, where she is raising a dog, a cat and a husband.

Gretchen Judge (violin, viola) has taught strings in Hudson Falls, NY and Hartford, VT. She was also on the faculty of Adirondack Community College and The Upper Valley Music Center. She is a registered Suzuki violin teacher and has taught at Suzuki institutes in VT and NH. Mrs. Judge is an active NYSSMA adjudicator and guest conductor. She currently lives in Rochester, NY where she has a private studio and enjoys time at home with her young sons.

Francine Kenney (violin) has studied Suzuki pedagogy with Ed Kreitman, Ed Sprunger, and Carrie Reuning-Hummel. She teaches 30 violin and flute students at her home studio in Bristol, VT, and has taught at the Vermont String School and the Champlain Valley Waldorf School. She enjoys working with and motivating young students to foster a love of music and learning. In her spare time she plays chamber music and is learning to play cello.

Pam Reit (violin, viola) has a Bachelor of Music from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and a Masters of Music from Rice University in Houston. She has been a Suzuki teacher since 1986 and has taught at workshops and Institutes all over the country. In 1992 she created Vermont Suzuki Violins which provides weekly Suzuki Group classes and chamber music coaching, as well as many performances and special events. Pam lives in Hinesburg, Vermont with her husband, 2 daughters and 2 cats.

Dan Santelices (violin, viola) is the Violin/Viola Professor at Asbury College and a Master-Teacher for the University of Kentucky String Project. Prior to moving to Lexington, Kentucky, he was for many years on the faculty of the Centenary Suzuki School in Shreveport, LA, Instructor of Violin and Chamber Music at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches and a core member of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he was a regular Guest Conductor for Caddo Parish School's Elementary, Middle School and High School Honor Orchestras and was named to Who's Who Among America's Teacher's in 2003. Mr. Santelices was a Board member and the Founder-Director of the Ark-La-Tex Youth Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Program. He is currently a member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in Little Rock and performs regularly with the Lexington Philharmonic.

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