About Kelly Christ
Kelly has been teaching violin and viola for over 15 years and has experience teaching students aged 3-83. She started violin with the Suzuki method when she was 5 years old. She has taken both violin and viola lessons with Margaret Shimizu, Samuel Goh, and Elisa Boynton. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Lewis & Clark College (in Portland, OR), which she has found to be profoundly helpful in her teaching. Her Suzuki training includes a 2 year apprenticeship with Martha Shackford (Violin Books 1-10 & Viola Books 1-3), Oregon Suzuki Institute training with Betsy Stuen-Walker (Viola Books 3-4), and the Suzuki Principles in Action course with Susan Baer. She performed professionally with dozens of groups in Portland, before relocating to her hometown of Sierra Madre. She is a proud member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, the Suzuki Music Association of California-Los Angeles, and the Suzuki Talent Education of Pasadena. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, taking walks, watching TV shows with her husband, and chasing after their 2 sons.
Kelly has been teaching violin and viola for over 15 years and has experience teaching students aged 3-83. She started violin with the Suzuki method when she was 5 years old. She has taken both violin and viola lessons with Margaret Shimizu, Samuel Goh, and Elisa Boynton. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Lewis & Clark College (in Portland, OR), which she has found to be profoundly helpful in her teaching. Her Suzuki training includes a 2 year apprenticeship with Martha Shackford (Violin Books 1-10 & Viola Books 1-3), Oregon Suzuki Institute training with Betsy Stuen-Walker (Viola Books 3-4), and the Suzuki Principles in Action course with Susan Baer. She performed professionally with dozens of groups in Portland, before relocating to her hometown of Sierra Madre. She is a proud member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, the Suzuki Music Association of California-Los Angeles, and the Suzuki Talent Education of Pasadena. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, taking walks, watching TV shows with her husband, and chasing after their 2 sons.
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About the Suzuki Method
The Suzuki method is an internationally known music curriculum and teaching philosophy dating from the mid-20th century, created by Japanese violinist and pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998). The method aims to create an environment for learning music which parallels the linguistic environment of acquiring a native language. Suzuki believed that this environment would also help to foster good moral character. |