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Our Director Vera McCoy-Sulentic (violin) directs our Suzuki Program at SIUE. She has been a registered teacher trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas for the past ten years. Her field experience includes four years of public school teaching in Eugene, Oregon, and six years as a string specialist in the Edwardsville public schools. She is a clinician at international Suzuki workshops and received SIUE's Excellence in Teaching award in 1996. She received an M.M. Education from SIUE (including teacher training with John Kendall), a BM from the U. of Oregon, and a BA from the U. of Iowa.
Faculty Teachers Allison Huebner-Woerner (violin and viola) earned her BSEd in Music Education from the University of Missouri at Columbia and her MM in violin performance from SIUE. She did doctoral studies at the University of Missouri at Columbia, where she was John McLeod's doctoral assistant. She did long-term Suzuki teacher training with John Kendall and Carol Smith and has been a faculty member of the SIUE Suzuki program since 1994. She is Founder and Director of St. Charles Suzuki Strings, now called Ballwin Strings. She has played in numerous St. Louis-area orchestras and string quartets, including the St. Louis Philharmonic and the Florissant Valley Orchestra, for which she served as concertmaster and soloist. Allison is the esteemed and hard-working director of our Tour Group! Clara Warren Binnington (violin and viola) holds a BA in Music Education from Seattle Pacific University and a Master's in Music Education from SIUE, where she did Suzuki teacher training with Vera McCoy-Sulentic and Carol Smith. She taught and substitute-taught in the Shoreline, Mehlville, and Alton school districts. She is a member of the SIUE String Quartet and has been a member of the SIUE Suzuki Faculty since 1998. Glenda Piek (cello) is originally from South Africa, where she played in professional orchestras for 17 years is Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, and lectured at Potchefstroom University. She obtained her master's degree at Western Illinois University under the tutelage of Dr. Tanya Carey. She has been teaching in the SIUE Suzuki program since 1991. She also teaches in St. Louis for the St. Louis Symphony Community Music School. She is frequently invited to teach in Europe and Africa. Despite having close to 70 students, Glenda still finds the time to arrange music for her cello ensembles and leads some of our finest cellos in her Cello Ensemble. Some of her former students are at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Julliard, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Royal Academy in London. Glenda directs our Advanced Cello Ensemble. Joseph Bradley (violin) was born and raised in Puerto Rico and had his first violin lesson when at 12 years old. His Bachelor\s Degree is from the Conservatory of Music in Puerto Rico and his Master's Degree is in Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy is from SIUE. Joseph works for Parkway School District as a middle school orchestra teacher. After coming to the United States six years ago, this area has become his home. His son is in the SIUE Suzuki Program and his wife Katrina finished her Masters at SIUE last year. Linda Bristol (violin) is a much-loved orchestra teacher here in Edwardsville, IL. She has a BME from Lindenwood College and her MME from SIUE. Linda's three children all play violin. She studied Suzuki pedagogy with John Kendall and Carol Smith. Her daughter, Heather, is a Suzuki teacher in Montana. Maggie Kline (violin) was a graduate assistant at SIUE, and now has a Masters in Violin Performance. Until moving to Edwardsville, IL in August 2005, Maggie lived in Manheim, Pennsylvania. She earned her B.A. in Music from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA. During her time there, she coached the string ensemble and taught violin and viola lessons for the Community Music Institute as well as privately. Susanna Tichenor (violin and viola) grew up in the Suzuki Program at SIUE and studied with many SIUE faculty and graduate assistants who are now renowned Suzuki teachers worldwide. Susanna graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University and SIUE with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in music performance. Her mentor is Winifred Crock, renowned string teacher and Suzuki teacher and her sister as well! Susanna plays the violin and viola frequently as a free-lance musician in St. Louis, Missouri, and Illinois, and can be seen every summer in the Muny Orchestra. She has played with Ray Charles, Vince Gill, Smokey Robinson, and Manhattan Transfer. Susanna has three children. Vicki Lottes (violin, viola) grew up in a Cincinnati musical family with 12 children and she graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (BME) and Indiana University (MM studying with Josef Gingold). For 32 years Vicki taught orchestra and string classes in Massachusetts and Missouri public schools, most recently 20 years with the Parkway School District (St. Louis County) at the high school. middle school. and elementary levels. She helped Parkway grow their Suzuki program for all third grade students in 18 schools. Vicki trained with John Kendall and Vera McCoy-Sulentic at SIUE. She is a member of the SAA and taught Suzuki violin and viola students at her home studio in West St. Louis County for 6 years. Vicki and her husband have just moved to Glen Carbon where she will be teaching in the SIUE Suzuki program and conducting the Edwardsville Youth Orchestra. Vicki has co-directed the SIUE Suzuki String Camp for the past seven years. She is the mother of two boys who studied Suzuki violin and cello. Her hobbies include Bell Choir, gardening, and genealogy research
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