The 2012 Dakotas Suzuki Institute will be held June 4-8, 2012, on the campus of Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota. All current and new Suzuki students who play violin, viola and cello, as well as Pre-Twinkle, are invited to attend. The Dakota Suzuki Institute is also offering Early Childhood Education in Music classes for children from infant to 3 years old. Students will receive intensive instruction during the institute, as well as attend and perform in concerts.

The Dakota Suzuki Institute is a partnership between Bismarck State College and The Suzuki School of Music.

There is lots more information in the brochure which will be mailed in February 2011.

Registration

Register on-line at BSC’s Institute website also you can view the brochure here.

You can register over the phone by calling 701-224-5600 Toll Free 1-877-846-9387

If you wish to register by mail, print the forms from the College website and mail them to:

Bismarck State College, Dakotas Suzuki Institute
PO Box 5587, Bismarck, ND 58506-5587

Finally, you can register in person at Bismarck State College, Continuing Ed, Training and Innovation office
located in the new NECE Building, 1200 Schafer St., Bismarck.
Office Hours: Monday -Thursday: 8am-5pm and Friday: 8am-4pm

Faculty

Joy Moeller

Joy Moeller holds a B.A. in Elementary Education from Ottawa University, where, as a violin student of Alice Joy Lewis, she had her first exposure to Suzuki Talent Education. In addition to long-term Suzuki teacher training with Mrs. Lewis, she has taken short-term training with such fine teachers as William Starr, Yuko Mori, and Carol Dallinger. She has also done graduate studies in Child Development and Literacy Education at the University of Minnesota. For many years she has been on the faculty at MacPhail Music Program, and is on MacPhail’s roster of “Community Partnerships” teachers, specializing in collaborations that bring in music educators to support Literacy and ELL initiatives in the schools. “I love my work”, she says. “I wear many hats, I get to rub shoulders with such talented and interesting people, and every day is different—and every day I keep learning too!”

Scott Neumann

Scott Neumann is a native North Dakotan. He received music degrees from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and the University of Iowa. He has taught strings in MN, IA, KS, and NM, and is currently a string teacher and orchestra director in the Bismarck ND Public Schools, directing the orchestras at Wachter Middle School, and four elementary schools. He is also director of the Strolling Strings of Bismarck. He is principal cello with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony, has a private studio of cello and bass students, and is an active chamber musician. Scott is a faculty member at the Colorado Suzuki Institute in Beaver Creek. Scott and his wife Susan (violin and viola) have two children, Ross, 16 (cello and choir) and Erin, who is attending Minot State University and majoring in Music Education with emphasis on Violin.

Julie Hart

Soon to attend Stage III Early Childhood Education (ECE) training, Julie continues to team teach the ECE classes with Susan Neumann. Julie is currently the Co-Director for the Suzuki School, involved in church activities, Vice President of the PTO, and Cub Scout Den Leader. Other qualifications Julie holds are a BA in English and a BSC in Nursing. But it was the love of music and the desire that her two small children have music in their lives that led Julie to seek out the Suzuki School of Music.

Other Faculty

Susan Neumann

Julie Hart