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2022: Advanced Chamber Workshop June 25-July 1; Student Institute June 26-July 1. Teacher Workshops

The Oregon Suzuki Institute provides an opportunity for Suzuki students to receive lessons, individually and in groups, providing motivation and reinforcement for their normal study at home; for parents to see the Suzuki approach on a grand scale and to learn further skills to help their children; for teachers and advanced students to begin learning to teach according to the Suzuki philosophy; and for current Suzuki teachers to expand their skills.

04/29/2026

The deadline for registration is fast approaching. We want to see all of you at camp this year. Get your applications in by this Friday May 1st!

More info available at
https://www.osiregistration.org

04/24/2026

Sign up for the parent class at OSI this year with Christine Goodner and Barbie Wong

“We know supporting your child and their musical studies is a big commitment and that you need your own source of support and inspiration when you come to Institute. We are excited to have a class this year just for you, where you bring your practice challenges and questions to discuss in a small group setting that meets one hour each day. We will bring ideas to share based on our combined 43 years of working with parents and researching ideas about effective practice. You will come away with strategies that help you support your child once you head back home.
We are both experienced Suzuki teachers and parents who have raised, and practiced with, our own musical kids. We understand the ups and downs involved and we bring to this class our years of experience coaching parents through their struggles and triumphs with practice and beyond.”
-Christine and Barbie

More info in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMX1qIXiBw

04/21/2026

Register for Chamber Music workshop at camp this year

Students are placed in groups based on age, skill level, and teacher recommendation.

More info available at https://www.osiregistration.org/chamber

04/16/2026

Register now for the Cello Unit 3 Teacher Training with Heather Hadley
More info available at https://www.osiregistration.org/teachers

Heather Hadley maintains a thriving studio of young cellists of all levels. She holds a BM from Lawrence University, a MM from the University of Colorado, and a Suzuki Certificate from the University of Denver. She is a Registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas, has been published in the American Suzuki Journal, featured in SAA videos for parents, and has served on the board of the Suzuki Association of Colorado. In addition to teaching Suzuki Pedagogy at the Lamont School of Music, she teaches group lessons with Denver Talent Education and has been a member of the faculty of Boulder Suzuki Strings since 2003.

Heather is passionate about helping all students and families experience the full benefits of a Suzuki education. When not teaching or performing she enjoys spending time in the Colorado sunshine with her husband and two daughters.

04/14/2026

Scholarship applications are due April 20th!

We want to see YOU at OSI, apply today for scholarships towards OSI 2026

More info available at https://www.osiregistration.org/scholarships

04/01/2026

Register now for Teacher Training — Stacy Garner brings Violin Unit 3 to OSI. Available Online and In person June 27th-July 2nd 2-5pm (PST)

Register now at: https://www.osiregistration.org/teachers

Stacy Garner, violin, is a Suzuki Violin Teacher Trainer and a Suzuki Strings Specialist in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD in North Texas, where she teaches private and group Suzuki lessons and co-conducts the HEB Suzuki Strings Elementary Honor Orchestra. Formerly the Faculty and Artistic Director of the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, the Suzuki Program Director at the Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City, Utah, and President of the Suzuki Association of Utah, Stacy has a degree in Violin Performance from the University of Utah where she studied with Gerald Elias and Mischa Boguslavsky. Ms. Garner has completed hundreds of hours of Suzuki training, primarily with Edmund Sprunger, Jeanne Grover, Linda Fiore, Mark Mutter, Cathy Lee, Carey Beth Hockett and others, and is truly passionate about Suzuki Education.

03/25/2026

Register now for viola unit 3 teacher training:

This class will be offered online and in person, Sunday June 28th-Thursday July 2nd, 2:00-5:00pm (PST), with observations in the mornings.

More information found at https://www.osiregistration.org/teachers

Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and a master’s degree in Music from the University of New Mexico, where he completed a double concentration in Viola Performance and Violin Pedagogy.
Charles has been teaching violin and viola since 2006 and completed the Long-Term Training for all Suzuki violin books with Susan Kempter at UNM. He has also completed teacher training in all Suzuki viola books. He has received the SAA Certificate of Achievement in violin and viola and recently became a Viola Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas.

Currently, he works as a violin and viola teacher and administrator at the Centenary Suzuki School in Shreveport, Louisiana. He also serves as the director of the Centenary Suzuki Institute and as a member of the SAA Suzuki Training Committee. As a player, he frequently appears in the viola section of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

03/20/2026

Spring is looking great at University of Portland! We are looking forward to seeing all of you on this beautiful campus for OSI in June!

Join us this summer June 27th - July 3rd
Register now at www.osiregistration.org

03/17/2026

Diane Chaplin will be teaching Chamber music and advanced Cello at OSI 2026.
Diane Chaplin is a world-class cellist and nurturing music educator who lives in Portland, Oregon. She appears often as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber music artist, and tours around the US as a featured member of the Portland Cello Project.

June 27th - July 3rd

More information at https://www.osiregistration.org/chamber

03/11/2026

Students are placed in ensembles according to recorded audition, teacher recommendation, and age. Submit audition recordings and register now on our website! www.osiregistration.org/chamber

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Tigard, OR
97281

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https://www.osiregistration.org/

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