Kirsten Marshall is a registered teacher trainer with the Suzuki Association of the

Americas (SAA). She deeply believes every child can learn to play music if

placed in the right environment. She enjoys sharing both humor and knowledge

about working with children to other professional violin teachers.

Ms. Marshall is teaching the complete cycle of violin books online for the

University of Louisville KY. Additional teacher training includes Ithaca, Hartt

and Atlanta Suzuki summer institutes. Ms. Marshall is violin faculty and director

of the orchestral program at Ithaca (NY) Talent Education, a world-renowned

Suzuki school. Her training in violin performance and Suzuki pedagogy (B.M.,

M.M.) was at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Michele Higa George. Ms.

Marshall’s influential violin teachers include David Updegraff, James Stern and

Anna Tringas. She also holds a B.S. in music education from Case Western

Reserve University.

Ms. Marshall is a core member of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra (CCO) in

Ithaca, New York. A passion for conducting led her and fellow CCO violinist

Sarah Cummings to establish the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Youth Orchestra

(ccoYo) in the fall of 2017, a 53-member, full symphonic youth orchestra.

Conducting the ccoYo, teaching children and teaching teachers are all part of

seeking what is possible in our children’s future, and bringing Dr. Suzuki’s

vision of every child can to life.

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