About Speier Studio
Speier Studio provides violin and viola instruction for students of all ages in a nurturing environment. Since 1998, Speier Studio has been providing music lessons with both a "traditional" and "Suzuki" approach.
About Maggie Speier
Maggie Speier completed her long term Suzuki teacher training at School for Strings in New York City and then taught in New York and Texas before settling in New Jersey. She is a free-lance violist with degrees from the University of Michigan and Manhattan School of Music.
What is "Suzuki?"
The Suzuki/Mother-Tongue system of education is a guiding philosophy for teachers and parents, an approach to music based on the life work of Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998). He assembled The Violin School, 10 volumes of pieces and exercises which are popularly used by Suzuki and traditional teachers.
Mr. Suzuki believed that all children have talent. Given a nurturing environment, their talent will blossom. Just as children learn to speak by listening and imitating, Suzuki students learn to play by listening and imitating. Music reading follows as an important part of musicianship. The Suzuki approach is a private lesson approach with group classes also held for a more social musical experience.