“For the sake of our children let us educate them from the cradle to have a noble mind, a high sense of values and splendid ability.” 
-Dr. Shinichi Suzuki

About the GNO Suzuki Forum

The Greater New Orleans Suzuki Forum exists to promote the Suzuki Method in the Greater New Orleans area, to the edification of children, parents, and teachers. To accomplish this, the Forum provides:

• Referrals to Suzuki trained teachers in violin, viola, cello, harp, and piano
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• Weekly group classes as an essential part of the Suzuki Method
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• Performance opportunities for students
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• Summer Institutes with Teacher Training, as well as opportunities for students
       Access the Summer Institute page

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GNO Suzuki Forum History

The Greater New Orleans Suzuki Forum is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 by violinist Doris Hansen for the purpose of offering an annual teaching institute in the New Orleans area. Since that time, the Forum has collaborated with the Japanese Consulate, Tulane and Loyola Universities, the Baptist Theological Seminary, and JPAS to bring the world famous Japanese Talent Education Tour group to New Orleans on five different occasions.  Forum students  perform throughout the Greater New Orleans area in music festivals, for schools, charitable organizations, rest homes, and in concerts during the school year. Celebrations in the Oaks, Zoo-to-Do for Kids, the Preservation Resource Tour, Japan Fest, and Jazz Fest have all featured the Suzuki Forum performing classical and fiddle music. GNO Suzuki Forum students have played in local orchestras, notably the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra. Many have gone on to their own teaching careers. Some have become professional players. But most of all, through the development of their musical ability, all children have learned life skills that enrich themselves and their communities.

GNO Suzuki Forum Board

Executive Board

Cathy Anderson, President

Ruth Anna Palmer, Vice President

Katie Carrington, Artistic Director

Tuesday Simmons, Treasurer

Heather Stanley, Secretary

Managing Board

Rhonda Musso, Institute Officer

Elizabeth Overweg, Grant Writer

Katy Puckett, Mailings Coordinator

Gina Collins, Membership Officer

Parry Ball, Financial Development

Trudy Burkart, Scrapbook and Historian

Karen Ray, Media Officer

Lindsey McCann and Cori Bodley, Assistants to the Director

Carol McCloud and Susan Finley, Hospitality Officers

Kathleen Tyree, Advisor to the Board