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The Great Lakes Suzuki Institute offers a wide variety of teacher development courses in the Suzuki Method for flute and recorder teachers of all experience levels. Development courses will include performance of the repertoire, supervised observations, lecture and discussion, and other assignments. Participants must meet the requirements set by the Suzuki Association of the Americas and are strongly encouraged to review Suzuki philosophy and materials prior to the course. Unit 1 participants must also participate in an Every Child Can! course as a prerequisite before taking the course.
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Summer 2025 Institute
Our summer institute will take place July 11-19, 2025 at St. Paul's Church located at 48 Broadway St W, in Paris, Ontario or online via Zoom.
All courses are offered dual-delivery: participants may choose to attend either online via Zoom or in-person.
Courses offered as part of our summer institute will take place between 9:00am and 4:00pm daily. Participants are required to attend all course hours live (either in person or via zoom) to register the course. We do not offer asynchronous instruction.
You can count on us! We are committed to running courses and will not cancel courses due to low enrollment. We do reserve the right to run a course exclusively online if we don’t meet in-person enrollment.
Don’t see a course you “need”? Get a change of perspective - audit a course you’ve already taken for $150!
2025 Summer Institute Course Offerings
Every Child Can! with Pandora Bryce July 12
Register HereSuzuki Flute Unit 1 with Kelly Williamson July 12-19
Register HereUnit 2 + Teaching Strategies with Meret Bitticks July 12-19
Register Here
2025 Online Course Fees:
Every Child Can! $150 USD
Unit 1 $700 USD
Unit 2 + Teaching Strategies $625 USD
All other unit courses $450 USD
All fees are listed in USD. Payments are accepted via cheque/money order, Venmo (U.S. only), or PayPal. More payment information can be found on registration form.
The Teaching Strategies Course is new to the Suzuki training offerings in the Americas. It can be best described as a “Teaching Masterclass”. Teacher participants are encouraged to come with several videos of their own teaching—ideally clips of 5-15 minutes—which will lead us into valuable discussion and idea-sharing about effective flute teaching. This course fosters a highly supportive environment and is specifically catered to the various experience levels of all participants.
Housing
Paris, Ontario is beautiful! There are many area hotels to consider, but we recommend looking into Air BNB.
Crossing a border? Vaccinated travelers must register with ArriveCAN within 72 hours of their arrival to Canada. Travelers who do not qualify as fully vaccinated may be subject to quarantine or other restrictions as outlined here. We have planned our summer institute to allow for travel during less busy days/times.
Sept-Dec 2025 Teacher Training Courses
All teacher training courses run between the months of September and December will take place online over Zoom. Participants are required to attend all course hours live to register the course. We do not offer asynchronous instruction.