Flory Godinez earned her Bachelor of Music and Master degrees in Violin Performance and completed PhD studies in Music Theory and Violin. She studied in Japan for two years with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, earning a Suzuki Violin Teacher\u2019s Certificate.<\/p>\n Flory is a registered Suzuki Violin Teacher Trainer and has trained violin teachers in Europe and North America. She has played solo, chamber music and orchestral concerts in eleven countries on three continents under such conductors as Leopold Stokowski, Walter Susskind, and Holywood film composer Carmen Dragon. Flory worked four years as a studio violinist in southern California playing back ups for radio and TV commercials and pop groups.<\/p>\n Annette Lee, Piano<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2015, she became a registered Teacher Trainer in Piano. Ms. Lee has taught at the Music Institute of Chicago and DePaul University and is currently on faculty at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. At MacPhail, she is a Suzuki teacher, is a staff accompanist for the Suzuki Department and hosts Teacher Training for Piano.<\/p>\n In 2022, Ms. Lee established a Fellowship Program in which she trains young, aspiring piano teachers in the Suzuki Method. She is a frequent clinician at Suzuki Institutes, having taught in Stevens Point, WI, Blue Lake Institute, MI, Mt. Royal Academy, Calgary, Suzuki Piano Program in Saskatoon, the Wheaton Preparatory Department, IL, the Preucil School in IA, the Chicago Suzuki Institute, the Levine School in Washington, D.C. , the Memphis Institute, SMID in Dallas and at the Colorado Suzuki Institute. Most recently, Ms. Lee was selected as the only representative of the SAA to teach a master class during the International Teacher Trainers Convention in Matsumoto, Japan.<\/p>\n Andrea Cannon, Guitar<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrea is an alumna Boston\u2019s Berklee College of Music with a major in Jazz Performance as well as an Outstanding Alumni Service award. Post-Collegiate studies include extensive Applied Performance in Classical Guitar with Robert Guthrie of Southern Methodist University and Suzuki Method pedagogy courses in both guitar and Early Childhood Education. Andrea\u2019s Guitar Arts Studio in Houston, Texas includes training in Theory and Performance skills for guitarists as well as the first Suzuki Early Childhood Music program established in the US.<\/p>\n She serves as a consultant to the Spring School District Music Department and directs Applied Guitar studies at Lone Star College. She is Certified through Music Teacher\u2019s National Association and is a Registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Andrea is humbled and proud that arts advocacy group \u2018Alarte\u2019 of Guatemala City, Guatemala has created a Scholarship in her name. The first recipient of the \u2018Beca Andrea Cannon\u2019 is enjoying the benefits of a new guitar as well as expert Suzuki instruction.<\/p>\n She has competed in numerous competitions, receiving scholarships as well as competing in Provincial competitions. Julia also began teaching both violin and piano (which she plays as a secondary instrument) when she was 14, and teaches both to this day. In 2016, she received the Iris Evans Scholarship \u2018Most Likely To Become A Professional Artist Award\u2019 from the Sherwood Park Music Festival. In 2017, she was a finalist in the ASA concerto competition, and won the Sherwood Park Music Festival\u2019s Concerto competition in that same year. <\/span><\/p>\n In 2018, she performed the complete Mozart Concerto No. 4 in D major alongside an orchestra, as a result of her winning the concerto competition the year prior. She has also performed in orchestras, being part of the EYO (Edmonton Youth Orchestra) at the age of 12, and later playing as part of the University of Alberta\u2019s USO (University Symphony Orchestra) and the MGSO (McGill Symphony Orchestra). While playing as a member of the USO, Julia majored in Psychology at the University of Alberta. Julia enjoys chamber work, as well as teaching one on one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/albertasuzukiinstitute.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FHpic.jpg\")
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Julia Zalkovic, Violin <\/strong><\/p>\n