Cynthia Faisst, Early Childhood Music Specialist

Education:

1979 Bachelor of Arts in Music Education

Emphasis in Music Methods

University of Northern Iowa

1992 Suzuki Music School, Japan

Violin Graduation – Talent Education Institute

1997 Licensed Kindermusik Teacher

Completion of training for all Kindermusik curriculums for children age 0-7

Teacher Training:

Three years study with Dr. Suzuki

Suzuki Violin Books 1-10 registered with Suzuki Association of the Americas. Books 1-VI under Doris Preucil; Dr. Evelyn Hermann; Bette Dyer; Alan Lieb; Alice Joy Lewis

Enrichment overview with John Kendal in 2001 & Susan Kempter in 2003 at Occidental Suzuki Institute after 1992.

Founder and Violin Sensei

Talent Education Center: Suzuki Violin Program

Specialization: Suzuki Violin for children as young as 3 years of age with parents

*Development and musical maintenance of about 40 Suzuki Violin Students and their families.

*Research and development of PreTwinkle Violin method for preschool children

*Kindermusik for babies and toddlers 0-3

*Promotion of musical Parenting

Teaching Experience:

2006- Director of Santa Ana Suzuki Strings at the Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center.

1979 to Present Public School and Private Studio

1998 to 2002

Eldorado Private School – Early childhood Music Specialist ages 3-7, using Music Box materials and Music for the Young Child Kindermusik. Three preschool classes, 15 Kindergartners and 20 First Graders. Organized general music program.

1998 Katherine Irvine Day school Volunteer. Music for KIDS, Santa Ana. Taught and organized Kindermusik Music Box Program

1997 Irvine Community Services. Classes for babies and toddlers offered for Community Services

1992-96

*Four years Montessori teaching experience at IUSD International Montessori Early Childhood Education

1992-94

Montessori Study and Internship under Dr. Feland Meadows

August 2001

Teaching pilot Village class for Teen Mothers Program under the Alternative Education Branch of the OC Dept of Education through Renaissance 9 a nonprofit arts organization in Orange County

Fall 2002-2005

Invited by the Director Beverly Hatfield to Start a Suzuki Violin Program at Seaview School in Huntington Beach

Awards

John Spencer Sterns Scholarship Recipient on behalf of the KIDS program Katherine Irvine Day School in Santa Ana, before it became a Head start program.

One of 47 music programs across the country which obtained a grant providing Music Box Materials for 20 children at risk.

Tuition grant was used to provide additional materials for KIDS teachers and instruments for classroom use .

Published as Guest Columnist in Orange County Register Feb. 1 1998 , ‘Music has charms for the youngest children’.

Appeared on the Accent page on Feb. 6, 1997 , ‘The Sound of Learning’.

Large color photo of TEC violin students at Irvine Day in the Park event appeared on Front page of Irvine World News, April 14, 2005.

Organizational Membership

Cynthia is a dedicated member of Suzuki and Kindermusik Organizations in the county area as well as nationally where she is registered as a Suzuki teacher and continues to update her teaching skills. These non profit organizations support educational activities for training teachers and providing additional enrichment for children and their parents through their many projects, regional recitals, workshops institutes and conferences. One of these includes the Orange County Suzuki Festival which a growing number of TEC students participate in each fall. TEC/OC parents are encouraged to support and enhance the studio environment by joining and volunteering in these organizations. Their publications include: Orange County Notes, LegerLines and the American Suzuki Journal and Kindermusik Educators Journal.

As a member of the SMAC/LA-OC chapter I have encouraged the Orange County teachers to use the Eldorado site for String Workshops after having success doing smaller ones with my own studio at this location. I have also served on the board of SMAC/OC before I began volunteering for KIDS and Renaissance 9 under Silvia Perez.

*Suzuki Music Association of California/Orange County http://www.suzukimusic-oc.org/ , SMAC /LA , SMAC/SOC (south coastal) *SMAC http://members.cox.net/suzuki-ca/

Suzuki Association of the Americas & International Suzuki Association www.suzukiassociation.org

Cynthia Faisst

Early Childhood Music Specialist

Licensed Kindermusik Teacher

Suzuki Violin Sensei

Talent Education Center: Suzuki Violin