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Kathryn Drake

Kathryn Drake

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Kathryn Drake (they/them) is Co-Director and full time Suzuki violin teacher at Ithaca Suzuki Music Education . Drake’s work is focused on the use of violin mastery as a landscape for inner work from a very young age. Drake began violin in the Suzuki Method, they attended The University of Texas at Austin where they studied Violin Performance and completed dozens of hours of elective pedagogy courses with Dr. Laurie Scott and Dr. Robert Duke. They graduated with a Masters of Music in Suzuki Pedagogy and Violin Performance from Ithaca College. While undertaking long-term Suzuki training with Carrie Reuning-Hummel at Ithaca College, Drake lived in residence at the Ithaca Zen Center. Their interests include mindfulness, unhindered self expression, equity in the music studio, the interplay of learning and culture, transparent leadership, and media as a teaching tool. In 2024 Drake received the Distinguished Young Teacher Award and Certificate of Achievement from the SAA.

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