Santa Fe Talent Education Suzuki Violin 1

Suzuki violin and viola in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Margaret Carpenter and Rick Lohmann, teachers and co-directors

About Our Program

Santa Fe Talent Education is an established violin and viola program, with students at all levels.

Are you interested in providing your children:

An enriching environment that unleashes learning potential?
A meaningful, productive relationship with you and other adults and children?
A positive, cooperative method that teaches skills they will use their whole lives in whatever path they choose?
A love of music and creative curiosity?
A way to express themselves nonverbally?

The Suzuki approach, or "Talent Education," is a wonderful way to achieve these goals!

Each student participates in:

Weekly private lessons.
Weekly group lessons.
Semester Recitals.
Play-ins and group performances.
Informal home recitals and book graduation recitals.

Children as young as 3 may be ready for our program. Parental involvement is central to the Suzuki philosophy. Parents do not need to have ANY previous musical training: all you need is love for your child! Parents attend a two-session preparatory course before children start Suzuki violin lessons, and then attend all lessons and lead the home practice. Santa Fe Talent Education is a year-round program: we have a fall semester (usually 16 weeks), a spring semester (usually 17 weeks), and a summer session of 5 to 7 weeks. For a good idea of what our activities are and what our semester schedule looks like, click on the link to our NEWS and Calendar page. For more information about starting your child, visit our How do we start? page.