We are expanding our cello program with Claire Wylie Onuf and are accepting beginners on cello for Fall 2009!  See our “How to start” page! Beginners will start with the introductory parent-only sessions  on Sept 19, 26.

Lydia Madrick has over 40 years of piano teaching experience with all ages.  She has degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music where she majored in Piano Performance.  As a performer she has soloed, accompanied, and played chamber music.  She has been in Santa Fe for 16 years where she has been keyboard player for the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, accompanist for the Zia Singers, SF Symphony Chorus, Highlands University Concert Choir, and various other choruses and chamber groups.  She is Music Director of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe and is the accompanist for Temple Beth Shalom High Holidays Choir.  She has accompanied students at Santa Fe Talent Education for their Book Recitals and has been seen trying to learn the viola with SFTE.  In her spare time, she accompanies singers and various instrumentalists and rides her Paso Fino horses as often as she can.  She lives with her husband, Allen, two dogs, and 13 horses near Eldorado.  She is totally excited to be joining her friends at SFTE.

SFTE is pleased to announce the appointment of KRISTINA LAMBERT to our violin/viola staff. Kristina is a registered Suzuki violin instructor for Suzuki violin levels 1-10.  Her teacher trainers have included Dr. Louise Scott, Kimberly Meier-Sims, Michele George, and Carrie Reuning-Hummel.  Kristina has a MM degree in Suzuki violin/viola pedagogy from Northern Arizona University, and a BM in violin performance and music education from the University of Memphis.  Kristina enjoys teaching violin and viola private lessons and group classes, as well as Suzuki in the Schools.  She is currently Coordinator of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony’s Mozart y Mariachi Suzuki violin program.  Kristina has served as principal second violin for the Flagstaff Symphony and concertmaster for the Northern Arizona University Orchestra.  Kristina’s principal teachers include Dr. Louise Scott and Dr. Soh-Hyun Park Altino.  In her spare time, Kristina enjoys hiking and gardening.