Wendy Seravalle-Smith has music and education degrees from University of Western Ontario and extensive training in Suzuki method in violin, viola and cello including studies with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki in Japan. She is the director of the Thornhill School of Suzuki String Teaching and teaches violin, viola and cello from beginner to advanced levels. Wendy has been on the violin and viola faculty of Ithaca Suzuki Institute, Montreal Suzuki Institute, Southwestern Ontario Suzuki Institute, Ottawa(Kansas) Suzuki Institute, American Suzuki Institute in Wisconsin and National Music Camp.
Teachers have included Yuri Mazurkevich(violin), Ralph Aldrich(viola), and Susan Gagnon(cello). Wendy has been a Royal Conservatory strings examiner since 1998. She has adjudicated music festivals throughout Canada, and has been a guest clinician at many Ontario Suzuki programs. She has played violin or viola with Oshawa Symphony, Pickering Philharmonic, York Symphony, York Chamber Ensemble and viola in Cathedral Bluffs Symphony.. She has presented about Skype teaching and Royal Conservatory exams and the Suzuki student at SAA conferences and Skype teaching in Germany and served on organizing committee for 2016 and 2018 SAA conference in Minneapolis. She has attended Suzuki conferences in Europe including first European Suzuki Viola Gathering in 2018.
Member SMMC, CVS, AVS, CFMAA.
Wendy teaches ONLINE with occasional in-person activities
Instrument / Discipline
- Violin
- Viola
- Theory
- Rudiments
- History
Specialized in
- Youth (7-17)
- Young Children (under 7)
- Beginner/Elementary
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Teaches At
- Music school
- Online
- Teacher's studio
Specialist designation
- History - Advanced
- Theory - Elementary
- Theory - Intermediate
- Viola - Advanced
- Viola - Elementary
- Viola - Intermediate
- Violin - Advanced
- Violin - Elementary
- Violin - Intermediate
- Violoncello - Elementary
- Violoncello - Intermediate
Credentials
- 1979 - Bachelor of Education - University of Western Ontario
- 1978 - Bachelor of Music - University of Western Ontario
Professional development
- Advanced Group Class Techniques for Violin (SAA) - - 2003
- Cello Foundation 1A (SAA) - - 1990
- Cello Foundation 1B - - 1991
- Cello Unit 1 (SAA) - - 2009
- Cello Unit 2 (SAA) - - 1995
- Cello Unit 3 (SAA) - - 1997
- Cello Unit 3 (SAA) - - 2007
- Cello Unit 4 (SAA) - - 2004
- Cello Unit 5 (SAA) - - 2005
- Cello Unit 6 (SAA) - - 2005
- Character Pieces and the Art of Interpretation for Violin (SAA) - - 2003
- Duo Literature for Violin and Piano (SAA) - - 2004
- Every Child Can (SAA) - - 2004
- Overview of Units 4 to 6 Cello (SAA) - - 1996
- Post Graduate studies - - 1986
- Revisiting Book 1 Cello - - 2017
- Revisiting Book 1 violin - - 2016
- Suzuki Principles in Action - - 2010
- Teaching the Bruch and Mendelssohn Concerti - - 2019
- Teaching Tone in Group Class Setting - - 2017
- Techniques Using Supplementary Literature for Violin (SAA) - - 2004
- Viola for Violinists (SAA) - - 1999
- Viola Unit 3 (SAA) - - 2001
- Viola Unit 4 (SAA) - - 2001
- Viola Unit 5 (SAA) - - 2001
- Viola Unit 6 (SAA) - - 2000
- Viola Unit 7 (SAA) - - 1999
- Viola Unit 7 (SAA) - - 2003
- Violin Foundation 1A - - 1980
- Violin Foundation 1A (SAA) - - 1982
- Violin Foundation 1B (SAA) - - 1980
- Violin Foundation 1B (SAA) - - 1982
- Violin Overview Units 1 to 6 (SAA) - - 1989
- Violin Overview Units 7 to 10 (SAA) - - 1995
- Violin Practicum (SAA) - - 2002
- Violin Sonatas (SAA) - - 2004
- Violin Unit 2 (SAA) - - 1980
- Violin Unit 2 (SAA) - - 1987
- Violin Unit 3 (SAA) - - 1980
- Violin Unit 3 (SAA) - - 1991
- Violin Unit 4 (SAA) - - 1980
- Violin Unit 4 (SAA) - - 1982
- Violin Unit 4 (SAA) - - 1992
- Violin Unit 5 (SAA) - - 1983
- Violin Unit 5 (SAA) - - 1988
- Violin Unit 5 (SAA) - - 1993
- Violin Unit 6 (SAA) - - 1988
- Violin Unit 6 (SAA) - - 1994
- Violin Unit 7 (SAA) - - 2000
- Violin Unit 8 (SAA) - - 2000
- Violin Units 9 and 10 (SAA) - - 2002
- Weaving the Fabric of Viola Technique - Overview of Units 3 to 8 (SAA) - - 2004
School Associations
- Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators' Association - National
- Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association - Provincial / State
- Suzuki Association of the Americas - National