0 itemsAvi Friedlander
Bachelor’s in Music Performance - The University of Michigan
Master’s in Music Performance - The University of Michigan
Professional Studies - The Cleveland Institute of Music
Mr. Friedlander has been trained in the Suzuki methods with Dr. Tanya Carey, Pam Devenport, Rick Mooney and Gilda Barston. He has also participated in enrichment classes in “Early Child Development” with Ed Sprunger, “Teaching Group Classes” with Carey Beth Hockett, Ed Sprunger and Terry Durbin, “Music Mind Games” with Elizabeth Cunha and cello pedagogy with Irene Sharp. Mr. Friedlander has studied improvisation Eugene Friesen from the Berkely College of Music in Boston and Stephan Braun from Berlin. His primary teachers have included Anthony Elliott, Stephen Geber, Tanya Carey and David Premo. He has also studied with Richard Aaron and Hans Jensen and performed in masterclasses for Janos Starker and Bernard Greenhouse.
Helping people learn through a positive environment.
Expertise in classical, jazz, rock and alternative styles.
Suzuki Teacher Trainer candidate, Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA)
Suzuki Certificate of Achievement, Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA)
Mr. Friedlander has taught at workshops and festivals throughout the country and has performed throughout the United States, Japan and Italy.
Active ice hockey player
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times - Bruce Lee
If you can hear it in your head, you can play it.
J.S.Bach or any of a number of pieces I am currently playing
Performing at Carnegie Hall
Mr. Friedlander was a former member of The New World Symphony and served as the Assistant Principal cellist of the Atlanta Opera. He also served as an adjunct professor at Emory University and is the founder and former director of the Suzuki Talent Education Program of Birmingham.