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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES |
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Ann Marie Novak, Pianoanovak@uwsp.eduAnn Marie Novak earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Oberlin College-Conservatory of Music. She holds a Master of Music from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She began her Suzuki training with Martha Stacy at Oberlin. She has pursued further studies with Haruko Kataoka, Valery Lloyd-Watts, Carole Bigler and Jasuko Joichi. Ms. Novak taught Suzuki Piano for nearly 10 years in Ohio and Massachusetts. While residing on the East Coast, she was the founding director of the Northampton Community Music Center and the Suzuki Department Coordinator at the Community Music School of Springfield. Ms. Novak moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin in 1992, where she is on the faculty of the American Suzuki Talent Education Center at UWSP. She maintains a studio of over 40 students and accompanies string students in the ASTEC program. Ms. Novak also teaches at workshops around the country and at the American Suzuki Institute at Stevens Point. |
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