The “ASI Tree of Life” that was created to celebrate 50 years of growth of the American Suzuki Institute. In 1971, Margery Aber, inspired by Shinichi Suzuki, planted the seed for the Institute. At the base of the tree, you will see the founders and the many teachers who have taught at the Institute during the first 50 years. They form the base and roots of ASI. The leaves represent present-day families, alumni and friends whose lives have been touched by ASI and who support the ongoing process of Celebrating the Past – Shaping the Future. You can become a part of the tree by donating to this very special cause. Please indicate “ASI Tree of Life” in the comment box and include a short message you would like to share. Your name and message will appear on the new interactive tree coming soon! (image: students from 1970s on stage with their violins!)
Leaf Colors:
Bright Green: Up to $149
Orange: $150 – $249
Red: $250 – $599
Silver: $600 – $749
Gold: $750+
Thank you to our asi tree of life donors:
Gold ($750+)
The Alan Duncan Family $2,000
From a grateful ASI family – hoping that others will be inspired to contribute to Dr. Suzuki’s vision and to the transformative power of music.
Sonja Kung $1,100
This gift honors the legacy of Miss Aber and the huge number of people she impacted through her life’s work.
Pat D’Ercole $1,000
As a trainee, teacher and past director of ASI, I’ve felt the “magic” & seen its influence on others. Given to honor the past and future generations.
David and Cindy Worth $1,000
Dan Tierney $750
Thank you to both my mother, Lani Tierney, and my teacher, Pat D’Ercole, for all their support!
Silver ($600-$749)
Jennifer Burton $600
ASI has been my summer highlight for so many years. I have many lifelong friends who are a part of my extended family. Thanks for enriching my life!
Red ($250-$599)
William and Teri Jenkins $500
Anonymous $500
Beth Titterington $500
For my dear ASI ❤️
Tanya Carey $400
For memories past and present
Dalton Potter $350
Dalton Potter Scholarship Fund
Kathy Rollings $250
Earl Williams $250
Vicki Jenks $250
Marge Aber taught me violin at UWSP (even though I was a PERCUSSION MAJOR)! Smilingly she said, “Vicki, you need to go to the FRONT of the orchestra.”
Laura Geissler $250
ASI inspires the Suzuki Triangle in my life. My son, my own teaching & my students & their families have all grown through our experiences at ASI.
Linda Perry $250
Thanks to ASI for playing a major role in my life and that of my children and grandchildren.
Nicole Nelson $250
In loving memory of Mrs Joan Rooney. May her spirit and love for music live on in every heart she touched.
Orange ($150-$249)
Susan Hutter $200
In Honor of Julie Maura Bickel
David Becker $200
In support of ASI Chamber Music Viola Scholarship
Amber and Joshua Garbe $200
ASI Viola Scholarship – in memory of Dee Martz
The EJERCITOs $200
3 boys and 19 years in the Suzuki Violin Program!
Jean Dexter $150
I appreciate the opportunity for the years I was able to attend.
Chris and Julie Meadows $150
Bright Green (up to $149)
Nancy Lokken $125
After 50 years, ASI continues to bring us together, providing an environment where we can make friendships & benefit from Dr. Suzuki’s legacy!
Allen Lieb $100
Tim and Barbara Zander $100
Charles Krigbaum $100
I’m so proud to have received my Suzuki Teacher Training at ASI. I’m an 11- summers-in-a-row alumni, and I’m so grateful. Changed my entire life!
Sarah Reeve $100
ASI Viola Scholarship
Michael Ejercito $100
Loved my time learning the violin growing up and now helping my kids learn the violin as a parent.
Vicki Jenks $100
Loved Miss Aber, my violin professor, and female mentor! Never give up (her motto)!!
David Keefe and Lauri Martin Keefe $50
Erin Hillert Bell $50
Being part of the Suzuki program as a violin student changed my life, as did my amazing teacher, Pat D’Ercole. Thank you, ASI, for all you do!
Grace Field $50
Loved my time there – I think of it fondly.
Peggy and Tom Stenborg $50
Colleen Fitzgerald $50
ASI has been my home away from home for two weeks each summer for over 35 years! Thank you!
Xuan Hu $50
Larry Slattery $50
Christie Felsing $50
Congratulations on the first 50…and here’s to the upcoming 50!
Heid Music Company Todd and DeDe Heid $50
Carol Molepske and John Finn $50
Mike and Julie Jagielo $50
Mary Dahm $50
Jon and Leah Rose $50
Supriya Keefe $50
Anonymous $50
Hip, Hip, Hooray! Celebrating the vision set in place many years ago and one that will continue to impact generations to come!
Li-Han Eliza Tseng $50
Thank you ASI-Stevens Point!
Founders
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
Learn More About Dr. Suzuki
Margery Aber
Learn More About Margery Aber
50 Years of Suzuki Faculty
Click to view the list from the first 50 YEARS!
Loren Abramson
Richard Aaron
Vaclav Adamira
Kevin Ahern
Connie Aiken
Eleanor Allen
Allen Lieb
Marmena Marderosian
Margo Hoecherl Ames
Marilyn Andersen
Marge Andersen
Bruce Anderson
Tomio Anderson
Kathleen Angeoth
Ann Applegate
Carmencita Arambulo
Geri Arnold
Jamet Ault
Mary Avi Friedlander
Jane Aeten
Kazue Baber
Anne Bakker
Elizabeth Balch
David Barg
Amy Barston
Gilda Barston
Charles Bath
Joanne Bath
Sue Baer
Karen Bauman
Martin Beaver
Mana Primrose Beaver
Hardie Beckmann
Joe Becker
Louise Behrend
Vasili Beluska
Willem Bertsch
Carole Bigler
Meret Bitticks
Joanna Binford
Judy Blank
Rebecca Blum White
Lamar Blum
Celina Boldrey Casado
Janet Bogart
Diane Bonds
Christophe Boussuat
Judy Boussuat
Jeanne Brazier
Doreen Breckman
Beverly de la Brettone
Pandora Bryce
Rose Broneck
Corrine Brouwer
Blake Brasch
Reagan Brasch
Jennifer Bream Laster
Helen Brunner
Janice Butler
Jenny Burton
Trudy Byron
Beth Cantrell
Tanya Carey
Beth Carr Novak
Carey Cheney
Elliott Cheney
Beth Jones Cherwick
Julie Ciurleo
Nelson Cleary
Enid Cleary
Jessika Cleveland
Joe Cleveland
Louita Clothier
Ann Klicko
Edith Code
Ronda Cole
Kay Collier Slone
Clifford Cook
Donna Cook
Scott Conklin
Cleo Brimhall
Jeff Cox
Delaine Fedson Leonard
Teresa Crane
Susan Crawford
Steven Crawford
Winifred Crock
Joyce Curfee
Nancy Daby
Carol Dallinger
Charlotte Day
Alberta Denk
Allan Dennis
Tove Detrekoy
Bela Detrekoy
Jean Dexter
Nicolo Dicecco
Rocky DiGeorgio Makajima
Bill Dick
Virginia Dixon
Pat D’Ercole
Christina Due
Alice Dutcher
John Dunham
Terry Durbin
Sylvia Edmunds
Pam Eldridge
Graham Emberton
Cathy Farrar McGlasson
Mary Ann Fee Fennel
Ms. Faby
Christie Felsing
Ethel Fang
Rodney Farrar
Bryce Farrar
Dr. Faith Farr
Carla Francis
Kathryn Franceschi
William Foster
Colleen Fitzgerald
Lorraine Fink
Linda Fiori
Gabe Kitayama Bolkosky
Kyoko Kawamoto Fuller
Carolyn Fuhrberg
Suzanne Garber
Alfred Garson
Marie Garritson
Gail Gebhart
Michelle Ueda George
Gretchen Gettes
Edith Gettes
Laura Gilbert
Jay Gilbertson
Linda Gillett
Shirley Gibb
Milton Goldberg
Steven Goodman
Santha Goodwin
Everett Goodwin
Ellen Gortner
Emily Gortner Davis
Beverly Graham
Andres Gron
Gretchen Grube Rebar
Suzanne Grooms
Ray Gustafson
Betty Haag
Matthew Hagle
Walter Haderer
Nancy Hair
Karin Hallberg
Doris Hansen
Dale Martha Hansen-Knettering
Larry Harris
Debbie Harrel
Rita Hauck
Rudy Hazuka
Michael Heany
Patrick Hicks
Helen Higa
Norma Hipil
Yoshikko Hirata
Paul Hirata
Mihoka Hirata
Carey Beth Hockett
Mary Hofer
Satako Hondo Yasiko
Connie Hoover
Jennett Hoff
Sherry Hofmeister
Yuko Honda
Sydney Howell
Charlotte Hubert
Carol Hughes
Hiroko Iritani Driver
Nancy Jackson
Jeanne Janssens
Anastasia Jempelis
Gail Johansen
Kirsten Johansen
Yasuko Joichi
Betty Johnson
Dorothy Jones
Kathryn Jones
Priscilla Jones
Sharon Jones
Joseph Kaminski
Haruko Kataoka
Eiko Suzuki Kataoka
Masayockki Kataoko
Bradley Kay
Kirby Kay
Sheila Keats
Michael Keller
Joan Kellner Wehrman
Deborah Kempter
Joellen Keranen
Marilyn Kesler
Harry Kobialka
John Komasa
Doris Koppelman
Karen Kowalik
Ed Kreitman
Joan Krywicki
Paviivi Kukkamaki
Alice Kujala
Carrie Kulas
Sue Kwak
John Kendall
John Klein
San San Lee Kleitzen
John Lambros
Lorraine Landefeld
Paul Landefeld
Ray Landers
Meg Lanfear
Patrick Langer
Mary Helen Law
Alice Joy Lewis
Janelle Lemire
David Levine
Julian Leviton
Lawrence Leviton
Brian Lewis
Allen Lieb
Alyssa Felicity Lippman
Laura Liuzzi
Valery Lloyd-Watts
Nancy Lokken
Helen Loing
Jeanne Luedke
Kris Lundstrom
Heather MacLaughlin
Veronica Magayne
Sarah McConaghie
Elaine Mann
Kathryn Mansouri
Ginger Martin
Joanne Martin
Dee Martz
Carolyn Mead
Harold Mealy
Michael Medley
Cathy Medley
Jean Schneider-Claytor
Yamada Shigetoshi Yamada
Annette Lee
Elizabeth Lee
Eric Lee
Max Mandel
Ann Marie Novak
Kalman Novak
Nell Novak
Carolyn McCall Meyer
Tom McComb
Michael McLean
Joe McSpadden
Laurie McVinney
Kimberly Meir Sims
Janice Meyer
Judy Meyer
Renan Meyer
Julia Miller
Susan Miller
Elizabeth Mills
Harlow Mills
Joy Moeller
Susan Moinester
Richard Mooney
Sarah Montzka
Marilyn Montzka
Ann Montzka Smelser
Mary Moran
Kristel Morris-Riffert
Roseanne Mostardini
Debbie Mullen
Lauren Murphy
Tim Mutschlecner
Mark Mutter
Kalen Nagase
Liana Naiubin
Akira Nakajima
Mari Nakamura
Katzutoshi Nanmura
Lily Neuman
Moshe Neuman
Elinor Niemisto
Stanley Nosal
Gary Putnam
Marvin Rabin
Susan Raguse
Maria Rantapaa
Rebecca Paluzzi
Connie Pannel
Katherine Parrot
Nehama Patkin
Marie Pauls
Patricia Pavlack
Joe Pecoraro
Nancy Pederson
Suzy Perlman
Kent Perry
Linda Perry
Joseph Petron
Karla Phillip
David Poffinbarger
Doris Preucil
William Preucil
Jeanne Remisch
Joan Reuning
Sanford Reuning
Carrie Reuning-Dean
Robert Richardson
Carlos Riazuelo
Renee Robbins
Satoko Roberts
Sharon Rogers
Joan Rooney
Karen Rose
Molly Roseman
Lewis Rosove
Catalin Rotaru
Margaret Rowell
Barbara Rubenstein
Desiree Ruhstrat
Paul Salerni
Rebecca Sandrok
Virginia Schneider
Philip Scheldt
Marian Schreiber
Charyl Schuler
Louise Scott
Norma Jean Seaton
Janelle Severson
Gretel Shanley
Anna Mae Sharp
Paul Sharpe
Ellen Shertzer
Susan Shields
Doree Shimiza
Margaret Shimizu
Stephen Sims
Daniel Simpson
Jessie Siau
Sven Sjogren
John Slagle
Diane Slone
Linc Smelser
Carol Smith
Craig Smith
Gretchen Smith
Jeff Smith
Sarah Smith
Stan Smith
Nancy Snustad
Oscar Soler
Nancy Sorenson
Marian Soule
Howard Spindler
Edmund Sprunger
Stephen Squires
Martha Stacy
Constance Starr
Ernest Stanke
Judith Starr
William Starr
Marty Steiger
Linda Stieg
Roger Stieg
Peggy Stenborg
Ramona Stirling
Barrett Stoll
David Story
Mary Stroud
Betsy Stuen-Walker
Dan Swaim
Ann Swallum
Peggy Swingle
Jeanne Switzer
Nubuo Takahashi
Toshio Takahashi
Yuko Takahashi
Yvonne Tait
Mrs. Tanaguchi
Carol Tarr
Martha Thomas
Peter Thomas
Diana Tillson
Craig Timmerman
Francoise Timmerman
Beth Titterington
Kaoru Tomita
Phala Tracy
Lorre Trytten
Kenichi Ueda
Karen Urban
Almita Vamos
Roland Vamos
James Van Reeth
Sue Vasquez
Brenda Villard
Janse Vincent
Vicki Vorrieter
Carol Waldvogel
Carol Walker
Catherine Walker
Dorothy Walker
Scott Walker
Barbara Wampner
June Warhoftig
Louise Wear
Janice Weaver
Kathleen Weaver
Elaine Wedeking
Anna Weller
Derek Weller
Allegra Wermuth
Ms. Westerberg
Liz Westerlund
Sue Ann Wible
Donna Wiehe
Katharine Wiley
Sarah Williams
Kelly Williamson
Peggy Wise
Kathy Wood
Joyce Wotruba
Shigetoshi Yamada
Nancy Yamagata
Ruth Yeo
David Yerkeg
Michiko Yurko
Sonja Zeithamel
Larisa Zhizhin
Melissa Zindel
Lenna Xie