Suzuki Music School Of

Parental Involvement, Guidance, Encouragement and Long-Term Commitment are Keys to Success. The Suzuki Music School of Maryland, Inc. (SMSMD), celebrating thirty years of service to the greater community, is the oldest and most established music school of its kind based in Howard County. As a college preparatory music school [with increasingly higher standards] we serve over seven counties in Maryland plus Washington, DC.

Dr. Joan Singer Spicknall founder and director of the Suzuki Music School of Maryland, Inc., is foremost, a music educator and performer. As a scholarship student in Piano at the Peabody Conservatory (now the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University), she received a Teachers Certificate, B.M., and M.M. and her postgraduate work continued in Chamber Music.

Covers the rudiments of music; basic symbols, terms, and pitch recognition drills. Integrated approach to music theory which includes drills aurally, and visually, basic terms. This class deals with homophonic texture in four voices. Primary and secondary triads in all positions and all basics for composition writing.

The Suzuki Music School Touring Ensemble, Inc. (TSMSTE) became a separate non-profit community-based organization in 2006 and a formal partner with The Howard County Public School System in 2007. TSMSTE is open to all qualified music students and musicians who successfully pass the audition. With a continuing commitment to sharing our musical talents with the community, we have given numerous concerts in retirement and nursing homes, and participated in many significant Howard County events, most recently Columbia's Big 50th Birthday Celebration at Lakefront stage, Howard Community College, the Mall in Columbia, Wilde Lake Village Center [including its 40th birthday celebration as Columbia's oldest village].