Anthony Arnone
Preucil School String Orchestra, Sinfonietta

Anthony Arnone is conductor of the Preucil School String Orchestra (PSSO). He is also the Assistant Professor of Cello at The University of Iowa School of Music. He is on the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival and the Stonybrook Summer Music Festival where he teaches and performs. A native of Honolulu, Mr. Arnone received his Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Colin Carr. He completed his master’s degree in conducting at Wichita State University.

Janet Ault
Opus I

Janet received her BA in History from Grinnell College and her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Cornell College. Janet has recently retired from teaching in the public school orchestra program in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where she taught for over twenty years. Janet joined the faculty of the Preucil School in 1976. Three of Janet’s five children are Preucil School alumni and two of Janet’s six grandchildren currently attend the Preucil School.

Linda Judiesch
Opus II

Linda received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Chicago Musical College, Roosevelt University, and is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan. She has been a member of the Rochester Philharmonic, National Symphony of Chile, McMaster Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Hamilton. She has been on the faculty of the University of Costa Rica, the Hamilton Suzuki School of Music, the Music Center of the North Shore, and the Suzuki School of Music in Bermuda. She was the founding president of the Ontario Suzuki Teachers’ Association, and has been a frequent institute clinician. She has been on the Preucil School faculty since 1997 and is member of the Cedar Rapids Symphony.

Tabitha Rasmussen
Discovery Strings

Tabitha Rasmussen received her Bachelor of Music and Teaching Certificate and Masters of Music Education at the University of Iowa. Tabitha is an alumna of the Preucil School where she studied with Diane Dahl-McCoy and Doris Preucil. She taught public school orchestra in Lamoni and Davenport, Iowa and currently teaches orchestra in the public schools in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Her children are currently violin students at the Preucil School.

Sonja Berven Zeithamel
Director of the Preucil School of Music, Concert Orchestra

Sonja co-founded the Preucil School of Music in 1975 as Assistant Director and was named Director in August 1997. She is an honors graduate of the Univeristy of Iowa School of Music. As a member of the Preucil School of Music faculty, she teaches violin, viola, coaches string quartets and conducts string orchestras. She is a registered Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas and travels throughout the United States as a clinician at Suzuki Institutes and Workshops. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.

Doris Bogen Preucil
Director Emeritus, Chamber Orchestra

Doris is the founder and Director Emeritus of the Preucil School of Music. An honors graduate of the Eastman School of Music, she was a violinist with the National Symphony and the Rochester Philharmonic. She has served on the faculties of Western Illinois University, the University of Northern Iowa, and Interlochen Arts Camp, and performed and presented workshops throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, and Korea. A Suzuki teacher since 1963, she is the author of the Suzuki Viola School, and a Past President of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She was named "Teacher of the Year" by the Iowa String Teachers Association in 2005 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Eastman School in 2004.