Christie Felsing
Violin Teacher Trainer
Christie Felsing is Assistant Director of the Preucil
School of Music where she has been a member of the violin faculty since 1996.
She received her Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, studying violin with Vartan Manoogian and pedagogy with
Marvin Rabin. After graduate studies at Boston University including long-term
Suzuki teacher training, she pursued a Suzuki internship with Doris Preucil
at the Preucil School. Her experience led her to complete a Master of Music
degree in Suzuki pedagogy at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
with John Kendall. Christie is a graduate of AMICI (Arts Management in Community
Institutions), an administrative training program sponsored by the National
Guild of Community Schools of the Arts. She is a registered Teacher Trainer
and current board member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Doris Bogen Preucil
Director Emeritus, Violin Teacher Trainer
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.
William Preucil
Viola Teacher Trainer, Advanced Viola
William Preucil has performed in countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia,
Australia, and throughout North America. He is a graduate of the Eastman School
of Music, former principal violist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a founding
member of the Stradivari Quartet, and is Professor Emeritus at the University
of Iowa, where he received its annual award for Teaching Excellence in 1992.
Mr. Preucil is the recording artist for the method books of the Suzuki Viola
School and is now serving as vice-president of the American Viola Society
and as vice-president of the International Suzuki Association.
Sonja Berven Zeithamel
Director of the Preucil School of Music,
Violin Teacher Trainer
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.
Suzuki Teacher Training
Four of our current teaching faculty are Suzuki Association of the Americas
Certified Teacher Trainers and offer courses when interest is expressed. Please
contact the Preucil School of Music for more information: (319) 337-4156.
Teacher Training Faculty
