Joan Krzywicki

Joan Krzywicki earned a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, where she carried a second major in Piano Performance. She studied piano there with Abbey Simon. She also has a Master’s Degree from Youngstown State University in Ohio. Joan’s Suzuki training began in 1981. In addition she has attended workshops in the Taubman technique, the Dalcroze method, and the Kodaly method. Joan became an official Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas in 1993. She maintains a private studio in her home and offers teacher training at Temple University in Philadelphia. Joan is also nationally certified by the Music Teachers National Association. She has been a guest clinician and teacher trainer at workshops and Institutes in the U.S., Canada, England, Sweden, and Argentina. Her students have achieved the highest honors at area Festivals, and many of them continue to study music at the college level.

Joan is serving as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She is also a Past President of the Philadelphia Music Teachers Association and the Greater Philadelphia Suzuki Association.