As a Suzuki violin and viola teacher in the Cary area for almost 25 years, I bring a love of learning, compassion for the challenges of being a student (and a human!), along with high yet reasonable expectations to help each student grow and succeed. Through daily practice and weekly lessons, students of all ages and abilities learn and enrich their lives, with the instrument and beyond.

– Lyda Cruden

"Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability just as all children develop the ability to speak their mother tongue. The potential of every child is unlimited.

Shinichi Suzuki

"If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart."

Shinichi Suzuki

"Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill."

Shinichi Suzuki

"An unlimited amount of ability can develop when parent and child are having fun together."

Shinichi Suzuki

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