Suzuki Music Institute of Dallas

Join pianist Evan Ritter and violist Bella Markham (SMID Faculty) for a night of romantic musical masterpieces featuring works by Franck, Liszt, and Vaughn-Williams. This in-person event will take place at Steinway Hall - Dallas, an iconic venue known for its incredible and intimate atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the passion and drama of these romantic composers as Dallasite virtuosos bring their compositions to life. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening!

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Our concert hall was filled with beautiful music this weekend as we debuted our brave Twinklers, then showcased our graduating seniors—all in one afternoon! We will miss our seniors, but are extremely proud of how far they’ve come and can’t wait to see what they do next!

This Saturday, March 30th, at 5:30pm, SMID faculty Evan Ritter (piano) and Bella Markham (viola) will be giving a recital featuring works by Benjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Zoltan Kodaly, and Alexander Glazunov. It’s sure to be a fabulous performance to inspire our young students and music lovers of all ages! Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Hope to see you there! 🎻 🎹

Congratulations to Carson Bosita, piano studio of Dr. Bret Serrin, who recently won first place at the American Protege' International Competition. Carson will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on November 29th, 2024. Well done, Carson! 🎹🥇🎉🎉

A big congratulations to Peter Hu for winning his division at the Dallas Music Teachers Association competition playing the Kabalevsky violin concerto!

SMID students may work hard, but they also play hard! Thank you Dr Jeremy Dittus for making Dalcroze such a blast!

Thank you to all our amazing guest teachers!! Fabulous teaching, happy kids and wonderful collegiality!

SMID students performed a beautiful prelude concert for the Dallas Symphony at the Meyerson this weekend 🎶 🎹 🎻

Thank you to everyone who came out to our holiday concert and bake sale! It was blast to see all the families enjoying the festivities and spreading musical cheer 🎶🎄⛄️

And a very special thanks to Ms. Tracey for organizing the bake sale!

Congratulations to SMID cellists Grant McHenry and Isabel Chapman, and violinist Alexander Yu for making it into TMEA All State orchestra!
Isabel represents SMID as the only freshman cellist in the top orchestra. Grant ranked an impressive 12th in the entire state of Texas. and Alexander is SMID’s new ambassador for SLOW, relaxed practice as the way to successfuly compete at such a high level. congratulations students and teachers!

Bravo to SMID piano students who performed at the Dallas Solo Piano Competition this weekend!

Please join us on August 6th for a special event with Kathleen Covens as she discusses innovative ways to interact with children. All Suzuki parents are welcome!

From adorable twinklers to impressive seniors- the beginning and graduating class of 2023! Congratulations to all!

Thank you to our fabulous guest teachers for a wonderful spring workshop! Such great fun and learning!
Hays Hendricks, Oscar Soler, Rossitza Goza, Evan Ritter, Natsuko Ejiri, Melissa Solomon and Jaymee Haefner…you are all amazing! Thank you!

Congratulations to SMID student Feraas Danuser and his 3 Sudie Tag team mates who won the Music Memory Competition for all of DISD!!!!

Congratulations SMID student Ben Peckham and his teacher Dr. Bret Serrin! The final round is live and open to the public. Good luck Ben!

Congratulations to SMID student Ben Peckham, pianist! Ben has been chosen as a finalist in the DSO’s Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition. The finalists will compete for a $5k First Prize and a performance of the winning concerto with the DSO to follow in the summer/next season. The final round is live and open to the public at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Sunday, April 2 from 2-4pm.

Congratulations to SMID student Grace Novacheck on being selected to perform on this prestigious program. Her playing will air Monday March 27!

https://fromthetop.org/musician/grace-novacheck/

TPSMEA All State orchestra final concert about the start! Look how well represented our SMID teenagers are! Stellar young people! The future looks good !

Congratulations to SMID student, Alette Williams, on her Honorable Mention in the international Sphinx Competition in Detroit today. Alette was the youngest performer. Well done Alette!

Congratulations SMID students for their successes this past weekend at the DMTA competition! 👏 👏 👏

Julian Chapman 1st place
Strings Junior B Concerto division

Elise Graham 2nd place
Strings Elementary 2B piece/sonata division

Kavya Chava 2nd place
Strings Intermediate B Piece/Sonata division

Sivan Hahn 3rd place
Strings Elementary 2A piece/sonata division

Meera Sridharan 3rd place
Strings Elementary 1 piece/sonata division

Akash Nair 5th place
Piano senior division

James Yao 6th place
Strings Elementary 2 piece/sonata division

Peter Hu honorable mention
Strings Elementary 2 piece/sonata division

We are proud of their hard work! Thank you to their teachers Dr. Rhea Edelman and Dr. Bret Serrin!

Congratulations to SMID students Alette Williams, 2nd place and Charlie Bui, 3rd place in the Collin County Concerto Competition! We are all thrilled for you!!

SMID students performed at a private event for United Way at the Dallas Zoo…and had a little fun too :)🎄🎻

So proud of these pianists who competed in the Dallas Solo Piano Competition! 👏🎉🎹

Congrats to all the piano students who performed in the play-in this afternoon and showed off their skills in style! 🎹🎃