Tina
Darden,
a graduate of Converse College in Spartanburg, SC, has a
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance/Pedagogy. She is
also a graduate of Florida State University, where she
earned her Master of Music in Piano Performance/Pedagogy.
Tina has been teaching the Yamaha method in Atlanta since
1992. She has been a Yamaha Music Education Specialist,
which qualifies her to teach other teachers, since 2002.
Tina teaches Yamaha classes at Atlanta Music Education
Center and teaches private piano lessons at New School of
Music. She is the pianist for McKendree United Methodist
Church in Lawrenceville and is the accompanist for the
Atlanta Suzuki Flute Choir. Tina is an active member of
GCMTA and GMTA.
Suellen Stroup,
pictured with her family,
has a degree in Music Education with a proficiency in voice
and a minor in piano. She has taught piano and voice since
1994 and Yamaha since 2000. In addition, she is a certified
Kindermusik teacher and has taught it since 1999.
Margaret Maurice is passionate about teaching
music and piano, which
she has been doing for over 10 years. She is a graduate
student in
piano pedagogy at Georgia State University. She graduated
magna cum
laude with a bachelor's degree in music from Atlanta
Christian
College. In 2006, she began her Yamaha teacher training with
Tina
Darden and has greatly enjoyed teaching the Yamaha Junior
Music
Course. Margaret has also been on the piano faculty at
DeKalb School
of the Arts and The Lovett School in Atlanta, GA.