The Suzuki Music School of Maryland, Inc. (SMSMD), celebrating
thirty years of service to the greater community, is the oldest and
most established music school of its kind based in Howard County.
As a college preparatory music school [with increasingly higher standards]
we serve over seven counties in Maryland plus Washington, DC. We continue to
create an increasing variety of musical opportunities in the form
of private lessons, classes, and performing ensembles [TSMSTE] for the whole
family and community at large. In addition to being the region’s finest and most
comprehensive music school offering both Suzuki and traditional instruction
in all instruments and voice, we offer a wide selection of classes for beginning
through advanced levels which afford serious, motivated, and dedicated music
students the opportunity to receive a quality well-rounded music education in
preparation for college entrance and beyond. We always strive to customize our
programs to suit the needs and interests of our students, without sacrificing our
high standards in quality and excellence.
The Suzuki Music School Touring Ensemble (TSMSTE) became a separate
non-profit community-based organization in 2006, and a formal educational
partner with the Howard County Public School System in 2007. TSMSTE
is open to all qualified music students and musicians who successfully pass
the audition. With a continuing commitment to sharing our talents with the
greater community, we have given concerts in retirement and nursing homes,
religious and spiritual institutions, shopping malls in many Maryland counties
and Washington, DC, and have participated in many significant Howard
County events, including numerous Columbia birthday celebrations, and the
Columbia Festival of the Arts [Lakefest]. We also accepted the invitation to
present a concert as part of the Best of Maryland Festival at Six Flags. We have
given concerts at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Post Office Pavilion in
Washington, DC. We were selected to be included in a nationally televised PBS
children’s education special “Preschool Power.” As part of our 25th anniversary
celebration, we hosted a very successful Arts Advocacy Event at Lakefront
Columbia. We were presented with an honorary resolution by the Howard
County Council, and assisted by various speakers and sponsors followed by a
TSMSTE concert. In the summer of 2017 we participated in the Washington
Preludio European Concert Tour.
SMSMD prides itself on providing a customized positive and nurturing learning environment in which parental involvement plays a very important role.
Old-fashioned family values with a modern twist. As always, we wish to thank everyone who has contributed to and continues to support quality and excellence
in the arts and education, and for making our growth and expansion possible.
Dr. Joan Spicknall, B.M., M.M., D.M.A