

Welcome to the String Academy of Idaho Falls
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit public charitable organization.
Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
We are inspired by...
Ivan Galamian
Armenian born Galamian also greatly influenced American violin pedagogy. He brought a systematic approach to technique with a philosophy of teaching the whole student, not just the subject and of using a natural set-up to allow for physical ease of sound production on string instruments. Find out more: https://www.meadowmount.com/inner.php?pageid=120
Paul Rolland
Paul Rolland was born and trained in music in Hungary, but is known for being a founder of the American String Teacher Association and for developing techniques based on learning string playing with the whole body and natural muscle motion and kinesthesia in mind. His work is recorded in videos and writings under the title "The Teaching of Action in String Playing" Find out more: https://www.paulrollandsociety.org
Gerhard Mantel
Gerhard Mantel was a German cello performer and pedagogue. He influenced string pedagogy with his writings on psychology in cello playing and teaching. His most famous work is Cello Technique: Principles of Forms and Movement. Find out more: http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/mantel.htm
Shinichi Suzuki
Shinichi Suzuki’s talent education philosophy made its way to the United States from Japan and inspires us with the ideas that every child has ability, that a student’s ability can be fostered in a positive learning environment with support of teacher and family, and that a student thrives when taught the mechanics of playing the instrument (speaking) before reading music (reading/writing). Find out more: https://internationalsuzuki.org/ https://suzukiassociation.org/
Mimi Zweig
Mimi Zweig is a current highly influential pedagogue based in Bloomington, Indiana at Indiana University. Her work on violin pedagogy and consolidation of the teaching styles of Rolland, Suzuki, and Galamian has also been influential to the teachers at SAIF. Find out more: https://www.stringpedagogy.com/
Teri Einfeldt
Teri Einfeldt is a prominant teacher trainer in the Suzuki Method who has served on the board of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and trained countless students and teachers. Find out more: https://suzukiassociation.org/news/author/teri-einfeldt/