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Your Donations support our non profit Institute and the scholarship fund!
Each summer the Colorado Suzuki Institute awards scholarships to many of our participants. Last year we awarded over $15,000 in work/study scholarships. But even this amount is not enough to meet the need. Each year we turn away many dedicated students because we cannot offer them financial assistance. They need our help. Your gift can help us assist more deserving young musicians. Please use this link to make your donation.
Thelma Teitelbaum Memorial Suzuki Students and Teachers Scholarship Fund
Funded in memory of Thelma Teitelbaum, a Suzuki violin teacher, performer, and life-long music maker whose zest for life and dedication to education spanned over 100 years. The generous donor has offered seed money to get the program rolling and gauge interest and commitment from the donor community. For every dollar that is contributed before the end of the year the Teitelbaum scholarship fund will match your donation up to $3,000.00. So your $50 donation will turn into a $100 donation automatically! This is something completely new that will help complete the circle of Suzuki teachers and students, and ensure that no child seeking Suzuki training is left behind.
“After I attended a seminar featuring Shinichi Suzuki, I became so intrigued with his unique method of violin instruction that I adopted it. I soon built my own following of forty children, three years old and up, who learned the violin alongside their parents, a requirement of the Suzuki method. These were the most productive and rewarding years of my life.”
-Thelma Teitelbaum in 2015 (five years before her passing at 100 years old)
There are multiple ways to show your support for what we do!
- Direct donations - Even a small donation can make a big difference in a child's musical life
- Memorial and Tribute Funds -If you would like to set up a Memorial Fund or Tribute Fund please contact Mark and Leah Biesterfeld directly at execdirector@coloradosuzuki.org or call (303) 476-4330 ext. #3.
- Silent Auction Express -Donations for the Silent Auction Express are one-on-one experiences our faculty and staff donate that take place DURING the Institute. Donations are either Suzuki oriented or sharing a special non-musical skill. The key ingredient in these offerings is the special time spent with a teacher or staff member! Examples of Silent Auction Express Auction Items: 20-minute practice consultation, 30-minute hike, Dinner with a student and their family, 30-minute Yoga or Stretching session, a knitting lesson, etc. Other special talents faculty would like to share!
- Silent Auction - We have collected many items for our Scholarship Silent Auction this year. We are grateful for the many people who donate year after year. Read the Daily Note newsletter for a full listing of items on the Silent Auction. Donations for the regular Silent Auction are for any tangible items such as CDs, books, jewelry, hand knitted mittens, gift baskets, gift certificates, etc. Contact us if you would like to donate something!
- T-shirts! -All proceeds from sales at the CSI T-shirt booth go directly into the scholarship fund. Please support this fund! Each purchased T-Shirt enters you into a drawing for the Grand Prize of $500 in ‘Suzuki Bucks’ applicable towards the following year's Institute tuition. One grand prize is awarded in each session. Proceeds support the scholarship fund for students and teachers. We will send an email with links to purchase a T-Shirt in the weeks leading up to the start of the Institute!
