Jim Van Reeth Affiliation: Faculty Title: Program Director, Violin and Viola Office: Burton 302 Email: vanreethj@denison.edu Phone: 740-587-5606

Jim holds a Bachelors of Music in violin performance from the Aaron Copeland School of Music at Queens College-CUNY and is finishing his Masters in Music Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he completed long-term Suzuki training.  Jim has taught in the Suzuki Programs at Encore Music Studios (Columbus, OH), American Talent Education Center (Stevens Point, WI) and Capital University (Columbus, OH), and currently teaches violin at Suzuki Music Columbus.  He has served as a faculty member at the Summer Suzuki Institutes at Capital University, the American Suzuki Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, The Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, and the Blue Ridge Suzuki Camp in Orkney Springs, VA.  Jim performs with the Sterling String Quartet and the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra.  He is co-coordinator of the Suzuki Youth Orchestras of the Americas (SYOA) for the 2010 SAA Biennial Conference.