Marian Goss, co-director
Violin and Viola 

Marian received a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1992 and her master’s degree in violin from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994. 

While at UT, Marian had the honor of playing in a master class given by Isaac Stern. She also was very involved in the University’s String project, a preparatory string program that offers lessons, theory, orchestra and group classes to over 300 children in the Austin area.

After graduate school, Marian moved back to Ohio and enrolled in the long-term Suzuki teacher training program at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the direction of Michele George. Since completing the 10 volumes of Suzuki literature at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Marian has attended several Suzuki workshops and institutes in California, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio. Marian is an active member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.

Marian currently teaches violin and viola students in the Western Reserve Suzuki School and in the Hudson Montessori School Conservatory. She is also a trained Music Together teacher and teaches several family music classes each week. During the summers, Marian teaches at the HMS Chamber intensive camp. In past summer, Marian has taught at the Columbus Suzuki Institute, Walla Walla Washington Institute and Cleveland International Music Festival.

As a performer, Marian is a substitute musician in the Akron and Canton Symphony Orchestras. She is also a member of several local chamber groups who perform all over northern Ohio.