Betty Haag-Kuhnke, commonly referred to as Betty Haag, is an American music educator.

Life

She received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from

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where she was the recipient of the Goodbody Fellowship and the Performer's Certificate. After graduation, she began playing professionally with the

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. She later taught violin at

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. Haag introduced the

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to the Arlington Heights Public Schools in

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, and worked directly with

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in Matsumoto, Japan. While in Japan, she supervised the recordings for ''Suzuki in the String Class'' by Zahitilla (which were completed in

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). She has since taught Suzuki Pedagogy at

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, and

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and presented workshop demonstrations in Germany, China, Portugal, Australia and throughout the United States. She was named the 1994 Illinois String Teachers Association's ''Outstanding Studio Teacher of the Year'' and has been recognized by the

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. As recipient of the

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Award for Programs for Children and Youth, she was honored by having her students appear at the 37th Annual Kennedy Center Achievement Awards presentation. In addition to her work as director of the Betty Haag Academy of Violin Studies, Haag serves as a faculty member at the Porto International Festival in

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and the Music Academy at

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Prominent Students

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(Soloist and recording artist) * Stephanie Jeong (Associate concertmaster of the

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) * Roddy Chong (Touring musician for

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and

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) * Gina DiBello (First violin in the

) * Elisa Barston (Principal Second violin of the

Seattle Symphony The Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington. Since 1998, the orchestra is resident at Benaroya Hall. The orchestra also serves as the accompanying orchestra for the Seattle Opera. History Beginnings The orchest ...

) * Karen Haley Foster (Retired violinist of the

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) * Kiju Joh (Second violin in the

Houston Symphony The Houston Symphony is an American orchestra based in Houston, Texas. The orchestra is resident at the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. History The first concert of what was to become the Houston Symphony took place on June 21, 1 ...

) * Kristine Whitson (Second violin in the

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) * Lauren Speeth (First violin in the Peninsula Symphony) * Jacqueline Fisher (First violin in the Rockford Symphony Orchestra) * Sang Mee Lee (Violin and viola faculty at

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) * Naomi Culp (Violin faculty at

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) * David Perry (Violin faculty at

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) *

Lisa Shihoten Lisa Shihoten (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American violin soloist, chamber musician and teacher. A member of the critically acclaimed Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Shihoten is an active and significant presence in New York City's classica ...

(Violin soloist, member of Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and violin faculty at

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) * Karyn Macfarlane (Former Associate Concertmaster of the

Charleston Symphony Orchestra The Charleston Symphony Orchestra aka CSO, is an American orchestra based in Charleston, South Carolina, and performs Masterworks and Pops series, Youth Orchestra concerts and more, at the Gaillard Center and dozens of other venues across the Low ...

) * Alan Molina (First violin in the

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and former Principal Second Violin in the

) * Gallia Kastner (Concertmaster of the

American Youth Symphony The American Youth Symphony (AYS) was an orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States, It was founded in 1964. History AYS was founded in 1964 by conductor Mehli Mehta (father of Zubin Mehta and Zarin Mehta), then Director of the O ...

)

References

External links

Betty Haag Academy of Violin Studies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haag, Betty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American music educators American women music educators Indiana University Bloomington alumni Stanford University faculty Northwestern University faculty American women academics 20th-century American women educators 20th-century American educators