Merlin B. Thompson is one of Canada's leading authorities on the Suzuki Piano Method. Mr. Thompson graduated Bachelor of Music (piano performance) from the University of Regina and Maitre es Arts (musicology) from the University of Montreal. In 1986 he graduated from the Suzuki Teacher Training Program at the Matsumoto Talent Education Institute under the Suzuki Method's founder Dr. Shinichi Suzuki and Suzuki Piano's co-founder Dr. Haruko Kataoka. Since 1988, he has been Artistic Director of the Suzuki Piano Program at the Mount Royal College Conservatory in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Thompson is a recognized Suzuki Piano Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas and the International Suzuki Association. He has conducted Suzuki Piano Pedagogy Workshops in Japan, throughout Australia, the United States and across Canada.

See biography. (bio - print version). Alumni.

Services

Piano Lessons. Suzuki Teacher Training (certification). Clinics. Workshops. Master Classes. Adjudication.

Upcoming

Schedule. For details and contact information see Merlin Thompson Events Schedule
Presentations:
Pedagogy Presentation, University of Lethbridge, October 13, 2000
Pedagogy Presentation, University of Regina, October 16, 2000
Looking at the Big Picture, Regina Registered Music teachers Association, October 17, 2000
Pedagogy Presentation,Brandon University, October 18, 2000
Pedagogy Presentation,University of Western Ontario, London, October 20, 2000
Institutes:
Suzuki Millennium Festival, London, Ontario, October 21 - 22, 2000.
Fall Insitutute, Edmonton Suzuki Elementary School, November 4 - 5, 2000
Suzuki Piano Pedagogy Workshop, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 10 - 11, 2000
Suzuki Piano Pedagogy Workshop, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 23 - 24, 2001
Suzuki Piano Pedagogy Workshop, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 6 - 7, 2001
Calgary Suzuki Summer Institute, Calgary, August 5 - 10, 2001

News and Announcements

Special Events:
Suzuki Piano Festival. Adjudicators: Marcel and Elizabeth Bergmann. Morning and afternoon sessions for students at all levels. Saturday, October 28, 2000. Jenkins Theatre, MRC Conservatory, Calgary
MRC Suzuki Piano Winter Workshop. January 26, 27, 2001. MRC Conservatory, Calgary. For time and location call 240-6934
Calgary Suzuki Summer Institute, Calgary, August 5 - 10, 2001

MRC Concerts:
M. B. Thompson Class Concerts.
1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 3, 2000. Leacock Theatre, MRC Conservatory, Calgary.
1:00 p.m. Sunday, May 7, 2001. Leacock Theatre, MRC Conservatory, Calgary.

Community Concerts to note: Esther Honens competition semi-finals Monday 20, Finals Thurs 23, Fri 24 and Sat 25. See details Calgary Concerts
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Contact Information

Merlin B. Thompson, Artistic Director
Suzuki Piano Program
The Conservatory, Mount Royal College
4825 Richard Road S. W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 6K6
Phone: (403) 240-6821
Fax: (403) 240-6594
eMail: mthompson@mtroyal.ab.ca

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