​Zeah Riordan, Guitar (Australia)

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• Bachelor  of Music (Magna cum Laude) Major in Piano, Minor in Voice, St.  Paul College, Manila,1958

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• Master of Music  (Outstanding Graduate of the Year) Major in Piano, Minor in Theory and Pedagogy, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1961

 

• Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society ,1961

 

• Recipient of Grant to observe specialized music schools in the Soviet Union, USSR Ministry of Culture, Moscow,1979

 

• Suzuki Piano Method Teacher Training Course, 1982 -1986 (Units 1-5), American Suzuki Institute, University of Wisconsin, Stevenspoint, Wisconsin, USA;  Talent Education Research Institute (for observation), 1982-1986  Matsumoto, Japan​

 

• Professor  in Piano and Theory, 1963 - 1977;  Piano and Suzuki Piano Pedagogy, 1990-2007 University of the Philippines College of Music, Diliman, Quezon City

 

• Faculty Member in Piano Philippine High School for the Arts, Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, 1976 up to the present

 

• Founder and President Children’s Talent Education Center, 1984 up to the present Greenhills East,  Mandaluyong City

 

• Founder and Directress Greenhills Music Studio , 1968 up to the present Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City

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• Lifetime member and awardee, Piano Teachers Guild of the Philippines, since 1975

 

• President, Philippine Suzuki Association, Inc.,1992 up to the present

 

• Country Representative, International Suzuki Association, 1992 up to the present

 

• Certification and Appointment as Suzuki Piano Teacher Trainer, 1997

 

• Founding member,  Asia Suzuki Association, 2002 and Vice Chairperson, Asia Suzuki Association, 2012-2014

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• Head Teacher Trainer in Piano, Asia Suzuki Association, 2002-present and Member, International Suzuki Piano Committee, 2009- 2012

 

• Guest  faculty in Suzuki Regional and World Conferences:  Singapore (2003), Taiwan (2005/ 2014) Philippines (2007), Korea (2003), Malaysia (2011), Japan (2014), Australia ( 2004/2010), New Zealand (2004) and Italy(2006)

 

• Has trained  a total of 172 Suzuki piano teachers in the Philippines, Korea, Singapore,  Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hongkong and Xiamen, China, as of 2014

 

• Teacher of International, national and local winners in piano competitions.  Has graduated 81 piano students in pre-college, college and masteral levels.

 

• PAULINIAN MUSIC AWARDEE, 2006, from St. Paul University of Manila’, for developing outstanding Filipino musicians and for pioneering the Suzuki  method in the Philippines and for her continued involvement in propagating the Suzuki method in Asia

 

• 70th JUBILEE AWARDEE, 2010, for her invaluable contribution to the success of the SPUM College of Music and Performing Arts  Jubilee celebration and to the development of Filipino artists and the Suzuki method in the Philippines and Asia.

 

• To be awarded Most Outstanding Piano Teacher by the Piano Teachers Guild of the Philippines on February 15, 2015

 

• Chairperson, ASIA REGION SUZUKI ORGANIZATION, 2015-2017

 

                                                                                       (Updated 2/1/2020)