Clinician Detail

Musicianship in the Middle

Clinic Synopsis:

Sequential teaching is desirable and challenging in the middle years of string playing. This can be middle school or early high school. We present on how to inspire students to acquire the necessary skills for middle-level literature through carefully paced exercises and musical excerpts.

Carrie Lane Gruselle - Biographical Information

Carrie Lane Gruselle is retired from teaching strings for the Appleton (Wisconsin) Area School District. She previously taught with Northeast Wisconsin Talent Education, a Suzuki emphasis school in Green Bay. Her performing experience includes the Green Bay Symphony and the Fox Valley Symphony (viola and cello). She is a past president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American String Teachers Association and former lead teacher for the Lawrence University String Project, a teacher training program for future teachers and local young musicians. A published composer and arranger, she is also a co-author of the FJH method series: Measures of Success© for string orchestra. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from UW-Eau Claire and a Masters of Music Education with Suzuki Emphasis from UW-Stevens Point.