KW Suzuki Cello is a community coming together to share a love of music and commitment to develop each student’s ability learning the cello. Creating a nurturing home environment and spending daily time with the instrument are key ingredients to developing the young musician. Students participate in private lessons, master classes, workshops, recitals and community performances. Parents attend lessons and structure daily practice in the early stages. Teaching is based upon the Suzuki method and adapted individually to each student. Lessons are held in a friendly home environment.
Amber Ghent is both an active teacher and performer, teaching from her home in Kitchener and at the Suzuki String School of Guelph. She earned an Honours Bachelor of Music at Wilfrid Laurier under the tutelage of the Penderercki String Quartet and Paul Pulford. Graduate work included studies with Bonnie Hampton and a Master of Music Performance working with members of the Cleveland Orchestra. Amber is a trained Suzuki teacher and has taught at the Southwestern Ontario Suzuki Institute, the Kincardine Summer music festival, Lakefield music, and she previously taught at the Cleveland Music School Settlement.
“Stirring and spirited”, Amber enjoys performing with various chamber and orchestral ensembles, music from the baroque to modern day. Since 2007 Amber has been cellist with the Madawaska String Quartet, performing regularly throughout Ontario and recently the quartet released their new CD Prefab. In the summer Amber enjoys performing at Fredonia Bach and Beyond Early Music Festival, and she has also performed with symphonies across Ontario including the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, as well as Tapestry Opera to Go in Toronto. From 2003-2005 she held the position of Assistant Principal of the Erie Philharmonic.
