Dini Westman was a member of the University of Toronto Opera Orchestra and University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Leaning towards her passion for children’s music education, she mentored under Dorothy Jones and obtained here ECE Suzuki training in 1996.  Dini continued her violin and ECE studies at the San Francisco Conservatory.

She began teaching Suzuki in Toronto in 1993 with TCI (Toronto Children’s Institute for Music and the Arts). In 1995 she taught with the Toronto Board of Education, six schools including violin, viola, cello and bass. In 2002-2004 she taught violin in London Ontario at CTEC (Children’s Talent Education Centre).

She currently is director of her own violin academy in Stratford, Ontario in its 15th year.  The renowned school, Stratford Strings Academy, provides violin training for all levels of Suzuki and beyond. Royal Conservatory exams are highlighted in the curriculum past grade 4 level.  The Stratford Strings Academy provides its violinists with weekly group classes, many performance opportunities, master classes, and summer camps, Disney performing excursions and exchanges with other violin schools throughout the world.

She is founder and director of the scholarship based, charitable, youth ensemble the ‘Kathleen Parlow Quartet,’ which provides young string players from South Western Ontario the opportunity to train and embrace chamber music.

For any information on string education please contact Dini Westman at:

• website: www.stratfordstrings.com
• personal email: thewestmans@yahoo.ca
• cell phone: (519) 274-9522