Meet Lyda Osinga
Lyda Partee Osinga started Suzuki violin lessons at the age of four and had the amazing privilege to study with Dr. Suzuki in Japan. Other great Suzuki mentors have been William Starr, John Kendall, Doris Preucil, Margery Aber, Kay Collier McLaughlin, Alice Joy Lewis, and Pat D’Ercole.
After receiving a master’s degree in Suzuki pedagogy, Lyda directed Suzuki music schools for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the University of Memphis (TN).
Lyda is a National Board Certified Teacher and currently teaches orchestra for grades 3-8 for the Milwaukee Public Schools along with a private studio. She also conducts an orchestra for the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra in their program of bringing diversity into their orchestras. She has presented sessions on teaching for state and national conferences.
Her passion is to transform students’ lives by the power of music and to be life-long learners. Her website is MusicBox Education.
