Ms. Izumi was a member of the piano faculty at Seika Women’s Junior College in Japan, the Preparatory Division at Kunitachi College of Music. She was a piano accompanist at Santa Monica College and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mari Izumi is a music educator whose expertise lies in piano pedagogy and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Ms. Izumi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Piano Performance at the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo. She earned the Dalcroze Certificate and Dalcroze License under the direction of Dr. Hilda Schuster, at the Dalcroze School of Music in New York. Ms. Izumi was a member of the piano faculty at Seika Women’s Junior College in Japan, the Preparatory Division at Kunitachi College of Music. She was a piano accompanist at Santa Monica College and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ms. Izumi has presented Dalcroze workshops for music teachers at California State University, Dominguez Hills, the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC), and the Dalcroze Society of America (DSA). Her Dalcroze Eurhythmics classes have been highlighted in the Los Angeles Times. Ms. Izumi is a member of the DSA and MTAC.
Ms. Izumi has been teaching piano and Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Colburn Community School since 1999. She has developed an extensive Dalcroze curriculum at Colburn for students at all levels. Ms. Izumi offers Dalcroze classes for music educators; for their professional development, she has organized workshops taught by guest artists.