violin/artistic director
Suzuki Early Childhood Education

Carmen Evans is the Artistic Director of the Suzuki String School of Guelph. She has been teaching violin and viola at the SSSG since 2006. In 2017 she started teaching Suzuki Early Childhood Education classes for the SSSG.

Carmen’s commitment to professional development shows a strong belief in lifelong learning. Carmen has taken each core unit of Suzuki violin training (books 1-10) some multiple times. Additionally, she has taken multiple supplemental violin courses, viola training, early childhood training, leadership, and classes focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Carmen is passionate about the process of learning, and she takes great joy in learning from students, parents, and colleagues.

Carmen has a BA from the University of Guelph, where she received the Gloria Guthrie Memorial Music Scholarship.