Biography
Vanamali Medina teaches Suzuki flute in the Twin Cities area to students aged 4-adult. She maintains studios at the MacPhail Center for Music and her home and teaches at Mahtomedi Middle School, as well as giving regular workshops and clinics in other area schools. She earned her B.M. in Performance with Distinction from St. Olaf College, studying with Kay Sahlin, and her Masters in Performance at the University of British Columbia, studying with Lorna McGhee and Brenda Fedoruk. She is a Committee Chair for the Upper Midwest Flute Association and the Membership Director for the Suzuki Association of Minnesota. She also takes daily "parent training" as the Suzuki practice partner for her two daughters.