Laurita Jáuregui, Violin

Laura “Laurita” Jáuregui, a Mexican-American, began her Suzuki violin studies at age five then later at sixteen began teaching with the support of her mother, a Suzuki piano teacher. She received her B.M. from Portland State University, under Carol Sindell. Her professional career began in Mexico with the Jalisco State Philharmonic and the Sinfónica de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara.

She is both an active member of the Vancouver Symphony and an SAA bi-lingual instructor.  As an advocate of the Mexico Suzuki movement, she has taken students to several Suzuki Institutes in Mexico.  She is the Assistant Director of the Oregon Suzuki Institute and co-directs the Oregon Suzuki Association.  When she is not performing or teaching violin lessons she can be found dancing ballet!