She has taught Suzuki courses for teachers in Japan, Canada, Germany, Finland, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. Rebecca is the founder of the East Tennessee Suzuki Flute Institute International, and Director of the Suzuki School of Music in Tennessee. She holds BM and MM in performance and was the first non-japanese flutist to receive a diploma from the Talent Education Institute School of Music in Matsumoto, Japan, where she studied with Takahashi. She is on the faculty of East Tennessee State University and is principal flutist of the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra. David Gerry Canada