Lavenna Boyer
Viola and Violin
Lavenna Boyer, viola and violin teacher, graduated from Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. During her collegiate years she played in the Sioux City Symphony and in a faculty string quartet. Since then she has played in orchestras in Interlochen, Michigan; Tri-Cities in the state of Washington; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Wichita and Ottawa, Kansas. She has done some graduate work at Kansas State, University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania, Friends University, and Wichita State University. Most of her adult life she has taught elementary and/or junior high vocal, band, or orchestra, either on a full-time basis or as a substitute teacher in the public schools, while also giving private lessons in violin, viola, and piano. She has also worked with children and adult choirs in the churches she has attended. Her Suzuki Teacher Training has been with Judy Weigart-Bossuat, Alice Joy Lewis, Nancy Lokken, and Craig Timmerman. She is currently a member of Heart of America Suzuki Teachers Association.
Lavenna’s husband, Gary, is retired Chief Administrative Officer at Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. Their daughter, Annas, who plays flute, and their son, Kenneth, who played trombone through high school are grown and living in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Boston, Massachusetts, respectively.