John Kendall was the major professor of violin and advisor of Ruth Ray Mock from 1955-1959 during her undergraduate studies at Muskingum College , New Concord, Ohio (now Muskingum University). After returning from his trip to Japan, he patiently taught his students the Suzuki approach and also published his own version of the Suzuki Method.
With his wife and young children, Dr. Kendall's college students played chamber music at their home on Sunday afternoons. The Mock Family Classic Guitar Method Vol. 1, age 3-adult (1972) was influenced by these chamber music sessions and the Suzuki approach to teaching. John Kendall was one of the greatest influences in the musical career of Ruth Mock who went on to teach countless students - including her own three children - using the Mock Method.
- Ruth Mock, Jan. 24, 2011
