The basic training comprises sight-reading, ear training, theory, as well as an eclectic repertoire suite for a multi-cultural society: jazz, pop, hymns, classical, musicals, fake book reading (accompaniment based on reading chords plus a bass only) and improvisation.

Since his days as a college piano instructor, and later as a Dean of the Piano Faculty at Colombian Adventist University, he has been passionate about finding new ways to make piano learning an interesting activity that can touch the student's lives in a positive manner.

Some of his former students are currently professional musicians, others have pursuing some other careers, but they have learned to love the music and use it as a language to create beauty.

Martin Suarez holds a Bachelor in Music Education from the Colombian Adventist University and a Masters degree in Music-Piano Performance from University of Redlands, CA.

Currently, Mr. Suarez owns Martin Music Studios, a Project-Digital Recording Studio in Bolingbrook IL. Besides his activities as a piano recitalist and free-lance musician, he is currently working as a Music Coordinator for New Hope Lutheran Church in North Aurora, IL. and he is a college piano instructor at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL.