Charles Krigbaum is the founder and director of the North Texas School of Talent Education, a Suzuki violin and viola program located in Plano, Texas.
He is a graduate of the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University where he studied viola with Manuel Diaz, a former student of the legendary William Primrose and father of viola superstar Roberto Diaz. He received his Master of Music degree at the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied viola as a student of Catherine Forbes. Charles has also studied violin pedagogy at Indiana University with Mimi Zweig and has completed hundreds of hours of Suzuki teacher training at the American Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.