I have been studying the violin since I was 10-years-old, and I love to share my passion for the magic of music with my students. I got started teaching when, after one of my high school orchestra concerts, a little 6th grader approached me and asked that I please teach her how to play like me.  I've been hooked on private teaching ever since. I've directed youth orchestras, taught a Music Education Lab for undergraduate students for a university, and private taught all ages and levels.

Hello! Playing violin is one of my favorite things to do, and I like to enable others to share my love of the instrument. I graduated from the University of Redlands in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, and played in the University's orchestra and various chamber groups while studying there. I currently play in a chamber group that performs original Japanese music, and I currently teach at a non-profit music school in addition to private lessons.

I trained classically for almost six years, and then branced out to old-time, celtic, and bluegrass fiddling. I performed in, and won, several fiddle contests throughout high school, but then discovered jazz and improvisation, and found my true calling.   I have performed with a wide variety of groups, from traditional bluegrass to country-punk, from folky singer-songwriters to a hip-hop group, and love nothing more then creativly interacting with others, adding my own voice to whatever else is going on.   Musically speaking, I don't believe in boundaries - I don't think musicians need to be categorized or put into little boxes that tells them what they can and can't do. I think people should be allowed to explore whatever voices they find true and beautiful - and feel free to add their own voice. I believe we should learn from anything and everything, because music provided a window into another human's soul - and I believe each soul has value. I don't exalt Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms above anyone else, but I prefer to learn the music of the outsider and the marginalized.

I have been teaching for 17 years in Culver City, and most recently I moved to Reseda, CA.  I also teach at Bloom School of Music, and I am the Cello Coach for the Open Academy as well.  I graduated from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with the best education from professor Jeffrey Solow, and after graduating I was offered a tour in Europe for 8 months. I performed in many Opera Houses, and I was thrilled to be able to perform in the many world class operas houses. Today I also have my own orchestra, and I am Executive Director, and Music Director, and we open our first concert on October 26, 2013 with "Classical Music Meets the Moveis" in Culver City.

I'm a film director and writer, a recent graduate in pursuit of a goal. I'm the first student from my undergrad institution (Montana State University) to attend the prestigious American Film Institute Conservatory in over 30 years. Though a writer/director, my first passion in life was music. I've played music since I was 6 years old. It has taken me all over the country through fiddle competitions, festivals, jams, etc. Many of my fondest memories from childhood are centered on those days of traveling to and from festivals in places I had never heard of. Indeed, those long days gone by, playing music well into every night, have formed who I am today.