Viola Lessons San Diego County, CA

Instruments: Violin, Viola

I am an energetic and motivating teacher who enjoys helping people achieve their musical goals. I began violin at the age of 7 and have been playing music ever since! When given the opportunity in school I chose to take band as well and over the years I have taught myself to play nearly 20 instruments! I come from Charleston, West Virginia where it is sometimes hard to find musicians so I took it upon myself to become the player that could be called for anything. Read More

Instruments: Viola

For beginners, we'll start with the ABCs of Viola, and Hal Leonard's Essential Elements for Strings, along with Suzuki, Vol 1. We'll work on developing skills as a soloist, and simple duets that the student and I can play together. For intermediate students, we'll go further into the Hal Leonard books, and the Suzuki series, 2 octave scales, double stops, vibrato, musical phrasing. It's very important to enjoy the process of learning the viola, so I always want to make it fun! Read More

Instruments: Violin, Viola, Music

For beginning students who are children, I typically start with the Suzuki Violin Method (Viola version available) with occasional ear training with the piano with the Kodaly method. For intermediate and advanced students, I introduce a variety of etudes, scale books, and solo repertoire, e.g. Carl Flesch, Kreutzer, Mazas, Dont, Dounis, and Unaccompanied Bach, etc. For viola students or violinists who are looking into doubling the viola, I introduce many techniques including Karen Tuttle and Primrose Scales to help along with the transition. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Violin, Viola, Drums, Conga, Latin Percussion, Music, Electric Guitar, Djembe, Acoustic Guitar

I am a composer and performer who relishes music education! I hope to be a perfect fit to your needs as a teacher and I am determined to bring the best out of you, whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced student. I am a graduate of Berklee College of Music, where I majored in Contemporary Writing Production (Music Production Arranging) as well as Jazz Composition. At the college, I had to privilege to perform with Arnie Roth at the Boston Symphony Hall as a violinist, as well as perform and record with microtonal pioneer, David Fiuczynski on Drums. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Violin, Viola

I have over 10 years of experience playing the violin and about 5 years of experience teaching! Since the day I picked up the violin I fell in love with it and decided I wanted to become a teacher. Throughout the years I have had the chance to be able to play in multiple orchestras, chambers groups, and mariachi groups around California. I teach classical music from the baroque era to contemporary music, mariachi, and even pop music if desired! Read More