Violin Lessons Chesapeake County, VA

Instruments: Piano, Violin, Viola

My goal is to show students the joy and benefit of music in our everyday lives. To enjoy your own music, you have to practice. Nothing is important than practice. Practice! Practice! Practice! Therefore, it's important that each student progresses at his or her own pace. To achieve certain progress, I always give some homework for practice and encourage to do it. Especially younger students, I encourage their parents check homework together. Read More

Instruments: Violin, Viola

I have 12 years of experience teaching at all levels. I encourage my students to participate in recitals, competitions, and orchestra auditions to gain performance experience and to help motivate them to practice. I also find that performing can give students a sense of accomplishment and seeing their peers perform can be inspiring. I usually host two recitals yearly. The student may perform solo or with a pianist. I have also helped many students prepare for auditions. Read More

Instruments: Violin

Teaching and performing violin are two of my most favorite ways to occupy my time, only after spending time with and taking care of my family. I stand firmly behind my belief that the best teachers are performers as well. Not only do I have two perfromance degrees, Suzuki training, and 8 years of teaching experience, but I have been a professional performer and gig musician for the past 10 years. My own teachers always inspired me with their high levels of playing and music as a profession expertise. Read More

Instruments: Violin, Cello, Viola, Electric Violin

*** Lesson Details *** My lessons are tailored to the needs and interests of each student. If a student is involved in school music ensembles, we will work with their lesson books from school in addition to material outside of the books, including Essential Elements 2000, and teacher-created materials. We will focus on building proper tone production and individual technique - something that often is difficult to learn in a large ensemble setting. I can start as a beginner student on any classical string instrument (violin, viola, cello). Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Violin, Drums, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Double Bass, Conga, Latin Percussion, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Djembe, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I attained my M. Ed. in leadership and supervision at Antioch University. There I learned how better apply my teaching methods for more beneficial outcomes.  My most recent employment, with Nashville Public Schools (Music City!!!), afforded me the opportunity to teach modern band. Modern band philosophy combines instruments from various ensembles and allows the students the opportunity to explore and integrate the instrument of their interest into that band.  Modern Band is basically a rock band that is opened to other instruments and ideas that are most times contradictory to a typical rock band. Read More