Elisa R
Instruments: Piano, Violin, Viola
Styles: Classical

Currently I am the violin and viola teacher at the Kwong Kow Chinese School and I have had this position since September 2011.   I am also on the faculty of the IP Piano school located in China Town Boston.  Teaching is something that I love to do and I have made it apart of my life since 2004.  I have taught beginners as young as 4, and intermediate level adults.

During my time at Oberlin I took a certification class specifically about string pedagogy.  I am very well versed in various methods of technique training for all instruments in the violin family.  With beginners I teach in a modified Suzuki method that includes music reading after a few months.  In general I focus on technique and then add in the more fun musical gestures.    I also teach ear-training long side the violin/viola study.  I believe that it is incredibly important in mental and aural understanding of music and necessary in creating a complete musician.  I love children and also received a BA in Psychology that mostly focused upon Developmental Psychology.  This aspect of my education aids in my understanding of a child’s mind and helps me to be sensitive to their needs as young learners.  I really care for my students and thing of teaching as a very personal interaction between two people.  For this reason I tend to go out of my way to make sure that they receive maximum care in the process of nurturing and developing them as a musician.