Violin Lessons Oklahoma

Instruments: Violin

Nice to meet you! My name is Phil, and I'm a violin instructor located right outside Oklahoma City. I've been playing the violin for sixteen years! In 2017, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace University with a Bachelor of Arts in Violin Performance. My musical journey has helped me achieve expertise in a wide number of styles and mediums, not limited to orchestral playing, chamber music, opera, musical theater, baroque style, contemporary style, and all nuances of classical and romantic playing. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Violin, Viola, Electric Violin, Fiddle, Keyboard

I ask all my students if they want to be a technician, an artist, or both. A technician is someone who is technically proficient on their instrument and works towards executing difficult techniques and passages. An artist is someone who makes creative choices via their instrument. There is room for both in all genres, and while learning to read music is incredibly important, I am very against the monkey-see-monkey-do approach of just reading sheet music and nothing else. Read More