Welcome, Students!
Teaching has always been a significant part of my life and career as a violinist. I have maintained a private violin studio for nearly 25 years, beginning as a student teacher through Community Education in Brainerd, Minnesota. Since then I have taught privately and through the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's prestigious Music To Go! program in the San Francisco Public School District, at Community Music Center in Portland, and as an orchestra sectionals coach for Portland’s Metropolitan Youth Symphony and Willamette University’s orchestra. I also spent time as the classroom violin teacher at Portland Public School’s Beach Elementary, a dual immersion school in Spanish and English where I taught in Spanish to second through fifth graders.
I am pleased to offer private lessons from my studio in Southwest Portland for beginner, intermediate and advanced players of all ages.
30 minute lesson - $45 - for beginners and young students
45 minute lesson - $65 - for intermediate students and adult beginners
60 minute lesson $80 - for intermediate to advanced students and adults
Recitals - Students will have the opportunity to perform solo repertoire with accompaniment playing for peers, family and community members. Recitals are a vital part of learning to play an instrument as well as a fun way to showcase progress, inspire studio-mates and practice performing as a necessary life skill. Recitals are typically held once in the spring and once in the fall. More information provided in my studio policy.