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My goal is to help my students find and develop their relationship with music and their instrument. Everyone has their own goals and journey that they want to take with music, and no two people are the same in that regard. I always strive to make sure that my students are getting some level of enjoyment and meaning out of their lessons with me, while promoting a careful balance of structure, technique, and self-discipline. I want to share my love and knowledge of music with my students and help facilitate their own life-long musical journey, in whatever capacity that may be. |
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I offer both violin and viola lessons in the Seattle area, specializing in both traditional and Suzuki methods. I possess years of experience teaching both children and adults, and am currently accepting all ages into my studio at Music Center of the Northwest. Music has always been a fun and fulfilling way to express myself in my life and I cherish the opportunity to work with a variety of people as they pursue their own interests in music.
Traditional Lessons
A typical traditional lesson with me typically covers scales, etudes, and a solo piece. For some lessons, we’ll supplement school orchestra music, symphony music, and/or chamber music where applicable. With additional supplemental music, I tend to cover all material on a two week rotation, with one week covering scales, etudes, and a solo piece, and the second week cover scales, school music, and or chamber music.
Some of the method repertoire I use includes the Suzuki Method, the Mark O'Connor Method, Wohlfahrt Foundation Studies , Sevcik , and Kreutzer. I do use other methods where they may apply, but these are the staples of all of my lessons.
For Beginner Students, regardless of age, I provide music from the Suzuki Method and the Mark O'Connor Method. I focus more heavily on the physics of playing the violin and viola in the beginning, but still introduce reading music towards the beginning of lessons through a book called I Can Read Music.
For Adult Students, I let you decide on the path you wish to take for lessons. The first lesson we have together is mostly talking about what you would like to get out of lessons and how best to fit everything into your already busy life schedule.
Some of the method repertoire I use includes the Suzuki Method, the Mark O'Connor Method, Wohlfahrt Foundation Studies , Sevcik , and Kreutzer. I do use other methods where they may apply, but these are the staples of all of my lessons.
For Beginner Students, regardless of age, I provide music from the Suzuki Method and the Mark O'Connor Method. I focus more heavily on the physics of playing the violin and viola in the beginning, but still introduce reading music towards the beginning of lessons through a book called I Can Read Music.
For Adult Students, I let you decide on the path you wish to take for lessons. The first lesson we have together is mostly talking about what you would like to get out of lessons and how best to fit everything into your already busy life schedule.
Suzuki Lessons
The Suzuki Association of the Americas overview of the Suzuki Method
As a registered Suzuki instructor, I also offer Suzuki Lessons in my studio. You can view my teacher listing on the SAA website here.
The Suzuki Method is targeted at younger children by design, usually between the ages of 4-10 for beginners. With that said, I do take students older than that, all the way up through adulthood, and believe that the method can be just as effective regardless of age.
Some of the main points that sets Suzuki lessons apart from Traditional are:
Please feel free to contact me for more information about the Suzuki Method or any questions regarding how I specifically run my Suzuki Lessons.
As a registered Suzuki instructor, I also offer Suzuki Lessons in my studio. You can view my teacher listing on the SAA website here.
The Suzuki Method is targeted at younger children by design, usually between the ages of 4-10 for beginners. With that said, I do take students older than that, all the way up through adulthood, and believe that the method can be just as effective regardless of age.
Some of the main points that sets Suzuki lessons apart from Traditional are:
- Delayed introduction of music reading. Techniques of the violin and viola are first learned from memorizing music learned from listening to the Suzuki Recordings and instruction from the teacher. After a basic mastery over violin and viola basic techniques are obtained, then reading of music is added. This is parallel to children learning how to speak from observation of parents and others, and then learning to read after they can already speak.
- Parent Involvement. There is an equal grounding between Teacher, Parent, and Student. During lessons, the teacher instructs and the parent takes concise notes. After lessons, the parent continues the lesson during practice sessions and takes an active role in the students practice time and continuation of learning. During the beginning of lessons, the Parent and I have an hour long orientation to the Suzuki Method and what their role is with their child’s instruction.
- Group Classes. The benefit of working with Music Center of the Northwest is that we host violin group class for all of our Suzuki Violin Students, regardless of teacher, roughly every other week, the cost of which is included in your tuition. This gives the opportunity for all students of all ages the opportunity to play the instrument they work so hard at learning with other students at the same level as them.
Please feel free to contact me for more information about the Suzuki Method or any questions regarding how I specifically run my Suzuki Lessons.
Lesson Repertoire and Resources
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Traditional
Wohlfahrt Foundation Studies – Publisher: Carl Fischer Otakar Sevcik Studies – Publisher: Various Rescources Musictheory.net - A great way to work on notation reading /ear training Recommended Violin Shops Olson Violins, Greenwood, Seattle, WA Kenmore Violins, Kenmore, WA Bischofberger Violins, Capital Hill, Seattle, WA |
