VIOLIN,viola LESSONS IN PORTLAND, OREGON!
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Welcome! I'm excited to offer violin/fiddle and viola lessons to ages 5 and up, at all levels. During this Covid-19 Crisis, I'm offering online video lessons from my home studio here in far SE Portland, Oregon. My other teaching location, Mosaic String Academy is temporarily closed until further notice. Also, I'm excited as of 2020 to be using FiddleQuest as a teaching/learning tool! |
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ABOUT MY TEACHING APPROACH
I aim to help aspiring violinists and violists find direction in their very own musical adventures and discoveries, and to find their own musical voice. To accomplish this, I seek to build a true connection with my students.
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For children, I like to make playing fun, incorporating folk music and other exciting tunes combined with Suzuki-style early training. For more mature students the same applies, but also I like to encourage each student to help direct the course of their own study by actively seeking music that inspires them.
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Along with classical repertoire, I can help students access many styles with tunes that suit their playing level and provide the right amount of challenge- Celtic, Balkan, American Folk, Scandinavian, bluegrass, jazz, Latin American, the list goes on. I aim to teach what I have learned of various styles with respect to the musical traditions, and with awareness that each tradition can take years, if not lifetimes, to delve into fully.
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As well as offering a diverse experience of music, I am well versed in the Suzuki method and will teach classical violin to a high level if that is the desired focus.
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Since March 2020, my students and I have been using the teaching/learning online tool FiddleQuest, and we're really enjoying it!
It's method and ethos fits well with my view that for true wholistic music making, the skills of the ear are paramount. The building of these skills can open up the possibility for adventures in jamming in any style of music, improvisation and composition.
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I strive to provide opportunities for students to participate in regular ensemble playing, jams, soirées and concerts, which are emphasised as an important element of our musical lives. Mosaic String Academy provides a wonderful musical community of teachers and students in which to experience these things! Even for students who don't take their private lessons with me at Mosaic, they can still access the group classes and community events.
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As part of a well-rounded approach, I can also provide students with tutoring in music literacy, music theory and sight reading.
I provide a strong focus on a solid technique, with special attention to creating the most natural physical posture and movement possible. Through establishing integrity in one's physical relationship with the instrument over time, there emerges a true and personal tone along with the physical ease, efficiency and dexterity that allows for freedom and true expression.
See links below for more detailed information.
testimonials -- studio photos -- fees and policies
Register online -- student resources
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For our private violin lessons, we have the choice between 2 different locations in Portland, OR:
1. Mosaic String Academy on SE 28th near Steele
2. At my home studio in East Portland on SE 140th between Holgate and Foster.
'Samothrakitikos Ballos' and 'Rustem'
Hello dear Homebound Sessions fiddlers, it's been a joy to get to work on tunes with you!
If you have any questions about these tunes, about Greek music, Romanian Romani music or Balkan music in general,
please feel free to write to me via the contact form on my website here.
Hello dear Homebound Sessions fiddlers, it's been a joy to get to work on tunes with you!
If you have any questions about these tunes, about Greek music, Romanian Romani music or Balkan music in general,
please feel free to write to me via the contact form on my website here.
'Samothrakitikos Ballos' is a Greek Island tune from the Island of Samothraki in the Aegean Sea.
The recording is played by Kyriako Steriyou on violin, and was the source for the transcription here.
The recording is played by Kyriako Steriyou on violin, and was the source for the transcription here.
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'Rustem' is a Romanian-Romani tune. Romani is the preferred term for the people otherwise known as 'gypsies'.
This recording is by the band 'Taraf de Haidouks', and was the source for the transcription here.
This recording is by the band 'Taraf de Haidouks', and was the source for the transcription here.
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