The attitude and enthusiasm I have brought to teaching private violin, viola, fiddle, and cello lessons in Monterey and Santa Cruz, California since 1996, and online via Skype, FaceTime, and Zoom to students on every continent except Antarctica since 2009, is rooted in my own daily discoveries as a performer and international touring artist, as well as the pedagogy of Ivan Galamian, Shinichi Suzuki, Dorothy DeLay, Paul Rolland, Simon Fischer, and Kato Havas.
Caring, passionate, and perceptive, I value holistic approaches. My methods focus on the importance of both the muscles and the mind when learning to play a violin, viola, or cello. Less