I bring to my students a wealth of experiences from a very expansive background. My experience as a classical violinist includes the Denver Symphony (now the Colorado Symphony) as well as Concertmaster of the Colorado Ballet. When I was nine years old, my earliest fiddling experience was with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in Dallas, Texas. My championships include state as well as National Champion in my age division. Most of my fiddling early on was by ear so it was a natural path for me to embrace the Suzuki rote approach to violin teaching. My early introduction to rote teaching was with Suzuki during a summer at the Eastman School of M

I’m patient & knowledgeable. If you learn via sheet music, I provide all sheet music. If you prefer learning by ear, we can do that! We will move at your pace-whatever that is. And we’ll have fun doing it! I provide all support materials, such as audio, video, sheet music, accompaniment at various tempos. I can assist in audition &/or competition preparation. Let’s talk!