Violin Lessons

Rebecca Edge graduated from Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, attending with the Jacobs Premier Young Artist Award. Her primary instructors include Lev Gurevich, Rimma Bergeron-Langlois, Jorja Fleezanis, and Kevork Mardirossian. She has held consistent leadership positions in orchestra, including concertmaster and principal positions in Indiana University Orchestra, Tanglewood Institute Orchestra (2013-2015), Round Top Festival Orchestra (Texas, 2018), Miami Music Festival Orchestra (2017), and the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra and was concertmaster of FMEA All State Orchestra in high school.

Other orchestra engagements include the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, performing as a substitute violinist since 2014 and regularly filling in as Concertmaster, and Columbus Indiana Philharmonic (2021). She is currently an Associate Member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra for the 2021-2022 season. She has also performed as soloist with the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra and Florida Lakes Orchestra as prizewinner in statewide and regional competitions.

She has had the opportunity to play in masterclasses for Suliman Tekalli, Lara St. John, Joan Kwuon, Andrés Cárdenes, Muir String Quartet, Bergonzi String Quartet, Nancy Wu, Alla Aronovskaya and St. Petersburg String Quartet, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Castleman, Mayumi Seiler (Domaine Forget, Quebec), JoAnn Falletta, conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic, and Regis Pasquier. Rebecca has extensive chamber music experience, including participating in the Castleman Quartet Program, Tanglewood Institute String Quartet Workshop, and the BRAVO International Chamber Music Workshop, where she placed in the concerto competition. She has performed solo and in various group arrangements as a freelancer throughout central Florida, at weddings, graduations, proposals, funerals, lunches, and all kinds of events, every genre of music. In addition to her classical training, she grew up playing Klezmer and Jewish folk music, and Irish and Cape Breton style fiddling. She also performed with the IU Mariachi group Perla del Medio Oeste.

Rebecca is currently a faculty Teaching Artist at The People’s Music School, a nonprofit providing consistent and excellent music education to school age children in Chicago. She also maintains a private studio based in Chicago, providing in person and remote lessons via Zoom. Shas been teaching both private and group lessons, of all levels of students aged four to 40 for the past 8 years. She was a teaching assistant in Jennie Rudberg’s Violin Studio in Orlando, and is familiar with various pedagogical methods including Russian school, Suzuki, and Mimi Zweig’s String Academy. She is able to teach English and Spanish lessons in violin, general music, basic music theory and reading skills, listening and solfege. Rebecca is dedicated to framing the student’s individual goals front and center, and tailoring a curriculum and lessons to meet the needs and best support each individual student. She firmly believes in not only instilling a love and appreciation of music, but also the transferable skills music education offers us, including discipline, curiosity, creativity, self confidence and expression, and listening skills.

I am dedicated to framing the student’s individual goals front and center, and tailoring a curriculum and lessons to meet the needs and best support each individual student. I firmly believe in not only instilling a love and appreciation of music, but also the transferable skills music education offers us, including discipline, curiosity, creativity, self confidence and expression, and listening skills. I have taught students as young as four, but also have adult learners in my studio, either who have decided to finally follow their curiosity and passion to learn an instrument or who are dusting off an old violin from childhood. I am flexible in the genres, goals (whether for fun or more rigourous audition prep goals), and I will help you as a student (or your child) to visualize your own musical goals and design the best possible lesson plans and practice plans for you to achieve and surpass them. I aim to help every student reach their full potential by careful technique training, creativity and improvisational skills, and develop their own musical personality. Fundamentals to advanced, all levels welcome.

I teach violin of all levels, beginner viola, general music including basic music theory and reading, as well as aural skills necessary for all musical paths.

Lessons for 30 minutes ($30), 45 minutes ($45), 1 hr ($60), or longer (90 min-2 hr) on an individual basis for more advanced students. Usually weekly, flexible for what works best for students and families!

For more information, please contact me at [email protected] or (407)310-5319 to discuss and set up a lesson! Looking forward to learning, exploring, and making some music!