For preparing college audition pre-college audition regional, all-state, all-eastern, national orchestra audition NYSSMA test in NY school orchestra music competition

Hi! I teach private lessons in acting, singing, guitar, piano, violin, cello, and bass. I love giving private students the tools to reach their goals and I like seeing the joy in their faces when they accomplish something new. I hold my students to high standards and I set high expectations.

I've been teaching violin, viola, and chamber music in the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division for over 20 years. I have performed in more than 200 U.S. cities, as well as in Canada, Korea, Austria, France, and Russia, so I know what it takes to be a performer.

I have many years of experience with students of all ages, in traditional and the Suzuki approach. My students who participate in NYSSMA score very well, and many play in area youth orchestras.in addition to Suzuki, I have a certification in the Kodaly method, and a New York State Teaching Certificate in Music K-12. I spend time in every lesson on note reading, and music theory as issues unfold for discussion. My approach is methodical and organized, and I spend time on good technical setup from the beginning. But above all, I maintain a sense of humor, and interest in each student as a person with unique needs, in order to tailor my approach

I teach beginners as well as proficient students of all ages. I help the student find their own sound and develop good technical approaches based on the individual's current abilities.

Erin fell in love with the violin at age seven under the instruction of Natalie Colbert at E. Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta, GA. She studied violin through high school and college, and received a BA in Communications with a Minor in Music from Georgia State University. After a lifelong study of the violin, Erin began to play the viola as a happy accident. As an undergraduate student in college, Erin’s chamber music group needed a violist to play the Schubert Trout Quintet. Never one to turn down a challenge, Erin jumped right in and never looked back. She has played viola in addition to the violin ever since. Erin’s studio is in Greenp...