I have been playing the cello for over 17 years. Throughout that time I have been taught in many of the popular training techniques, including but not limited to: Suzuki, All For Strings, Alexander Technique, Popper, and Schroeder studies.

In my career as a cellist, I have performed in professional level orchestras in Central California, Southern California, and Southern Arizona. I have also been playing for private events and weddings for over 13 years, playing almost every genre of music imaginable. In my short career so far, I have had the privilege to play for numerous popular bands and record and multiple record albums. All of my experience in practical music applications helps me to inform a student that there is a large amount of opportunities for musicians to play outside of a traditional orchestra. It is important to know that the cello is an instrument that has broken through traditional barriers and is used in almost every genre of music currently.

My
name is Erin. I am a graduate of the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte. I
have a Bachelor of Arts in Music, with a concentration in Violin. I began studying
violin at the age of six. I have performed with small chamber ensembles,
orchestras, quartets, and trios. I enjoy playing for churches and weddings, and
love teaching.

I
have taught beginner to advanced Violin and Viola for eight years in NC before moving to California in 2008. Since moving to California I have extended my teaching to beginner Piano and Cello also. I have
taught students ages 3 to 87 how
to play and enjoy music on a personal level. My experience includes leading
sectionals for middle school orchestra, organizing and instructing small ensembles,
and organizing student recitals. Student recitals I arranged once or twice a
year to showcase the students' growth and abilities, and to provide an
opportunity to give back to family and friends whose sacrifices and support
enable the...

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I believe that music is rooted in all human beings and cultures in a reach and vast variety of forms. Music unifies and engages thinking and feeling in a direct and immediate way. Music influences individuals simultaneously on different levels of consciousness and form an important device for learning, recreation, arranging of conscious and unconscious impressions and at the same time for characterizing and conveying ideas and thoughts. This as a point of departure characterizes my teaching philosophy, which strives to create a climate in which my students can experience continuous musical, intellectual, and emotional growth.
As a music instructor and musicologist I demonstrate the characteristics of professional and passionate for everything related to my teaching. I am passionate; for I know the more I teach the more I learn.

I have three educations:
1) PhD in Musicology,
2) Master in Music Education and
3) Bachelor in Electrical Engineering.

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As a teacher, I have had the privilege of working with private students for the past 10 years. It is one of the great joys of my life. My studio currently consists of students of all ages who study cello, piano, or violin with me.

As a lifelong student of music, myself, I have been blessed to study under a number of great teachers, including world-famous cellist Nathaniel Rosen, and I hold a Bachelors of Music Performance from Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.

I have also had the chance to record cello for film, classical albums (including recordings by Maestro Paul Phillips and Dr. Jack Delaney), and contemporary music projects.

In drawing on my experiences both as a teacher and performer, my goal with each of my students is to guide them on a focused, disciplined, but always-fun journey of musical discovery as they learn their chosen instrument.

Michael L. is originally from Irvine, California. He started his music studies with Russian and Moldovan teachers Alex Zhiroff and Simon Kaganovsky. With their guidance he was introduced to orchestral playing. He has been principal for the Irvine Classical Players and La Primavera/Four Seasons, and was a member for three years in the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra. Michael has won concerto competitions and performed solo with the above listed orchestras, and his Freshman year at NYU he was awarded principal of the Reparatory Orchestra. At NYU, he studied with Marion Feldman. This past year Michael graduated from NYU with a B.M. in Cello Performance and received Runner-up in the NYU Concerto Competition for the second time.

Michael performed the Haydn Cello Concerto in C major with the Irvine Classical players in six concerts on a tour of France in 2009. His Freshman and Sophomore year NYU Piano Trio also studied abroad in Italy and played over 30 concerts. As a teacher,...