Teaches online
Teaches Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Age: 5+
Speaks English, Spanish
Teaching since 2010
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
About Alexander K.
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Alexander Cai Knecht, 29, completed a Doctor of Musical Arts at USC under full scholarship in 2018, where he studied with Brian Chen. He holds a master's degree from Juilliard, where he studied with Masao Kawasaki, and bachelors' degrees from La Sierra University, where he studied with Jason Uyeyama.
In 2018, he became a member of the viola section of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. Since 2019, he has served as a Teaching Artist for the Caesura Youth Orchestra at Columbus Elementary School in Glendale. In 2019, he founded a free violin class outreach program at the Los Angeles Chinese Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He is a regular participant as a violinist in the liturgical music at St. Joseph the Worker parish in Loma Linda. He has been a mentor teaching strings in the CKC-Music community engagement program in San Bernardino since its founding in 2008, continuing to the present day through Zoom.
This year he was featured in a live performance on AM 870 in Glendale, on the Impassioned Angels program.. Last summer he performed in an online celebration of the violin caprices of Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Grammaté, as part of a celebration of Canada Day hosted by Scott St. John of the Colburn School. He remains an active teacher and performer online.
In past summers he has been a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, and the Gonggeng Music Festival in Zhejiang Province, China. He comes from a musical family of Chinese, Korean and Caucasian ancestry including three siblings, all of whom play and teach string instruments.
Instructor details
Location:
Student's Home
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
9 AM-3 PM
4 PM-10 PM
Tuesday
9 AM-4 PM
5 PM-10 PM
Wednesday
9 AM-3 PM
6 PM-10 PM
Thursday
9 AM-1 PM
2 PM-4:30 PM
7 PM-10 PM
Friday
9 AM-10 PM
Saturday
9 AM-10 PM
Sunday
3 PM-10 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$20
45 minutes
$25
60 minutes
$30
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Experience
Classroom Instructor
Sep, 2019 - PresentCaesura Youth Orchestra
Paid teacher for group string classes in local elementary schools for the nonprofit organization CYO
Founder and Lead Instructor
Apr, 2019 - Dec, 2019Los Angeles Chinese SDA Church
Founded and led a weekly group violin class
Section Violist
Sep, 2018 - PresentLong Beach Symphony
Under contract after winning audition in 2018
Principal Second Violin
Sep, 2015 - PresentYMF Debut Orchestra
Paid orchestra member for local concerts under 3-year contract
Education
Bachelor of Music, Violin
Sep, 2009 - May, 2013La Sierra University
Master of Music, Viola
Sep, 2013 - May, 2015Juilliard School
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
Sep, 2013 - May, 2015La Sierra University
Awards
National Merit Scholar
Sep, 2009La Sierra University
Juilliard Career Grant Recipient
May, 2015Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services and Entrepreneurship
Winner, Senior Strings Category
Apr, 2013Redlands Bowl Young Artists Auditions
Winner, 2013 La Sierra University Concerto Competition
Feb, 2013La Sierra University
Languages
Spanish
Limited Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
Alexander's Gallery
Instructor details
Location:
Student's Home
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
9 AM-3 PM
4 PM-10 PM
Tuesday
9 AM-4 PM
5 PM-10 PM
Wednesday
9 AM-3 PM
6 PM-10 PM
Thursday
9 AM-1 PM
2 PM-4:30 PM
7 PM-10 PM
Friday
9 AM-10 PM
Saturday
9 AM-10 PM
Sunday
3 PM-10 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$20
45 minutes
$25
60 minutes
$30
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