Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 5+
Speaks English, Spanish
Teaching since 2004
Cello Performance
About Déborah R.
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Déborah Ramos-Smiley began playing the cello in 1998 and has been teaching cello for over a decade. They began teaching locally in 2004 as a high school student at both Deep Creek High School and the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, VA. Déb Ramos-Smiley went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from East Carolina University earning two Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Cello Performance in 2010. Since then, they continue to perform professionally with the Tar River Symphony, Symphonicity of Virginia Beach, and Club Violin. A full teaching career has included teaching chamber music at the NC Suzuki Institute and the Williamsburg Youth Orchestras, rock for string instruments at QORDS summer camp, and teaching in public schools in both North Carolina and Virginia. Currently, Déborah is the orchestra director at Deep Creek Middle School in Chesapeake, VA. Mx. Ramos-Smiley continues to maintain a private studio and performs locally on both electric and acoustic cellos in weddings, musicals, operas, and concerts in a variety of styles and repertoires. In addition to a musical career, they are an avid cyclist and group fitness instructor- and hopes to create a more beautiful world through movement and the arts.
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Teacher's Studio
Colonel Byrd St
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Teaching Hours
Monday
2 PM-5 PM
Tuesday
2 PM-5 PM
Wednesday
2 PM-5 PM
Thursday
2 PM-5 PM
Friday
1 PM-3 PM
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Pricing
30 minutes
$30
45 minutes
$42
60 minutes
$60
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Experience
Music DIrector
Aug, 2010 - PresentPublic Schools in VA and NC
Orchestra director in NC for two years, and locally now in VA.
Private Orchestral String Instructor
Jun, 2004 - PresentRamos-Smiley Lessons
Private instructor since 2004 on violin, viola, cello, string bass, and beginning guitar.
Education
Advanced Diploma
Sep, 2002 - Jun, 2006Deep Creek High School
Music Education
Aug, 2006 - Dec, 2010East Carolina University
Cello Performance
Aug, 2006 - Dec, 2010East Carolina University
Diploma
Sep, 2004 - Jun, 2006Governor's School for the Arts
Languages
Spanish
Native Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
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Instructor details
Location:
Teacher's Studio
Colonel Byrd St
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
2 PM-5 PM
Tuesday
2 PM-5 PM
Wednesday
2 PM-5 PM
Thursday
2 PM-5 PM
Friday
1 PM-3 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$30
45 minutes
$42
60 minutes
$60
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