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Violin with Mona M.

5.0
(7)
Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 4+
Speaks Mandarin, English, Uyghur, Korean
Teaching since 2012
Master of Music

    Learn from a Professionally Trained Pedagogue

    A good violinist is not always a great educator. With a passion for teaching, Mona founded the ViolinGym Academy, an education platform providing professional practice tips to over 6500 violinists (Follow us on lnsta!). Mona is a trained pedagogue and soloist. Having studied with the world's greatest musicians, including Milan Vitek, Simin Ganatra, and the founder of Jacob School of Music String Academy Mrs. Mimi Zweig, Mona's teaching methods are cutting-edge, detailed and pragmatic, she teaches from beginner to the most advanced.

    Instructor details

    Location:
    Teaches Online
    Teaches Online

    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    10 AM-7 PM
    Tuesday
    8:30 AM-8:30 PM
    Wednesday
    10 AM-8:30 PM
    Thursday
    10 AM-8:30 PM
    Friday
    9:30 AM-8:30 PM
    Saturday
    6 AM-8:30 PM
    Sunday
    9:30 AM-6:30 PM
    Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Pricing
    30 minutes
    $25
    45 minutes
    $40

    About Mona M.

    5.0
    (7)
    The founder of ViolinGym EXPERIENCES • Concertmaster of Oberlin Orchestra • Concertmaster of Miami Music Festival • Oberlin Community Music School Stradivarius Music Festival counselor • Member of China Youth Symphony Orchestra, performing with world class musicians such as violinist Joshua Bell and pianist LangLang
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    5.0
    7 Reviews
    Adam
    Online
    Mona is absolutely excellent. She is the perfect combination of playful but strict with the kids, and her technical skills and teaching technique is fantastic. Her remote lessons are highly superior to the in person lessons we had locally & this is apparent in the kids' progress.
    Posted Jun 24, 2021
    Jarod
    Online
    My first lesson was great and I'm looking forward to the next one :)
    Posted Mar 23, 2021
    Amelia
    Online
    First lesson was wonderful. Looking forward to more.
    Posted Dec 1, 2020
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    Experience

    The Founder

    Dec, 2021 - Present

    ViolinGym

    Counselor

    Jun, 2019 - Jul, 2019

    Oberlin Community Music School Stradivarius Music Festival

    Giving violin students lessons and helping them with practicing.

    Concertmaster

    Jun, 2018 - Jun, 2018

    Miami Music Fastival

    Education

    Majoring violin performance

    Aug, 2010 - Jun, 2016

    Central Conservatory of Music

    Master of Music

    Aug, 2020

    Indiana University

    Bachelor of Music

    Aug, 2016 - May, 2020

    Oberlin Conservatory

    Awards

    Oberlin Dean's Talent Award

    Aug, 2016

    Oberlin Conservatory

    Languages

    Korean

    Limited Proficiency

    Mandarin

    Native Proficiency

    English

    Professional Proficiency

    Uyghur

    Native Proficiency

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