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I have been teaching violin for the past ten years to students of all ages and levels. I love teaching, and especially helping my students develop in all of the styles of playing they are interested in. I specialize in classical violin, having grown up in the Suzuki method, and then going on to receive my bachelor's and master's degrees in violin performance.

[4.92 rating over 49 reviews from another lesson platform] Hello there! I suppose if you’re reading this you’d like to walk away having learned a thing or two about me...I’ll do my best, but feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, I am currently based out of Nashville, Tennessee.

Sarah Arnold holds performance degrees from Rice University Shepherd School of Music and Yale University. She began studying the violin at the age of four, and gave her debut performance at the age of eight as soloist with the Akron Symphony. She has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Toledo Symphony, and the Southeastern Ohio Symphony Orchestra.

I love helping others learn. In my private studio setting, I have taught music to children K-12 and adults for three decades, everyone ages 4 to 84, literally. I have performed with countless classical ensembles over a 50-year time frame. For the last 40 I have played with jazz, contemporary, and folk ensembles as well.

Violinist, educator and composer, Christian Howes was voted #1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll (“Rising Stars/Violin”), named among the top three jazz violinists in the JazzTimes critics poll, and nominated for Violinist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association.

I'm a modern violinist/composer graduated from Berklee College of Music. Classically trained since the age of 7, and now professionally playing modern music including Jazz/World/Modern Groove. Teaching has always been my passion, due to it, I came up with an efficient system of learning music theory and multiple genres of music.

R. Wesley Carr is an award winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. He was the winner of the 2019 National Mandolin Championships as well as the 2020 NewSong Songwriting showcase (vocal category), and the 2023 NewSong Songwriting Showcase (instrumental category).

Studied music at UW-Stevens Point (Suzuki and classically trained), Lehi Gertz is a fiddler in several bands in MN specializing in Country, Folk, Bluegrass and Old Time fiddling styles. Lehi currently teaches orchestra to beginner as well as intermediate students and has been teaching piano and violin for over 18 years.

The creator and host of iTunes' popular Violin Geek Podcast, Strings magazine contributor since 2010, the author of the multi-media guide series' Improve Your Bowing Technique and Improve Your Violin & Viola Technique, and a Skype lessons forerunner as reported on the front page of the New York Times, classically trained, genre bending violinist and violist Laurel Thomsen has…

Rachel Leader (she/her) is violin/fiddle and clawhammer banjo teacher and performing artist based in Western Massachusetts. Initially trained in classical violin through the Suzuki method, Rachel has expanded her expertise to traditional genres including folk, old-time, country, Cajun, bluegrass, klezmer, Greek, and Balkan music.