Learn from Great Strings Teachers

Hello! My name is Josiah Nelson, I am a fiddle and mandolin teacher as well as a professional touring musician. I have been teaching on lessonface for a few years now and recently started teaching fiddle and mandolin at East Tennessee State University. I have over a decade of professional experience playing and teaching bluegrass.

A native of Lviv, Ukraine, cellist Nazar Dzhuryn graduated from the Lviv Music School, where he studied with Evgeny Shpitzer, and earned his Master of Music degree at the Moscow State Conservatory under Prof. Igor Gavrysh. Upon graduation, Nazar taught at the Moscow State Conservatory as an assistant professor before moving to Chicago in 1998.

Degrees / Training / Special Info: BFA, State University of New York at Purchase, Viola Performance; MM, University of Denver Lamont School of Music, Viola Performance; MSA, East Carolina University, Educational Leadership; K-12 Music Education Certification, Carnegie Mellon University, Music Education Awards: 2010-2012: North Carolina Principal Fellow, Class 17 1998-2000:…

Canadian cellist Mari Coetzee is an exciting, versatile teacher and performer, who is passionate about traditional and contemporary music alike. Included in CBC Music’s 2015 Edition of 30 Top Canadian Classical Musicians under 30, Ms. Coetzee received first place in the Shean Strings Competition.

NYC based Violinist MAYA SHIRAISHI has been a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 2007, and joined the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra in 2022. After receiving her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School in 2001, she became a member of the Honolulu Symphony and Hawaii Opera Theatre.

I am Dewald (known by my students as “Mr D” and as “DV Burg” in the entertainment business) and I'm an UNISA registered music teacher with more than 17 years’ teaching experience. I've taught students between the ages of 4 and 84 both privately and as a part time teacher at music academies, primary schools and high schools.

Violinist and Educator Amos Fayette enjoys a diverse career, teaching and performing for several organizations in Northeast Ohio. He currently serves on the faculty of Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, and The Rainey Institute, and performs frequently as the Concertmaster-at-Large with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra and as a substitute with the Toledo…

Hi, my name is Neda. I am a graduated violinist with a Master’s degree in Classical Violin from the Giuseppe Tartini Conservatory in Trieste, Italy. I enriched my expertise through a professional teaching engagement at the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz. Currently based in Austria, I continue to develop both my artistic and pedagogical path.

Victoria Witmer is a viola, violin, and chamber music teacher who prioritizes the needs of each individual student. She teaches with the objectives of enhancing performance capabilities and inspiring a love of music. Performing around the world, Victoria has been a member of Lincoln Center Stage piano quintets and the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland.

Instrumentalist: guitar, mandolin, ukulele, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, voice teacher. Composer, Performer, and Studio Musician for over 25 years. Héctor Crespo studied music at Hochstein School of Music, Brockport State University, Nazareth University, and Roberts Wesleyan College. All of which are located in the New York State area.