Learn from Great Strings Teachers

I’m a Montana-based multi-instrumentalist with over 35 years of experience on bass, guitar, and other stringed instruments. I’ve taught hundreds of students—children, teens, adult beginners, worship players, and working professionals—and I specialize in helping musicians learn to play confidently by ear without relying on tabs or charts.

Hi! I'm Xavi Morató and I am a classically trained violinist with a passion for bringing the violin into modern styles. I have recorded for over 100 international artists and performed in major concert halls around the world, exploring genres such as jazz, folk, pop, and world music.

Ms. Qian has a wide range of expertise in teaching violin, including orchestra audition preparation, technique, solo repertoire, performance psychology, musical style development, chamber music, practice efficiency, and more. Wen will pinpoint your problems and make playing the violin easy for you! Her students' age ranges from 8 (with some beginner's training) to adults.

Jon Dostou is a contemporary composer, arranger, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has been making music on stages around the United States for many years. From 2018-2020 he served as the Music Director for Northern California's Premier Party Band, Superbad, headlining shows throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

I'm Anne-Sophie Lemaire, Sub-Leader of the First Violins at the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and violin assistant at IMEP (Institut Royal Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie) in Namur, Belgium. I studied privately under Boris Kuschnir, an experience that fundamentally shaped how I approach sound, technique, and musical thinking.

Hi! I’m Isaac, a guitarist, bassist, and vocal coach with over 20 years of hands-on playing, performing, and teaching experience. I specialize in fingerstyle guitar, jazz harmony, and creative genre-blending, helping students discover their own sound and play with confidence.

Andrew Martelle is an Orange County, California bassist and music educator. Andrew has played professionally with Bill Cunliffe, Freda Payne, and and appears frequently as a guest artist at Disneyland. He plays regularly in Orange County and Los Angeles in a wide variety of musical settings.

Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up diving into every music-related extracurricular I could find, and later completed the sound engineering program at Africa Digital Media Institute. In 2023, I moved to Toronto to study Music Industry Arts and Performance at Centennial College, and then I transferred to Harris Institute after one year because…

I am a professional cellist, teacher and coach based in Vienna. As a performer, I regularly appear at major venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus and Wiener Musikverein, have performed at international festivals alongside acclaimed artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and with my long-standing ensembles and orchestras, including the Oberton String Octet and the Tonkünstler Orchestra.

I am a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music (BM, MM) with over two decades of experience teaching cello, beginning piano, and music theory. Member of the American String Teachers Association. Ages 4+ and beginners welcome! I specialize in teaching adults of all levels.