Learn from Great Violin Teachers

I'm currently a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra in Seattle, WA, and a regular sub with the Seattle Symphony. I received my degrees in viola performance and music history from the New England Conservatory and a masters degree from the Eastman School of Music.

I am an enthusiastic and patient teacher with over a decade of experience teaching violin to students of all ages! I received my Bachelor's degree in Music Performance from DePauw University, where I was concertmaster of the DePauw Symphony Orchestra, and my Master's degree in Music Performance from DePaul University.

Nancy Wu has served as Associate Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1989. She performs regularly with the MET Chamber Ensemble and has been a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Martha’s Vineyard and the Fondation Giannada in Martigny, Switzerland. Ms. Wu has been a coach for the Verbier Festival Orchestra since its founding in 2000.

Graduated from Royal conservatoire de Mons (Belgium) for Bachelor and Royal Conservatorium Gent for Master degree (Belgium) in performing classical music, Ai has been teaching and playing in ensembles and orchestras. She has been teaching for 7 years from 3 years old to adults, both experienced and non-experienced. She has taught in St. Michealle college in Brussels and privately.

I am a professional violinist, educator, and music manager with over 10 years of international teaching and performance experience. I hold a Specialist Diploma in Violin Performance and Pedagogy from the Prague Conservatoire and a Master’s degree from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Julianne Oh, violin, having enjoyed plenty of diverse repertoire is an avid listener and musician of many genres in classical music. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, Ms. Oh served as concertmaster of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra with which she made her solo debut of the Mendelssohn violin concerto at the age of thirteen.

I am a professional violinist and educator with over 10 years of teaching experience, and I hold advanced degrees in violin performance from the University of Michigan. I currently perform as a chamber musician and orchestral violinist and am a member of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about me! I had an interest in education at a young age. After heart surgery left me unable to participate in sports or recess in the fifth grade, I became a teacher’s assistant, and my love for teaching began to blossom. In the sixth grade, I began playing the viola. I went on to become viola section leader in high school.

I have been playing since I was 4 and started out in Suzuki which I followed through age 10. Branching out I started concertizing and studied in in England under Monica Langham. I went on to study with Professor Stephen Hyde and graduated from West Virginia University, Cum Laude with a Bachelor's of Music in Applied Violin.

I'm a member of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, an associate member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and a former member of the Arditti, Penderecki, and Chester String Quartets. I have 27 years of teaching experience, at Harvard, Princeton, NYU, Wilfrid Laurier University and many summer festivals.