Houston Lessons In Your Home
Viola Teachers Who Come to Your Home or School
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Meet Our Viola Lesson Teachers In Houston
Lessons In Your Home is a tight-knit family of world-class music teachers. We are passionate about teaching music lessons and to make learning fun. Our key to success is ensuring the best student/teacher relationship.-
City: Houston
About Luis Perez
Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Luis moved to San Antonio, Texas with his family when he was 7 years old. Luis Perez began playing the violin at age 10 through his public school. At 16 he began to play the viola under the guidance of his violin teacher, San...
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Instrument(s): Piano, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Helen Dowd
Helen Dowd is a native of Lincoln, NE, and comes from a large musical family. At age 6 she learned violin and piano with both Suzuki and traditional methods and in 8th grade, she began playing viola and has since performed in many quartets as a violist. As early as high school, Helen...
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City: Houston
About Melanie Riordan
Houston violinist Melanie Riordan began playing the violin at the age of ten in her hometown of New Rochelle, NY. After graduating from the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College, Melanie received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University where she studied with esteemed pedagogue Cyrus Forough. While at CMU, Melanie received...
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Instrument(s): Piano, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Valeri Speights
American violinist Valeri Speights helps her students cultivate a life-long love of playing the violin through the use of historically informed techniques and practice strategies. As a chamber musician and orchestral performer, she has travelled and trained extensively as a professional violinist. Valeri studied historically informed performance with Dr. Mario Aschauer...
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Instrument(s): Piano, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Luis Gutierrez-Fonseca
Luis Gutierrez Fonseca began learning the violin at the age of 11 in Guadalajara, Mexico. This past May he received his Bachelor's degree in violin performance at the University of Houston's Moores School of Music where he studied with Dr. Kirsten Yon. Luis performs year-round in the Moores Symphony Orchestra, as...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Jonathan Echevarria
Jonathan Echevarria began his studies on viola at age sixteen with Philadelphia Orchestra's Assistant Principal, Kerri Ryan. Prior to viola, Mr. Echevarria studied piano, violin, and cello with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Bay-Atlantic Symphony, and Delaware Symphony. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance on...
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City: Houston
About Katherine Sullivan
Katherine Sullivan is a professional violinist and educator originally from New York and now based in Houston. She started playing the violin at age 4 and went on to study at the Manhattan School of Music pre-college division. She completed a Bachelor of Music degree at DePaul University School of...
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Instrument(s): Piano, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Abigail Bracewell
Originally from North Carolina, Abigail Bracewell is an active piano and violin teacher and performer currently centered in Houston, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro under Marjorie Bagley. She recently finished her Master of Music degree in Performance...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Rachel Barron
Rachel began her music career as many kids do, in sixth grade when most are offered an elective. She knew she loved the cello early on, and worked hard with her teachers to advance into Texas Region and All State Orchestras. Throughout those years, she received scholarships to attend North...
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Instrument(s): Strings, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Leah Gastler Mabbun
Leah Gastler is an enthusiastic musician with a love of collaboration and communication. Having begun her musical studies on the violin, she took on the viola as her voice of preference during high school. While maintaining both instruments, she studied viola at Bard College Conservatory with Steven Tenenbom of the...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Justin Green
Justin L. Green came up through Neighborhood Music School (NMS) in New Haven Connecticut and earned his bachelor's degree in music from Western Connecticut State University. He has studied classical violin performance since the age of seven and has accumulated years of performance experience through various summer festivals such as...
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Instrument(s): Piano, Viola, Violin
City: Houston
About Kristen Roberts
Kristen Roberts is an active performer and music teacher in the Houston area. Introduced to classical music through an after-school strings program in her hometown, Kristen's music education began on the violin. She took private lessons with Craig Sorgi (San Antonio Symphony, Assistant Concertmaster) and supplemented her studies with piano...