"Dear prospective students and parents,

I am a professional violinist and teacher. I have performed in many symphony orchestras in the U.S. including the Brevard Symphony and the Space Coast Pops here in Florida. I also teach many other instruments including all the strings, violin, cello, viola, double bass viol, guitar, bass guitar banjo, mandolin, recorder, autoharp, hammer dulcimer, glockenspiel etc. In high school I became concert master of our string orchestra and won first prize in a solo competition during the high school music summer session. I also became concert master of our local junior symphony in my senior high school year. In college at the University of Oregon I became concert master of our university symphony in my junior year. I also won a Presser Foundation scholarship for solo violin playing performing the Faure violin Sonata. I was principal 2nd violin in the Black Hills Symphony when I taught strings in Rapid City South Dakota for 2 years.

I started violin at age six, and I've been teaching and performing ever since then. We had a string quartet in my family because my brother played cello, while sister Paula played viola and my sister Alice played 2nd violin.

Recently I have also began teaching music to children with autism. Music is excellent therapy for them. One of my students plays violin, one plays glockenspiel and three others play piano with me. Although my specialty and college degree is in music, I was an excellent student in other areas, which is why you might like to have me tutor English, math, or other subjects. I also like to teach fiddle music, bluegrass, folk.

1986-1988 University of Oregon Bachelor of Arts in Music Education

MUSIC PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

1994-2000 violinist Brevard Symphony Melbourne FL

1994-2001 Space Coast Pops Cocoa FL

1993 Hendersonville Symphony Hendersonville NC

1992-1993 Asheville Symphony Asheville NC" less...