Joseph M
Instruments: Violin, Viola, Electric Violin
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop, Showtunes, Spirituals, Swing, New Age, Soul
Joseph M
Instruments: Violin, Viola, Electric Violin
Styles:
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop, Showtunes, Spirituals, Swing, New Age, Soul
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 3-80
Bachelor Degree: Emory University,
Doctoral Degree: University of Miami School of Law
Emory University Mckay Family Music Scholarship
Emory University Edward G. Scruggs Music Scholarship
I am a classically trained pianist and violinist from Memphis, Tennessee. My first piano lessons were at the age of 6. I began my violin studies at age 10, and have been playing for 16 years. I have studied violin with Chun-Yu Chen, Joy Brown Wiener (concertmaster emeritus of the Memphis Symphony), and Domenic Salerni (first violin, Dali String Quartet). In 2015, I graduated from Emory University with a bachelor's in violin performance and an arts management certificate from the university business school.
I have been teaching private violin lessons since I was high school student. I have also taught private and group/string orchestra with the Atlanta Music Project and Chapel Hill Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently, I worked with Lessons in Your Home in Miami, Florida. As a college student, I performed in various gigs in the Atlanta area. I was active at my university in the chamber music program as well as the Emory Symphony Orchestra, where I served as the principal second violin chair and played an 1870 Scarampella violin.
For beginners, I always start with Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. I typically will work with the student from the Suzuki Violin Method books and also will choose a scale book based on the student's progress. I often prefer for beginning students to play from the Hrimaly Scale Book. Later down the line, students can choose pieces that they are interested in, but I am always an advocate of classical pieces for fundamental training. More advanced students I start with more advanced scales and pieces, such as the Flesch Scale System.
My approach to teaching is to share my love for music with my students. I will allow students to go at their own pace, and set realistic goals and expectations. I like to focus on intonation heavily, as anything other than excellent intonation is not good playing, in the words of a former instructor. I also encourage creative expression in my students, and will often ask them to try different methods of playing a single phrase in order to increase the depth of their musicality. I also try to choose pieces for students based on their desires and stylistic preferences.
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