Naz K  
Instruments: Violin
Styles: Classical, Pop

I have been playing for over 11 years now. I began when I was in the 2nd grade and haven’t stopped it, I fell in love with it!! When I started middle school, my teacher from orchestra asked me to go into her class after my class with her and help out with the 6th graders. During that time, I helped the students tune their violins and took them out in sections to work on their parts and answer any questions they had on the piece they were working on. Once I hit high school, I decided to still continue working for my middle school orchestra teacher and continued to volunteer and help with the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders with their parts and make sure that they were confident in what they were playing.

I would first begin with scales and just focus on getting the correct hand placements. After maybe one or two lessons with focusing on scales, we will then begin with Suzuki books. These books are great for getting the kids more familiar with music and also put their scale practicing to the test. Of course, the scales will still be continued however as the student progresses, we will focus less on scales and put our attention more on various classical music pieces. During this time of improvement, I also would like to add music of their interest (like their favorite lullaby or music).