Nerea G  
Instruments: Violin, Viola, Fiddle
Styles: Classical, Pop, Folk, Country

With over a decade of experience teaching, Nerea has taught music to thousands of students in private and group lessons as well as in ensembles and schools. Although Nerea has taught and continues to teach Beginner to Advanced Violin, from ages 3 - 53, her specialty is "Fiddle" music. She is highly knowledgeable in Cape Breton, Scottish, Irish, traditional Breton, Celtic and World music. She has prepared students for Trinity and ABRSM exams, taught by ear and/or sight reading, followed diverse methods requested such as Suzuki and has prepared students for countless performances. She has worked extensively with students who have special needs such as Autism. While teaching in schools around the globe, Nerea has taught general music following diverse curriculum such as IB Diploma, British Curriculum, American Curriculum and Canadian as well as teaching many ESL students and in Bilingual schools.

Open-minded and flexible, Nerea strives for her students to learn through fun, hands on activities, always leaving her lessons with smiles on their faces. Beginner students are always taught the basics of posture, positioning and how to move the bow on the strings. They then go on to learn bowing and the strings names, followed by finger position and musical pieces. Although Nerea focuses on technique, she always tries to get her student play songs/musical pieces quickly, even if they are simple. For more experienced students, Nerea helps them improve songs/pieces they enjoy, always being efficient and working on techniques that can be improved through the musical piece.