Viola Lessons Connecticut

Instruments: Violin, Viola

It is a great joy a honor to share the musical gifts and experiences I have cultivated since childhood. Indeed, music is a way to retain some essence of the best of life. Every student can partake in this to their own ability and desire, given a well structured environment in which to flourish. My decades of professional performing and teaching strings provides just this environment. As we move into an age of technological advances, it is all the more important to impart the myriad of traditional skills which the study of music provides. Read More

Instruments: Violin, Viola, Electric Violin, Fiddle, Music

I love nothing more than to see a student come into or leave their lesson beaming with a sense of pride and self-accomplishment. What that means to a student is as unique as they are. My beginner students may feel overjoyed to have learned their one-octave D major scale played pizzicato, my more experienced students could be proud to announce that they figured out a tricky passage on their own using skills they learned in a lesson. Read More

Instruments: Violin, Viola

Jamie Spillane and orchestral conducting with the UConn Symphony Orchestra director Harvey Felder.  I graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and in 2016 I earned a Master of Science in Music Education at the University of Bridgeport. I am currently the music director of the Northeast Connecticut Community Orchestra where I conduct an all volunteer string orchestra of 30 people in two seasonal concerts every year. In addition to conducting, I play viola with with two Connecticut based orchestras, perform with local chamber groups and created a program of English Music for Viola and Piano which premiered a piece which had not been previously been performed in public for 100 years. ( During the day I am an elementary and middle school orchestra teacher at a magnet school where I started the string program in 2018. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Violin, Cello, Viola, Trumpet, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Mandolin, Recorder, Fiddle, Double Bass, Acoustic Guitar

I assign music lessons that are appropiate to the students' learning pace. I also adapt different metods of teaching tailored to the students' needs and their goals, and preference of style of music. I enjoy watching my students learn and accomplish their own future goals. For example, sometimes students of all ages do not understand music notation, so I approach this area of Theory differently. For example, instead of looking at the Staff as limericks; Read More

Instruments: Violin, Viola

As I said above, I have been teaching since I was in high school and began studying the Suzuki Method at the age of four. I believe that anyone is able to learn an instrument no matter their age, as long as they stick to a regular practice schedule, have patience, are passionate, and have goals in mind at all times. My goal is to make the learning experience unique for each student. Read More