Jana – Violin

Level Taught:  beginner, intermediate, advanced, all ages

Styles: Classical, Pop, Jazz

• Physical set up and good technique to secure a great base.
• Learn to create a beautiful and strong sound on the violin
• Learn advanced techniques such as complicated rhythms, bowings, shifting, vibrato, and double stops!
• For beginners, repertoire is chosen from Suzuki books 1 and 2
• for intermediate to advanced students it is chosen based on individual skill and interest including pieces such as early Mozart concertos and the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
• I have also had students learn traditional Indian songs, and pop songs which have been transcribed to suit the students skill level.
• How to practice most efficiently
• Musical meaning or significance of the pieces the student is learning!

• I am a current Master’s student in Violin Performance at McGill University, Schulich School of Music
• I have been studying and performing violin for 18 years, and teaching for 10 years.
• I have been teaching privately, and through institutions such as the West Island Music Academy, and Vivace Chamber Players.
• I have a lot of experience in coaching chamber groups, leading sections in orchestras, and general chamber playing!
• In my summers I have performed at musical institutions and studied with violin masters all over the world including the concert master of the Los-Angeles Philharmonic Martin Charlifour, world-renowned violinist Pierre Amoyale, and American soloist Rachel Barton Pine.
• I was born in Oxford, England to German parents, but grew up in Seattle, Washington speaking both German and English fluently. I completed my bachelors at McGill University in violin performance with a minor concentration in the German Language and have been a happy resident of Montreal for the past 5 years!

Jana offers at-home lessons in the following locations:

* an additional 10$/per lesson add-on is charged for transportation. 

Online video lessons available

• Zoom