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Fiona
- Rate R740
- Response 1h
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1st lesson free
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Erhu
- Fiddle
Suzuki Method Violin Tutor 10 Years Experience 420+ Students Taught Early Beginners Parent Involvement Listening First Beautiful Tone All Ages Welcome
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Erhu
- Fiddle
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About Fiona
I am a violin tutor with 10 years of teaching experience and a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance alongside certification as a Suzuki violin teacher through the British Suzuki Institute. I have taught over 420 students, the majority of whom began under the Suzuki approach and several of whom have gone on to study music at conservatoire level. My certification involved two years of additional Suzuki-specific training beyond my performance degree, including study of child development, parental involvement pedagogy, and the specific technical and musical vocabulary of the Suzuki violin repertoire. I have observed teaching at Suzuki institutes in Japan and Switzerland and these experiences have deepened my understanding of the approach's full potential when applied with consistency and conviction. I am the coordinator of a small Suzuki violin group in my area that brings students from different studios together for regular group learning experiences.
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About the lesson
- All levels
- English
Languages in which the lesson is available :
English
My violin teaching follows the Suzuki philosophy — that every child has musical potential and that the right environment, the right listening, and the right parental involvement can develop that potential regardless of perceived natural aptitude — and after ten years this conviction has been confirmed so many times that it has become an absolute foundation of how I see teaching. The Suzuki approach begins with listening, and I prepare families for lessons weeks before the first lesson begins by providing recordings for daily home listening, because the ear must be primed before the instrument is even held. Parent involvement is not optional in my studio — parents attend every lesson and receive specific guidance after each one on how to maintain the work at home, because the parent is the home teacher and the lesson is the training of the home teacher as much as the child. Beautiful tone is the standard from the very first note — I do not accept or normalise poor tone at any level because the ear learns from what it hears and early exposure to beautiful sound sets the standard for everything that follows. The Suzuki repertoire is carefully sequenced so that each piece solves a specific technical problem that prepares the student for the next piece, and I teach this sequence with attention to the specific pedagogical function of each piece rather than treating the books as content to be covered. The review principle — returning regularly to earlier repertoire rather than always moving forward — is central to my teaching because it consolidates technique, builds confidence, and gives students the experience of playing something beautifully that they remember was once difficult. My studio culture includes regular group lessons where students play together, listen to each other, and perform for peers, because the social dimension of music-making is part of the Suzuki vision and produces remarkable motivation. I work with students from age three to adult beginners, applying the same foundational principles with appropriate adaptations at each age. Assessment in my studio is developmental rather than comparative — each student is measured against their own previous best, never against a peer. My teaching vision is shared with Dr Suzuki's original: that playing the violin is a way of becoming more fully human.
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- R740
Package rates
- 5h: R3700
- 10h: R7400
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- R740/h
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