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60 Minutes 1:1 Private Violin Lessons for All Levels and Abilities

Extended length one-on-one violin lesson for beginners all the way through intermediate and advanced levels, customized completely to the learner.
Rebecca Portillo
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(41)
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What's included

Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed
60 mins
per session
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Class Experience

These hour-long private lessons are a great opportunity to get an older beginner started on the violin with plenty of time to cover questions and goals, or for the intermediate to advanced player to cover more material. An hour-long private lesson is especially ideal if you've been playing for a while, and you want to work on technique to get you to that next level or cover a lot of ground for a new piece you want to learn in a single lesson, or make sure you can get to all your different scales, etudes, and repertoire each week! 

Topics and skills covered can include (depending on student's level): instrument care, proper violin and bow hold, techniques and troubleshooting for producing a good tone, left-hand fingering technique, playing music by rote or by ear, reading music, music theory, bowings and articulations (including legato, staccato, portato, spiccato, etc.), vibrato, shifting and playing in higher positions, double stops, performance preparation, and audition preparation. 

These lessons are completely customized to the learner, so if you have a specific goal in mind, please let me know in a message or in the classroom after you've enrolled. I also offer lessons that are 45 minutes long here: https://outschool.com/classes/11-private-violin-lesson-for-all-levels-45-minutes-aDDufXa1

I look forward to helping you reach your goals! You are welcome to book just one lesson and we'll cover your most immediate goals, or schedule more lessons to make long-term progress.

Other Details

Supply List
Learners will need their own violin and bow in good working condition in the correct size (if between sizes, it is best to go with the smaller size), rosin, a shoulder rest or foam pad (optional but highly recommended), tuner (free apps will work for this!), and assigned music (to be determined in lessons). 
If your learner does not already have an instrument, please feel free to contact me - I am more than happy to provide information about finding a good quality violin for your learner!
The student or an adult should tune the violin before class to help maximize our class time. If you have never tuned a violin before, I am able to provide a video in the classroom prior to our meeting time to help you get started with tuning.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined September, 2021
5.0
41reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Music from California State University Northridge
I teach violin, viola, general music, and music theory - sometimes all at once! 

I have been playing the violin for 30 years and teaching music for over 20 years. I learned how to play a variety of other instruments in college through my college studies, and I received my B.A. in music education in 2003. Right after that, I taught elementary school orchestras in Los Angeles for four years. Since then, I have been teaching violin and viola, mostly as private lessons but I love getting students together in groups, too!

I love music, of course, but I love teaching even more. If I wasn't teaching music, I would teach something else - anything else! - because there's no greater reward than watching those "aha" moments and making learning a joyful experience. However, I think teaching music is probably the most rewarding career that exists because there are so many benefits to studying music, and I get be a part of helping students grow in all those ways.

If I'm not teaching or practicing, there's a good chance I'm thinking about some chocolate or ice cream...or better yet, ice cream with chocolate in it! But I stay very busy between my husband, son, two crazy dogs, and one not-too-crazy cat, so there usually isn't much time left in my day to eat that chocolate ice cream!

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$79

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Meets on demand
60 min

Completed by 4 learners
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Ages: 9-18

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