I have been teaching private lessons in my home on violin, viola, cello, flute and piano since 1994. Currently I have an online private studio after teaching in Cleveland Heights for 10 years after 11 and NYC for 11 years. Five of those years in NYC I also headed the string program, grades four through twelve, at The Packer Collegiate Institute. There I had the opportunity to lead and conduct the orchestras through two Carnegie Hall performances, prepare the groups for yearly United Nations performances, and coach and perform with the Chamber Strings group throughout Italy in 2010. Additionally, I did extensive curricular development for the string program at all levels covering note-reading, orchestral and chamber playing, theory, history, and diversity work, pulling music primarily from Irish, South African, Chinese and Arabic traditions. I regularly compose and arrange my own teaching material in order to fit the teaching point specifically to the current students and interests at hand. My string students have competed in NYSSMA through Level 6 and attended All-State Festivals. My flute students have competed in NYSSMA Level 4, and piano Level 2. Previously I have taught at Berkeley Carroll School, Hunter College Elementary School, Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, and at inner city New York public schools through the Juilliard teaching outreach program. I hold an MM from The Juilliard School in Cello Performance and a BM from The Eastman School of Music in Cello and Composition.