Offerings:
Private Violin and Viola Lessons (Virtual and In Person)
College Preparatory Lessons
Chamber Music Coachings
Orchestra Sectionals
Philosophy
Teaching to me means giving my students the knowledge and skills to help themselves get better each day. My end goal is for my students to become well rounded musicians and to take their knowledge from lesson and performance experiences through life.
My past teachers have included Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman, Li Lin, David Kim, Merry Peckham Ian Swensen, Frank Huang Alexander Velinzon, Ani Kavafian, Jorga Fleezanis, Hankus Netsky, Erin Keefe, Kim Kashkashian.
I have been coached playing in chamber music groups by Merry Peckham, Astrid Shween, Boris Berman, The (original) Cleveland Quartet and Borromeo Quartet, Raphael Merlin- Quattro Ebene, the Juilliard String Quartet and the Emerson Quartet.
I bring my experiences of studying with some of the best teachers to pass this knowledge and love of music to my students.
Because no two students are alike, I strive to use a wide variety of teaching approaches to teach my students. These include aural, verbal and visual techniques to effectively help each student.
The majority of improvement comes from the student’s own dedication and practice habits. Through these focuses, I hope to give my students the knowledge and skill they need to teach themselves, and to develop a lifelong love for music.
Lesson Policy
Private Lessons
Lessons will be 60 min in length and once a week. If you wish for longer or shorter lessons, these will be adjusted on a case by case basis. (Rates will be adjusted accordingly).
Make up lessons
If you need to cancel a lesson, please do so at least 48 hours before the scheduled lesson time. If you fail to do this, you will still be charged for the missed lesson.
In regards to illness, please call as soon as possible to try to reschedule or cancel.
If you cancel or miss a lesson without notice, you will still be charged for the lesson.
“She [Ilana] is a great colleague, an inspirational musician and an idealist who is always well prepared and really loves music.”
-Colleague at Seattle Symphony and Opera
“Ilana recently gave masterclasses to seven of my students. They performed repertoire ranging from Suzuki Book 5 to the Bruch Violin Concerto.
She was very adept at finding the technical and musical tools that would best help them. She was kind and encouraging and took a
genuine interest in each student. She inspired us all by demonstrating on her instrument when appropriate. The student who played the Bruch came up to me afterward and said that it was
one of the best masterclasses he had participated in. I was able to follow up on her ideas over the course of the following month because they were so clear and appropriate.
Additionally, Ilana gave a private lesson to one of my students on the Beethoven Romance and Mozart D Major Concerto. I watched videos from this lesson and once again, Ilana was wonderfully sensitive to the student and gave really helpful technical advice on scales, shifting
tone production, and vibrato.
-Tracy Helming, Momentum Music School
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