Learn from Great Viola Teachers

Heather is a member of the Hallé Orchestra, performing in the second violin section. During her time with the orchestra, she has toured extensively throughout Europe and China, with many performances broadcast on radio and television.

Christopher Broyles is an accomplished Violist, Baroque Violist, Teacher and leader who is currently teaching and freelancing in the Boston and Cleveland areas. As a violist, Broyles has appeared on stages around the globe from Symphony Hall in Boston to the Salle de Combins at the Verbier Festival to the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto, South Africa to the Musikverein in Vienna.

I have over 15 years of experience teaching private and classroom music in public and private schools, ages preschool through undergraduate. I am certified in three levels of Rolland pedagogy and have degrees in music education from Florida Southern College and Florida State University. I am all but dissertation in music from the University of South Florida.

Ms. Aylor has been a section Violinist and Violist with the Pensacola Symphony, Pensacola Opera, Panama City Pops, and Sinfonia Gulf Coast. She was a founding member and Concertmaster of the Okaloosa Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. Ms.

I am a young and passionate violinist that studied with Prof. Boris Kuschnir, the teacher of Maria Duenas and from him I have learned to build the technical framework of playing the violin and to put everything I feel into the most beautiful sound. I believe that we play music to experience it in our hearts and to speak directly from one soul to another. I studied with Prof.

Hi! I’m Carlos, a professional violist from Mexico and currently in my final year of the Bachelor of Music program at Illinois State University. As a performer, I have appeared as a soloist with orchestra, presented recitals, and performed in both collegiate and professional orchestras as a section member and principal violist.

Aleksi Zaretsky is a freelance violinist and teacher based in San Francisco. He is originally from Valley Cottage, NY. Aleksi has performed alongside the San Francisco Symphony, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, New Century Chamber Orchestra, SFJAZZ, the Monterey Symphony, Symphony Parnassus, the Concert Truck managed by Opus 3 Artists…

I teach all musical styles-from classical to pop, fiddle, latin, jazz/blues... I have a doctorate and two master's degrees in violin performance. I received my two master's degrees at the Georgia State University (2004) and the Belgrade University of Arts (Serbia-2001). I graduated with doctor's degree from the Florida State University in 2009.

I have studied with many of the leading teachers in Europe and the USA. I started my education at Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music (London), where I studied with James Sleigh for five years. As a teenager, I was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and the National Youth Strings Academy.

Violinist Emelyn Bashour (BM, Eastman School of Music; MM, University of Michigan) has performed across North and South America. During her studies she served as concertmaster of both U-M’s University Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman Philharmonia. She is also an alum of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School.