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Caring For Your String Instrument
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Recommended Teachers
Eastside Strings – Strings, Guitar, Bass, Vocals. All ages.
Phone: 585-208-1891
Website: www.eastsidestringsroc.com
Email: eastsidestringsroc@gmail.com
Location: Browncroft Blvd (Next door to Stringed Instrument Services)
Hochstein School of Music and Dance – Strings, Harp, Guitar, Piano, Voice, Winds, Composition. All ages.
Website: www.hochstein.org
Location: Downtown
Bach to Rock: America’s Music School – Strings, Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Voice, Drums, Electronic. Private lessons, group, camps, parties.
Email: penfield@bachtorock.com
Location: Penfield
Kanack School of Music – Strings, Guitar, Piano, Voice. Suzuki, Fiddle, Improvisation, small groups, all ages.
Website: www.kanackschoolofmusic.com
Location: Brighton
Nazareth Community Music Program – Strings, Piano, Woodwind, Brass, Voice, Percussion. Suzuki, all ages, ensembles, performance, summer programs.
Email: cmp@naz.edu
Location: Pittsford
Suzuki Arts Rochester – Violin. Suzuki method all ages.
Phone: 585-944-4912
Website: www.suzukiartsrochester.com
Location: Piano Works Mall, East Rochester
Eastman Community Music School – Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass. Classical/jazz, theory/composition/history/ensembles.
Email: community@esm.rochester.edu
Phone: 585-274-1400
Website: www.esm.rochester.edu/community
Address: 26 Gibbs St, Rochester
MUSIC SCHOOLS
violin/viola
Sue Bechler – Violin, Viola, Piano, Cello to NYSSMA 5. Specialty: Fiddle (Cajun, Old-time, some Irish/Celtic), adult novices & retirees, Suzuki.
Email: fiddle.player@yahoo.com
Phone: 585-705-6234
Areas: Lyons, Pittsford, Farmington, Victor, Canandaigua
Shana Stewart – Violin and Viola. Specialty: Suzuki and Traditional.
Email: sstew8@gmail.com
Phone: 585-362-7141
Areas: Fairport, East Rochester, Pittsford, Penfield, Brighton
Elizabeth Knapp – Violin & Viola. Specialty: Classical, Suzuki.
Email: eliz.knapp@yahoo.com
Phone: 585-721-4551
Areas: Penfield, Victor
Miriam Kruppenbacher – Violin, Viola. Specialty: Classical.
Email: miriam4violin@gmail.com
Phone: 585-425-9319
Area: Fairport
An-Chi Angel OuYang – Violin. Specialty: Classical, Suzuki.
Email: anchiviolin@yahoo.com
Phone: 585-315-9609
Area: West Brighton (next to U of R)
Joanne Lowe – Violin, Viola. Specialty: Suzuki, Traditional.
Email: lowej@victorschools.org
Areas: Penfield, Fairport, Pittsford, Brighton, Webster, ER, Gananda, Walworth, Macedon
Betsy Sprague – Violin. Specialty: Suzuki and Traditional.
Email: betsytsprague@gmail.com
Phone: 585-520-5520
Areas: Penfield, Fairport, Pittsford, Brighton, Webster, ER, Gananda, Walworth, Macedon
Gail Quance – Violin.
Email: squance@rochester.rr.com
Phone: 315-986-2690
Area: Macedon
Alyssa Rodriguez – Violin. Specialty: Classical, Suzuki, Fiddle styles (Irish, New England, Scandinavian).
Area: Brighton, Park Ave
Julie Gray – Violin. Specialty: Suzuki, Classical.
Email: juliegray79@gmail.com
Phone: 315-521-1401
Area: Brighton
Gretchen Judge – Violin, Viola. Specialty: Classical.
Email: gretchen.judge@gmail.com
Phone: 585-802-6300
Liana Kirvan – Violin. Specialty: Violin lessons for children and adults.
Email: lianakoteva@yahoo.com
Phone: 585-802-8490
Areas: Penfield, Fairport
Miya Saito-Beckman – Violin/Fiddle. Specialty: Suzuki, classical, fiddle (celtic/oldtime/contest/American). All ages.
Website: miyasb.com
Email: miya_sb20@hotmail.com
Alex Goettel – Violin. Specialty: Classical, Jazz, Rock.
Phone: 315-480-1907
Areas: Fairport, East Rochester, Pittsford, Penfield, Brighton
Lia Kettlekamp – Violin/Viola. Specialty: Suzuki, Traditional.
Email: liaplaysviolin@gmail.com
Phone: 914-216-5360
Area: Brighton
Brian Donat – Cello. Specialty: Classical, Ages 10+.
Email: brian.donat@gmail.com
Phone: 518-547-0008
Area: Webster
Sandra Halleran – Cello. Specialty: Classical, Suzuki, Adults.
Email: sandrahalleran@hotmail.com
Phone: 585-410-7278
Areas: East Irondequoit, Victor, Downtown
Elizabeth Kinney – Cello, Piano, Alto & Tenor Sax, Vocal Coaching. Specialty: Classical.
Email: epkcello@gmail.com
Phone: 978-804-9543
Area: Pittsford
Glenna Curren – Cello. Specialty: Classical, Baroque, Suzuki, ages 5+.
Email: glenna.curren@gmail.com
Phone: 585-957-8079
Areas: Penfield, Brighton, Pittsford, Downtown
Pamela Frame – Cello. Specialty: Classical.
Email: pamela.frame@gmail.com
Phone: 585-284-5867
Area: Brighton
Lauren Spitaliere – Cello, violin/viola to level III. Specialty: Classical, Suzuki.
Email: L.spitaliere@gmail.com
Phone: 585-313-9996
Areas: Irondequoit, Victor
CELLO
Gaelen McCormick – Double Bass. Specialty: Classical.
Email: gmccormick@esm.rochester.edu
Phone: 585-764-2809
Areas: Henrietta, Pittsford, Fairport, Victor
Lauren Bayles – Double Bass (all levels), beginner violin, viola, cello. Specialty: Classical.
Email: lbayles@u.rochester.edu
Phone: 585-943-0093
Area: Victor
Humberto Colon – Double Bass. Specialty: Classical.
Email: humbertobass@gmail.com
Phone: 585-662-9892
Area: Fairport and nearby
Spencer Jensen – Double Bass. Specialty: Classical, Jazz, Folk.
Email: spncrjensen@gmail.com
Phone: 801-678-0376
Area: Out of state, online lessons only
Cory Palmer – Double Bass. Specialty: Classical.
Email: corypalmer83@gmail.com
Phone: 615-681-7224
Areas: Irondequoit, Webster, Rochester
Camilla Carvalho – Double Bass. Specialty: Classical, Jazz.
Email: camillamcbass@gmail.com
Phone: 321-305-8189
Area: Greater Rochester
Payton Dziekan – Double Bass, Vocal Coach. Specialty: Classical.
Email: paytondziekan@ymail.com
Phone: 864-275-8048
Area: Greater Rochester