VERA
- Rate $50
- Response 1h
$50/h
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- Music Education
Experienced tutor in Music education in Somerville, VERA offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Music Education
Lesson location
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At VERA's house: Somerville
- online
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at your home or a public place : will travel up to 20 mi. from Somerville
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Recommended
VERA is a respected tutor in our community. They have been highly recommended for their commitment and the quality of their lessons — an excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About VERA
Currently I'm living in Brazil, teaching internationally online for over a year.
West Somerville is one of the places I've lived in MA, where a friend still lives.
International teachers are accepted on the site, but need to choose a US Zip Code.
I've been teaching as a multi-instrument teacher since 2003 when lived in the Boston area long-term, and later in Brazil.
I teach Violin, Viola, Cello (degree), Piano (first instrument), and Voice. Conservatory and other Early singing and Baroque cello experience.
Long-term university level studies on all these instruments and voice.
- Specialized in the use of the Alexander Technique, refinement and fixing of techniques.
- Have successfully taught live from age 4 through university students and elderly amateurs. Have been teaching children and adults online.
- Experience with Suzuki, modern and traditional methods.
- Individual or group instruction of Harmony, b-c and/or modern chord-symbols.
I love teaching, this is a natural ability.
Love working with all ages.
Consider teaching an important part of life. This is something we leave here.
My experience with music is really broad, so I work on expanding the students minds to see from different point of views, understanding the big picture, which is like life.
It's not about being a good player, this should be a consequence of their vision. Like a bird singing in a forest.
That was in 2003 when I was in Boston and was hired to teach violin at a conservatory (My degree is in Cello, but had previously learned and played violin and viola at a previous Bachelors).
I upgraded to multi-instrument teaching at the conservatory, music schools and my music-studios.
Formed small groups, string-quartet, and a beginners' orchestra at a home-studio.
Accompanied them on the piano for our studio recitals, and offered mini-workshops on theory, history and ear-training.
Longy School of Music
Cello, Baroque Cello, Early Voice
University of Illinois, BM, Cello, minor Voice
UFRGS - Brazil, BM, applied Violin, Viola, Voice, Piano
Private/Other:
Orchestration, Harmony, Orchestra Conducting,
Piano, Voice
Alexander Technique
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I work a lot on weight of the arm(s), direction, almost like an architecture of movements, instinctively using the laws of Physics.
On the piano a live student typically leaves the first lesson sight-reading. Online piano lessons need a bit more work on the camera and screen-sharing set-up. As long as that is set, we start looking into a shared score and positioning on the first lesson.
Voice student start with breathing, humming, and head, mouth, tongue positioning, for resonance, moving from note to note, intervals.
The Alexander Technique and chi-kung influence movements, positioning.
4 and 5 year old geniuses, violin and cello
6-12, an amazing group
Teens thru university students and other young adults, and older amaterus
Individual and group lessons (siblings, friends, band mates, etc)
If you want to know more about music, other than your instrument, and want to become more of a person, look for someone who explores, who expands, who creates, and is at the same time, detailist, refined on the teaching of your instrument.
Brazilian 'Oficina de Choro' Workshops I participate in.
A few things worth thinking about before reaching out
Are you going to instruct me on harmony together with reading?
Can you help me play gracefully? Do you teach playing fast?
Can you bring me to think like a great musician?
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Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
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Vera was my daughter’s first cello teacher in Boston, MA, our best and our favorite. She has high standards yet teaches with great patience. Watching her perform with the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra was an extra bonus! Highly recommend.
Vera is a really good teacher. She works with small details which makes the difference. She has a unique style of teaching which focuses on developing musicality from the very beginning.
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Rates
Rate
- $50
Pack rates
- 5h: $250
- 10h: $500
online
- $50/h
Details
Regular price: (a friendly price because I'm in Brazil)
$45
Special needs sliding scale: (also students from other countries)
$20-$35
Groups:
$15-$20-$25 depending on the group size, and the length of the lesson.
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