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  After eight years of working with various teachers, my daughter and I were looking for help with her violin technique when we were lucky enough to find Elizabeth.  In her kind, gracious and patient manner, she deconstructed the years of poor habits and quickly built up the proper technique.  The improvement in my daughter’s playing was audible almost immediately.  Aside from her innate understanding of the violin and her ability to derive its best sound through any child, Elizabeth has a unique connection to her students.  She treats them with respect and humor, and is always looking for creative ways to drive the lessons home.  She has elevated my daughter’s confidence in her playing and re-ignited her love and appreciation for the violin.  Elizabeth is a rare find - an incredibly talented and accomplished musician with a love of and a gift for teaching.

  ” Pat, mother of Alex, 15
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  It is extremely rare to find a wonderfully talented musician who is also a superb teacher, but Elizabeth is one of those rare finds!  She is amazingly dedicated to her students and their progress as musicians.  Her instruction goes way beyond a weekly lesson to performance and competition preparation, masterclasses, and even camps.  My daughter, Margot, started with Elizabeth when she was looking for a teacher to help take her playing to the next level, and she found that and so much more.  She also found a teacher who cares about her as a person, as well as a student, and who Margot truly considers a mentor as well as an instructor.

  ” Laurie, Mother of Margot, 14
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  Elizabeth puts an unparalleled amount of planning and care into her teaching. She cares about each student as an individual and knows how to give each student exactly what they need to help them achieve their goals. She knows how to push her students to the best of their potential through encouragement and support. Elizabeth has high demands for all of her students, but it never feels like too much because she shows you exactly how to meet them and you know she will always be there to help you. I have been devoted to her for 6 years.

  ” Sarah, 22
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  Elizabeth is a devoted advocate who understands the music audition process and guided us through the music matrix of options and obstacles.   Elizabeth’s extensive teaching experience has allowed her to master the art of choosing repertoire to accentuate her students’ strengths and give them a competitive advantage.
  Elizabeth has the experience and expertise to maximize all opportunities.  She is wonderfully respected and admired throughout the music education community.  Being affiliated with her has provided performance opportunities, masterclasses, audition opportunities and acceptance offers that would have otherwise been impossible to obtain.  The only challenge we were unprepared for was having to turn down wonderful offers at wonderful institutions with wonderful instructors because we could only accept one.

  ” Julie, Mother of Allison, 17
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  My wife and I were looking for a violin teacher.  Our intent, like most parents, was to have a child who treasured music later in life.  Perhaps to eventually have something that they can call their own?  Our youngest daughter (age 3) wanted to play the violin – she picked it out of an array of instruments.  We had heard through the community of a young lady who had the ability to engage the very young.  I was hesitant at first because I didn’t believe my daughter was ‘ready’.  Why should I; my eldest daughter wasn’t “ready” for piano until much later.
  Well, here we are two years and a bunch of recitals later.  Our daughter is playing what seems to me like demanding musical pieces.  I wouldn’t fully know because I played piano growing up but I do know that something’s up.  She doesn’t mind spending a few moments here and there practicing and playing.  Further, she looks forward to seeing Elizabeth every week.
  Elizabeth has taught my daughter not only to love the violin but to also love the music and to eventually share that music.  My young child is humming at home classical/romantic pieces not only for the violin but also pieces played by my eldest.  Elizabeth has observably created a warm and safe setting for the very young (a place to giggle, make mistakes, speak in a language that I do not understand, make progress one step forward two steps back, and sometimes to get serious).  She understands the very young.  I am told that she has got the credentials to prove it!  But beyond those credentials, I see the change in my daughter.  Elizabeth has made instruction for the child and the very young child a priority in her life and that is reflected in her studio.  Thanks Elizabeth for all that you do!

  ” Richard, father of Abigail, 5

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