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Levels Taught:
ALL (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced)

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Emerson Gale teaches joy-based violin, cello and ukulele lessons to ages 5-100 in Orange and Windsor Counties. He gives private lesson at the Upper Valley Waldorf School, The Seven Stars Arts Center, and the Open Fields School as well as traveling around the Upper Valley for home lessons. He also enjoys conducting The Sharon Academy’s Music Theory & Composition classes.

Emerson studied classical violin in college and then music therapy for his Master’s degree. After serving as youth music camp director in Hangzhou China for 4 summers, he relocated to Vermont to set up his studio closer to his family. He plays lead fiddle for various contradances and private events as well cello for the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra. You can also find him performing Christmas music on violin and ukulele or serving as an accompanist on cello for a variety of traditional music gatherings.

Feel free to contact him for prices and availability or just to say hi! He offers trial lessons to new students and is happy to provide references.

Recommended Accessories:

• A small notebook and a pencil
• Electronic tuner
• Practice mute
• Shoulder rest

Information provided on 12/12/2019

Levels Taught:
ALL (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced)

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Long-standing member of Vt. Symphony Orchestra and several non-classical ensembles. I teach classical, jazz, bluegrass, traditional, and swing. I've been a member of Fiddlesticks, a VSO trio that brings an interactive program of string instruments to elementary schools around the state, for many years.

Method Books Used:

• Suzuki books
• A-Tune-A-Day series
• Winning Rhythms

Recommended Accessories:

• A notebook and a recording device
• Rosin
• Shoulder Rest

Information provided on 3/6/2018

Levels Taught:
Beginning, Intermediate

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I specialize in teaching beginning fiddle, clawhammer style banjo, and ukulele to young children ages 4 to 7 as well as clawhammer banjo and fiddle to beginners and intermediate level students of all ages from 4 through senior citizens. Lessons are tailored to the individual and the love and enjoyment of music is taught through a creative process with a whole person approach. For the youngest children, lessons include imaginative play to keep things fun and motivating. I have been teaching in Vermont since 1990 and currently live in Winooski where my studio is located. Since 2020, virtual lessons have become a partial component of my work and I have developed a fun way to do virtual lessons successfully with 5 year olds to adults. I host several events yearly and support my students in participating in appropriate local group events and camps.

I majored in music education on viola at the Crane School of Music and played in countless orchestras and string quartets in my early years of musicianship. In the mid-nineties I crossed over to mainly playing the fiddle and hosted several fiddle camps in the central Vermont area with Sarah Blair and Beth Telford. In 2003 I founded the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra and directed it for its first decade. I taught K-12 strings at Northfield Schools for 9 years and was on the faculty of Northeast Heritage Music Camp for 13 seasons. I have been on the faculty of Young Tradition Vermont Trad Camp for several seasons as well. I now teach exclusively private lessons at my home in Winooski and draw on these many decades of experience in my work. I am known for being patient and kind as a teacher and have helped thousands of budding musicians get off to a good start and fall in love with music making.

Information provided on 10/21/2021

Levels Taught:
ALL (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced)

Information provided on 7/9/2022

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I teach students of all ages, from children to adults. My hope is to create a community of musicians who enjoy playing with others. To that end, I also organize workshops and camps to encourage players to meet each other and become inspired. I encourage both learning by ear and learning to read music.

Information provided on 12/12/2017