violin teacher search

mccv44
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:11:08 +0000

I am finishing my undergraduate degree at my country, Colombia and I am interested on doing my master degree at United States. I have some teachers options and I want to have some classes with some of them, but I am running out of time and I need some advice to choose a little group for classes and to decide where I am going to apply. If you could bring me some opinions about the teachers and the universities listed below, I will be very thankful.
My options are:

University of Miami (Frost School of Music) - Charles Cattleman

University of Texas at Austin (Butler School of Music) - Brian Lewis

University of NorthTexas - Felix Olschofka

Rice University (Shepherd School of Music) - Paul Kantor

San Francisco Conservatory - Ian Swensen

University of Southern California (Thornton School of Music) - Martin Chalifour

Northwestern University (Bienen School of Music) - Gerardo Ribeiro

Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music) - Mauricio Fuks

Cleveland Institut - Jan Sloman and Stephen Rose

I want to does things like…

1. How does he approaches to a technical problem? When you have a technical problem. Does he usually focus only on that leaving the musical work aside? Or does he work both at the same time? Does he have an standardized technique or he adapts technique to each students size (hand size, body...), personality, etc.?

2. Does he has a standardized way of teaching or he works different with each student?

3. How does he explains things? Is he clear? Does he talks a lot?

4. How does he usually begins the work with a new piece?

5. How does he motivate? Is he purposeful with performances, repertoire, competitions... Or you have to search and tell him?

6. How is he outside the class

etc