Calina de la Mare's Profile

Background:

I am a violinist and viola player and teacher with twenty five years of experience. I have taught all aspects of string teaching and have been employed as a teacher in various contexts throughout my career. I have taught: individuals (privately and in schools,) from beginners to advanced; small groups; whole classes; Colourstrings lessons; creative music workshops from group lessons for adults to doing improvisation and composition workshops with young people with learning difficulties; to leading composition sessions for A -Level students. My teaching is a combination of traditional approaches to playing: teaching excellent technique and I cover classical repertoire and exercises/studies; grade syllabuses - Trinity or ABRSM if appropriate for the student; and also creative techniques: teaching ways to approach improvisation and composition. My playing experience includes extra work for some of the London orchestras; solo work; film and TV sessions; chamber music; remote recordings from home with my home studio. I also do composition and arrangement work and can do remote recordings from home.