Grades 3-5
Instructor: Aubrey Lisowski

Begin your music studies with the violin! In this class, students will learn the fundamentals of playing a string instrument. Students will interact with the teacher and their peers through fun group exercises and pieces. They will develop a strong foundation of the violin as well as music reading and basic theory. This class will prepare students for private lessons and school ensembles.

Summer Quarter: 6 weeks

Wednesday June 24, 5-6pm

Tuition: $130

Materials: Violin, Pencil, Music will be discussed at first class

Location: W-4

Beginner-Intermediate, Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Aubrey Lisowski

This is an ensemble class for beginning to intermediate level players who are taking private lessons and looking for an ensemble to play in. Ensemble skills covered will include listening to other members for tone and balance and integrating differing rhythms. The class will also focus on techniques such as tone production, shifting, and vibrato. If you’re looking for an introduction to ensemble playing that can prepare you for a more advanced ensemble, this is the class for you.

Note: Students should have some prior experience and/or be taking private lessons.

Summer Quarter: 6 weeks

Wednesday June 24, 6-7pm

Tuition: $130

Materials: Violin and Pencil. Students may bring any solo piece they’d like to work on and music will also be provided by the instructor.

Location: W-4

All Skill Levels: Young Adults & Adults
Instructor: Linda Teasley

This workshop will focus on keeping the voice healthy and can be useful for singers, public speakers, teachers and others who use their voices frequently. Most of us have little idea of what actually happens when we sing or speak. Participants will learn how the voice works from videos of the vocal apparatus. Being able to see this is truly amazing! Other topics include basic breath control and other physical aspects of voice use. Vocal warm-up exercises will be learned that will benefit both speakers and singers.

Summer Quarter: One day workshop

Saturday June 20, 11am-1pm

Tuition: $50

Materials: Supply list provided at time of registration.

Location: Meets in W-4

All Skill Levels, Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: Katrina King Nicholson

This class will provide an overview of music history from the Renaissance era through modern times. By listening to and looking at musical examples, students will gain familiarity with the way music developed over the past five centuries, focusing on major composers, stylistic hallmarks, and innovations in the design and function of musical instruments. This study will also demonstrate how musical trends have interacted with other elements of culture such as philosophy, art, and architecture.

Summer Quarter: 6-week class

Saturday July 11, 9-10am

Tuition: $130

Location: W-4

Beginning-Advanced, Young Adults & Adults

Instructor: John Bryant Greear

This class will cover the basics of musical performance with special attention to tone quality, rhythm, musical phrasing, intonation and style. Students will leave this class able to perform music from different stylistic periods and demonstrate the ability to perform music in varied key signatures and meter signatures. Knowing and playing all major and all three modes of minor scales will also be covered.

Summer Quarter: 9-week class

Tuesday July 21, 6-7:30pm

Tuition: $190

Materials: Brass instrument and music stand. Students may bring any solo piece they’d like to work on and music will also be provided by the instructor.

Location: W-4

Instructor: Joan Wolfe Burdette 

Joan Wolfe Burdette is a cellist living, teaching, and performing in Northern Virginia. She earned her Masters in Music Performance from Ball State University where she studied cello and chamber music with Dr. Peter Opie of the American Piano Trio and her Bachelors in Music Performance from the Conservatory of Shenandoah University where she studied with Mr. Clyde Shaw of the Audubon Quartet. Joan has attended various summer music festivals including the Idyllwild Summer Music Festival and the Chautauqua Summer Music Festival where she furthered her love of performing and attended professional masterclasses and performances. She has performed with the Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra, and National String Symphonia. In addition to performing, Joan has been teaching cello for almost 10 years. She began her study of the Suzuki method in 2014 and is currently certified through book 3 with plans to continue study. She believes in the emphasis of listening skills and believes they help her students to be sensitive musicians. She has also taught many group classes for general music skills and piano skills and is certified in the Orff method and uses its emphasis on movement with all her students. 

Joan offers lessons for cello.

All Skill Levels
Availability: Wednesday (2:30pm-7:30pm)

Meets in W-4, Rm. 406

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Instructor: Katrina King Nicholson

Flutist Katrina King Nicholson is a native of upstate New York and holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is the winner of numerous competitions in the Cleveland and Rochester areas and has a special interest in music theory and historical performance. Ms. Nicholson is an active teacher and freelancer in the D.C. area and is currently pursuing a doctorate in flute performance at the Shenandoah Conservatory.

Katrina offers lessons for Flute.

All Skill Levels
Availability: Saturdays (10:00am - 2:00pm)
Meets in W-4

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Instructor: Rick Peralta 

Rick Peralta, a San Francisco Bay area native, has been a professional musician in the Washington DC area for fifteen years. He has a Masters in Music in Stage and Studio Guitar from Howard University, and has supported Grammy and Tony award-winning artists. Formerly a member of Back to Zero, a cover band twice voted one of the top bands in the metro area, he toured the mid-Atlantic region. An accomplished jazz and classical guitarist, Rick now performs in many settings including — Laissez Foure, a jazz quartet appearing in the metro area for over ten years, and MIN, a flute and guitar duo that presents an eclectic repertoire, to name a few. With his broad range he is highly sought after on the regional musical theatre scene, having won three Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) awards for best musical as a pit orchestra guitarist. A consummate musician, The Washington Post has described Rick's playing as "smooth and lively.” 

Rick offers lessons for guitar (including jazz and classical), mandolin, tenor banjo, and ukulele. 

All Skill Levels
Availability: Tuesday (4:00pm - 8:00pm)
Meets in W-4

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Instructor: Aubrey Lisowski

Aubrey Lisowski is a violinist and private violin and viola instructor living in Springfield, VA. She earned her Bachelors degree in Music Education from Shenandoah Conservatory and Masters degree in Arts Management from George Mason University. While at Shenandoah, she studied violin under Akemi Takayama and Jonathan Moser and played in the symphony under the direction of Jan Wagner. After graduating from Shenandoah Conservatory, Aubrey taught in Fairfax County Public Schools for several years as an itinerant orchestra teacher. Her performance experience includes playing with the NOVA - Annandale Symphony orchestra for several years, serving as principal second violin, as well as the Fairfax Chamber Players. She is passionate about music education and also enjoys playing guitar. In addition to teaching violin and viola, Aubrey also works as the Education Coordinator at Workhouse Arts Center.

Aubrey offers lessons for violin and viola. 

All Skill Levels
Availability: Saturdays (9:30am-2:00pm), Mondays (5:00pm - 8:00pm)
Meets in W-4

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Instructor: Carol Brobst

Carol Brobst has enjoyed a long career as a violinist and violist. She performed with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra for 13 years and the National Gallery Orchestra for 18 years. In addition, she has done considerable freelance work on both instruments for various East Coast ensembles such as the Amadeus Orchestra, Virginia Chamber Orchestra, Williamsburg Sinfonia, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Fairfax Symphony, Manassas Ballet Theatre Orchestra and other choral and orchestral groups. Ms. Brobst is regularly hired for recording studio work at Omega Recording Studios in Rockville, Maryland. Her string quartet affiliations are the Atoka String Quartet and the St. Charles String Quartet, performing at weddings and other events around the DC metro area and Virginia hunt country. As a teacher, Ms. Brobst has had much experience in all aspects of string music education. She has taught private violin and viola lesson for 36 years and has worked as a public school strings instructor, youth orchestra conductor, director of a music studio employing other teachers, founder of a summer music institute and chamber music coach. Carol’s musical interests also

include classical harp and voice training, early music and world music vocal

ensembles and Brazilian percussion. Her other hobbies are arts based as she

is a fiber artist and sells her work in a fiber arts gallery in the Torpedo Factory

Art Center. Ms. Brobst lives in Woodbridge with her collection of weaving looms and cats.

Carol offers lessons for violin and viola. 

All Skill Levels
Availability: Saturdays (9:30am-12:00pm), Mondays (before 4pm), Tuesdays (6:30pm-8:00pm)
Meets in W-4

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Instructor: Dr. Linda Teasley

Dr. Linda Teasley, performer, teacher and most recently a board-certified music therapist, has lead an interesting and varied musical life.  After receiving an undergraduate degree in music education, Dr. Teasley completed a Master of Music in performance degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Linda joined the United States Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus, the official chorus of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, DC where she served for 20 years and retired as a Chief Musician. During her time in the Sea Chanters, Linda completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. Dr. Teasley has taught voice and piano extensively in the DC area including Georgetown University, Northern Virginia Community College and at several community music schools as well as her home studio. 

Linda offers lessons for voice and piano.

All Skill Levels
Availability: Thursday (3:30pm-8:00pm)
Meets in W-4, Rm. 407

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Instructor: Marie Carlow

Marie Carlow is new to the D.C. area having moved here recently from San Antonio, TX. Marie has been teaching and performing music both regionally and internationally for the past 12 years. She received her Bachelors degree in Vocal Music Education from Olivet College with a minor in theatre performance. Marie went on to get her Masters Degree in Music Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. While in studying in London, Marie worked with the Olivier award winning lyricist and playwright Stephen Clark on the musical, Gods at Play. Some of Marie's favorite theatrical roles include, Queenie in The Wild Party (Embassy Theatre), Gabby/Bobby in City of Angels (Theater Works), Dreamer/Mrs. Winthrop in The Secret Garden (Arizona Broadway Theatre) and Golde in Fiddler on the Roof (Desert Stages Theatre). As a vocal instructor, Marie teaches styles of music ranging from standard classical repertory, musical theatre and contemporary pop. Marie strives to create a safe and inspiring lesson environment for students to explore, experiment and embrace their own unique and beautiful artistry. 

Marie offers lessons for voice.

All Skill Levels
Availability: Monday (4:30pm-7:30pm)
Meets in W-4

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Instructor: Stefen Christian Hinkle

Stefen Christian Hinkle is a Nationally spotlighted musician facilitating 20+ years performance experience throughout the US and internationally.  He has Performed in Cuba for the raising of the American flag at the US Embassy to end the Embargo Act with an audience of billions viewing live worldwide. He has performed in Panama for the opening of the third lock of the Panama Canal and has performed two Military International tattoos in Australia and Norway. Stefen was one of the elite five brass instrumentalists performing musical support the Capitol Rotunda for the viewing of George Bush Sr. in State. He has also performed Taps at the Tombs of the Unknown Soldier in the military funerals in Arlington National Cemetery. Prior to the military Stefen performed in the Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Asheville symphonies and has performed with and participated in musical events with Manheim Steamroller, Rush, Allison Krause, Aretha Franklin, Vince Gil, Roger Daugherty, The National Symphony with James Galway as soloist and has appeared as a guest soloist throughout the nation entertaining millions! 

Stefen offers lessons for trumpet.

All Skill Levels
Availability: Thursday
Meets in W-4

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