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Violin or Piano lessons for all ages in The Hague.

I am a violin and piano teacher from Cape Town South Africa where I graduated with Honours in a Bachelor in violin performance from the University of Cape Town with distinction. Most recently I graduated from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (2021) with a Master's Degree in Music Education (specialising in violin).

I have 7 years of violin teaching experience and 3 years of piano teaching experience. Most of my students have been young children but I have also had students of all ages, from children as young as three years old to adults who are in retirement.

Attending Kodaly training at the conservatory has equipped me to teach from an auditory and songs based perspective, where singing is integrated into the instrumental lessons. I also use movement inside of lessons, as I have had some training inside of the Dalcroze eurhythmics approach. This approach sees movement as the embodiment of the music. I also actively incorporate elements of creativity in my teaching, for example creating improvisations, or making musical stories.

In terms of my own experience in music, I have performed as a solo violinist with the orchestra as well as being an ad hoc tutti violinist for the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, and with the baroque violin for the Camerata Tinta Barocca and Cape Consort. I have performed with traditional African musicians and ensembles, as well as with dancers for instance in MusicDance021 which is an interdisciplinary real-time composition project.

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At student's location: Around The Hague, Netherlands

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Age:
Infants (0-3 years old)
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
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Duration:
30 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English

About Me

Petra comes from Cape Town, South Africa where she received lessons in violin with Prof. Farida Bacharova and graduated with distinction in her Bachelor of music in Violin Performance at the University of Cape Town (South African College of Music). Afterwards she graduated with an Honours in Music from the University of Cape Town, where she did both ethnomusicology and performance, writing a thesis on the migration of the Qanbus lute in the Indian Ocean and how it journeyed to Cape Town. She took piano as a second instrument while at the college and also took up the baroque violin. Before enrolling in University she had been a competitor in several national music competitions and received a DipABRSM in violin performance and a grade 8 ABRSM in both Singing and Piano. During her Bachelor degree, she also went for a semester to UCLA and her violin teachers while she was there were Prof. Movses Pogosian and Dr. Ji Young An. During her studies at the University of Cape Town, she was awarded the Alfred Libochowitz prize for violin playing, the Musicanti Chamber Orchestra Award and was placed on the Dean's Merit List for each year.

Education

2021- Master's Degree specialising in Music Education, Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
2019- Honours in Music specialising in violin performance and ethnomusicology University of Cape Town
2018-Bachelor in Music specialising in Violin Performance. Degree awarded with subject violin with distinction and degree with distinction.
2013- Dip ABRSM in violin performance.

Experience / Qualifications

Part-time violin and piano teacher at Forres Preparatory School (2013-mid 2019)
Aural (ear training) tutor for 2015 and 2018 academic years at the University of Cape Town

Reviews (3)

Very kind teacher for two little girls. Many thanks.
Petra is great with kids. She is very kind and knows how to spark their interest in the instrument. Both were very happy after their lessons and now they practise violin willingly.
Fantastic teacher. Really engaged with our son. She quickly discovered he loved animals and so made the music about animal sounds, which he loved!

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