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Strings Teachers
Amanda Turner
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
Amanda received her Bachelor of Music Education from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1998 and her Master of Music
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2005. She is
currently Director of Orchestras for East Mecklenburg High School and Ardrey Kell High
School. Prior to this position, Amanda was Director of Orchestras at
McClintock Middle School in Charlotte, NC.
Orchestras under Mrs. Turner's direction have consistently
earned superior ratings at the North Carolina State Contest Festival and at
a variety of other performance venues. Students in her ensembles are chosen
to participate in auditioned orchestras including North Carolina Honors
All-State Orchestra, and Western Regional Honors Orchestra Clinic.
Amanda has been a free lance violist in the Charlotte area
for years. She has taught violin and viola privately for ten years. Mrs.
Turner resides in Indian Trail, NC with her husband Chad, a trombonist and
band director in Albemarle, NC, and her new daughter, Addison, a future
cellist!
From
Amanda:
“Music is my life! I love my job and my students are great! It is with high
expectations and great enthusiasm that I work with your children. I welcome
visits and communication from parents for in order to help our young people
excel, we must all join forces. Looking forward to a great year!”
Angela Stanciauskas
Violin
Bachelor of Music, Violin and Musicology, Lithuanian Academy of Music
Certificate in Violin Pedagogy, Lithuanian Academy of Music
SAA Certification in Suzuki Violin Teaching Method , School for Strings, New
York, NY
Violinist Angela Stanciauskas has been teaching violin for 11 years.
Instructing in both traditional and Suzuki methods, Angela has instructed
violin students at the Abrons Arts Center in New York, the Brooklyn College
Prep Center, and at the Vilnius “Paupio” Elementary and Junior High School
in Vilnius, Lithuania. In addition, Angela has taught music appreciation,
music theory and parent classes.
It is
clearly evident when reading the recommendations from her former students
that Angela is a dedicated, caring teacher who encourages her students to
achieve their musical best.
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Testimonials:
“It is with the most profound respect that I write this on
behalf of Angela Stanciauskas, who has been my 10 year-old
daughter’s violin teacher for the past three and a half years.
After a couple of years in the Suzuki program, my daughter was
familiar with the rudimentary aspects of playing the instrument.
She was self-motivated, but lacked the technique and the
musicality which she would need to create a strong foundation in
music education. When we transitioned from the Suzuki method to
traditional training, Angela saw what she needed to work on
right away. Within a few months, my daughter began to play more
skillful, with passion, and her fingers began to feel the music
in a way that she never understood before. Ms. Stanciauskas is a
very personable, friendly, and warm woman who embraces the
parents of her students and values them as allies in their
children’s learning experience. Angela’s teaching style works
for the student because she expects them to work towards a goal
which is to practice and to present themselves well. She is
every parent’s dream of what a music teacher should be.
Two years ago my daughter
auditioned for the Inters-schools Orchestras of New York City
(ISO). She was chosen as a first violinist in her section and
performed with the ISO at New York’s Lincoln Center last May as
assistant concert master for her group. The training she
received with Angela prepared her solidly for a place in one of
the most prestigious student orchestras in the city.”
Debbie, parent |
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