Viola Lessons
As a teacher, I am committed to addressing the needs of each student as an individual. Everyone learns in his or her own way. I structure my teaching (either Suzuki or traditional method) to optimally match the student’s own personal learning style.
My mission as a teacher is to foster creative and independent learning. My approach is to teac...
As a teacher, I am committed to addressing the needs of each student as an individual. Everyone learns in his or her own way. I structure my teaching (either Suzuki or traditional method) to optimally match the student’s own personal learning style.
My mission as a teacher is to foster creative and independent learning. My approach is to teach students to exercise logic: analyze whatever challenge is facing them and then break down the problem into achievable components. Ultimately, my goal is to teach my students to think and solve problem for themselves.
The best teaching is both productive and fun. I believe in goal-oriented – as opposed to time-oriented—lessons and individual practice. Another important concept in my teaching is the balance of compassion, encouragement, and discipline. Playing (and teaching) a string instrument requires dedication.
While not every student will go on to become a professional musician, it is my job to give each student the foundation and the best possible training as if they would choose a career in music.
To set up violin or viola lessons with Dr. Schmidt, email: jacqueline.m.schmidt@gmail.com
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- 1:1 / Private Lessons
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All difficulty levels
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All ages
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"Most Amazing Teacher Ever"
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- Robin Zebrowski
- Beloit, WI
Review of Jacqueline Schmidt, January 02, 2009
It's hard to write a review for a teacher who is as amazing as Dr. Schmidt. Jackie introduced me as an adult student to the violin in graduate school - I had never picked up an instrument, was 28 years old, and she totally took on the challenge to teach me using the Suzuki Method. I was her student for a year when we were both in Eugene, Oregon, and she did such a good job that I stuck with the instrument even after she graduated and moved out of the city. More than 2 years later, we were both living in Portland, Oregon, and I took up private lessons with her again, enthusiastically. I had sought her out when I learned she was in my city because, in spite of amazing interim instructors, no other teacher has been able to be as flexible in adjusting individual lessons as Jackie.
In addition to her regular lessons, Jackie would step things up with additional musical pieces if she thought I was up to the challenge, and she would slow things down when she saw me struggling with specific measures. She has tricks and exercises to deal with any unexpected trouble spots in a piece of music (of which my untrained adult fingers found plenty). You never feel as if you're doing a bad job with Jackie as your instructor - she's encouraging and helpful, and personable in a way that invites you to challenge yourself for her sake. I never wanted to let her down, and that was an easy motivator to be sure I kept up with my practicing!
Jackie also went above and beyond her duties as my instructor in private lessons. During the summer after each year of my lessons with her, she graciously took 3 of her students on in small group lessons so we could get experience playing with others. The individual attention is amazing, and she is so attentive to each student that she brings them to the next level at precisely the right time, never rushing things and never letting anyone slack off.
When I learned she was leaving Portland, I was extremely saddened to lose the best violin instructor I've ever had, and I hope Minneapolis knows how lucky it is to have her!
(Please note: I am a professor myself now, and so I'm acutely aware of how important it is to be able to teach to the student in front of you and not be a cookie-cutter instructor that just teaches the same thing, the same way, to everyone. This, if nothing else, is what makes Dr. Schmidt such an incredible violin/viola instructor in private lessons.)
It's hard to write a review for a teacher who is as amazing as Dr. Schmidt. Jackie introduced me as an adult student to the violin in graduate school - I had never picked up an instrument, was 28 years old, and she totally took on the challenge to teach me using the Suzuki Method. I was her student for a year when we were both in Eugene, Oregon, and she did such a good job that I stuck with t...
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Notes:
The first meeting is an interview lesson, for which I do not charge. This provides a chance to see how our personalities and working styles match up, without obligation on either side.
If you are accepted into the studio, you will receive one-half hour lesson each week. This will cost $25 per lesson and you pay for your month's lessons at the first lesson of each month.
If the cost presents a challenge, please contact me for scholarship or work/study information.
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Dr. Jacqueline Schmidt is a professional performing artist and music instructor in Minneapolis. Her resume and stu...
Dr. Jacqueline Schmidt is a professional performing artist and music instructor in Minneapolis. Her resume and studio policy can be viewed at jackieschmidt.com.
Besides maintaining an active concert schedule as a free-lance orchestral performer, Dr. Schmidt has been a faculty member at Concordia University (Portland, OR) where she was the Director of String ensemble, in addition to teaching viola and violin. She is a qualified instructor of violin and viola students ranging from young children through adults, beginner through advanced. She is a registered Suzuki teacher with classroom experience in teaching groups as well as individuals. Her students have gone on to win contests, scholarships, and been selected for Portland Youth Philharmonic. In addition to her other activities, Dr. Schmidt has recently accepted teaching positions at St. Joseph's School of Music in St. Paul.
As an orchestral violist, Dr. Schmidt has broad experience, performing with groups such as the Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra, the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Mozart Players, the Corvallis Symphony, the Eugene Opera, the Cedar Rapids Symphony, the Quad-Cities Symphony, and, as Principal Violist with the Oskaloosa Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with some of the world’s top artists, including Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Van Cliburn, PDQ Bach (Peter Schickele), Christian Lindberg, Glen Dicterow, and Yo-Yo Ma. During her tenure with the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Schmidt performed the West Coast premieres of works by John Corigliano (Oscar-winning composer of “The Red Violin”), John Adams, and Aaron Jay Kernis.
Recordings she has performed on include: Katie Harman “Soul of Love,” MAH Records, 2007; Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics,” Naxos, 1999; Mason Williams’ “Electrical Gas“, Skookum Records, 2005; and Seraphim’s “God is Our Friend“, Gentle Spirit Music, 2004.
Jacqueline Schmidt was awarded her Doctor of Musical Arts (viola performance) in 2005 from the University of Oregon, completing her degree in only three years while holding a Graduate Teaching Fellowship. She earned her Master of Music degree in 2002 from the University of Iowa where she served as Viola Teaching Assistant. In addition, she held the position of Principal Viola in the UI Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. She also performed with the Center for New Music, giving the Midwest premiere of Paul Richards’ “Viola Variations.” She completed her Bachelor of Music degree (Viola Performance), graduating Magna Cum Laude from Northern Arizona University, where she was on full scholarship.
Her principal viola teachers include: Leslie Straka, Joel Belgique, Brian Quincey, Christine Rutledge, Alice Preves, and J.J. Swift.
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