Private Violin Lessons

For referrals to teachers on this site, call 510-652-1222 or email oaklandharmonyroad@yahoo.com.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Our teachers who teach one-on-one private lessons are private contractors. We refer students to them.

For a referral to teachers here, email oaklandharmonyroad@yahoo.com or call 510-652-1222.

Thea Farhadian
Thea Farhadian (M.A.) has performed classical, Arabic, North African, Sephardic, Cuban and free/atonal improvisational styles. She has performed with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, ASWAT, Moe Alilech, Charunga Tumbao e Cuerdas, Estrea d/Oro, and SF State faculty music performances. She has participated in solo and collaborative performances in the SF area, New York, Berlin, and Armenia. She has 17 years of teaching experience in schools and individuals, and has a California teaching credential. Thea enjoys working with both children and adults.
Thea teaches in her home studio in Oakland.

Marielle V. Jakobsons
Marielle has finished her graduate work from Mills College.
Ms. Jakobsons has performed music all but the first four years of her life, studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, Ohio), and the Centre Creation Musicale Iannis Xenakis (Paris, France). She has over seven years of experience teaching the violin and piano to students of all ages. Her sound-based approach focuses on cultivating creative interpretation and musical expression. This is complemented by a technical study core designed towards the mastery of tone, facility, and general musicianship. Repertory is flexible, and may range from classical-based to more improvisatory musics as per our common goals and you or your child's interests.
Marielle teaches at our school or at her studio at Mills College.

 

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