Course: An introduction to the violin and/or viola for beginners grades 3 and 4 with veteran musician and music educator Barbara Jelkmann McCauley. We will learn all about the fascinating family of instruments called ‘orchestral’ strings. You hear their sound every day in every style of music, from the local fiddle jam to Disney to pop, to Broadway, jazz, and the North Carolina Symphony. It all begins with a class such as this. Join the fun as we sing and play tunes from folk to famous. Interested students will be well positioned then to continue individual lessons.
Class Size: three to six students
Schedule: Thursdays 3:20-4:05 pm
- September: 11, 18, 25
- October: 2, 9, 23, 30
- November: 13, 20
Tuition: 550
Instructor: Barbara Jelkmann McCauley received her musical training in classical guitar, violin, and viola at the conservatory in her hometown of Bremen, Germany and at the University of Heidelberg. In the US, she continued to study viola and classical guitar at Texas' Del Mar School of Music and at Cornell University, where she did an interdisciplinary major on the relationship of language and music.
Barbara has worked across ages as a certified Kindermusik teacher for the very young; string teacher (viola, violin, and classical guitar) in schools and colleges; and choir director. She's performed as a violist in orchestras, in recitals, and in the pit of musicals and church services, and served as an adjudicator for schools in various states.
She came to Durham in part at the invitation of former CFS parent Dorothy Kitchen, founder of the Duke University Strings School (DUSS) and mother of world-renowned Borromeo String Quartet violinist Nicholas Kitchen. Barbara has taught at DUSS and continues to teach individuals and ensembles at Emerson Waldorf School.
She says, "The children will tell you that I love to play and hang out, but that I am a stickler when it comes to work! My goal is to teach life as well as strings. I want to instill solid fundamentals in each student so that they can follow the musical direction that keeps them excited to learn and play."
Enrollment: Please register using this Google form. After we close the 2024-2025 "season" in CampInTouch, we'll transfer the enrollment to that system and then be in touch about financials.
