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About the class
Start your child’s musical journey with this absolute beginner group violin class. Enroll your child in this group violin class for students ages 5 and up.
Instructor Lei Zhang will use a proven Suzuki-inspired method to begin. Students will learn how to hold the violin and bow, how to produce a good sound, and how to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”.
In addition to an experienced teacher, MAP is providing, for free, student child-size (1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 size) violins for in-class use to the first six students to register for class. Subsequent registrants will need to bring their own or rent an instrument for class use.
Note: Four student minimum to start the class. Tuition will be refunded in full if class is cancelled due to the enrollment minimum is not met.
About the instructor
Lei Zhang, violinist and instructor, graduated from Tianjin Conservatory of Music in 1986, where he subsequently taught for two years. In 1988, he received a full scholarship for his Master of Music studies in Oklahoma City University under the tutelage of Professor Lacy McLarry.
Zhang has worked as a full-time violinist with both the Arkansas Symphony and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, in the United States and China respectively. Prior to moving to Malden, MA, Zhang taught at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, the University of Central Arkansas, the Youth Conservatory of San Jose State University, East Bay Violin Academy of San Francisco. His students have won top prizes from international competitions and have passed the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) with high scores.
As a violin soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Zhang has played concerts with the Quapaw String Quartet, Mission Piano Trio, Ohlone Orchestra, Huashi Chamber Orchestra, and the OCU Symphony. In 2001, Zhang released a self-titled violin solo and chamber music CD.
As a music director and conductor, Mr. Zhang has worked with Fremont Youth Symphony, the Stars Youth Orchestra, and Shenzhen-Aimu Salon Chamber Orchestra.
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