After-School Lessons

Scheduling Academic Year 2026-2027

Lessons are offered for violin, viola, and soprano or alto recorder.

A very limited number of new students will be admitted this year. Lessons will begin in the later fall.

New Students: please email me to make your acquaintance and begin an interview process.

Adult Classes

Berkshire Strings offers group classes for adults wanting to work with fiddle tunes or classical music, by-ear or with notation, in unison and in ensemble parts.

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Private Lessons

Adult students can arrange for a weekly time or use the e-schedule to book individual lessons.

New students, please email Erika for an interview.

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Adult Student Levels

BEGINNER: new to all aspects of playing and reading music or learning to play by ear

NOVICE: beyond 2nd year, comfortable learning and playing repertoire at a slow pace; tunes are in keys of G, D, A, Em, Bm; simple bowing and rhythm patterns

INTERMEDIATE: comfortable learning and playing repertoire at a moderate pace; additional keys of C, Am, F, Dm, Bb, Gm; more complex bowing and rhythm patterns

ADVANCED: comfortable learning and playing repertoire at a faster pace; all keys; stylized bowing; complex and syncopated rhythms; left hand 3rd position; multiple tune parts