John Officer
Instruments and Services
Violin Lessons
Location
31 Woolhouse Street, Northcote VIC
QualificationsB. Mus, Melbourne University, Graduate Diploma of Education, Suzuki Talent Education of Australia Teaching Certificate (Advanced), Concert Class Lucerne Konservatorium Switzerland
StylesClassical
SuitabilityFrom very young beginners to advanced players
PricingFrom $47 for a 20 minute lesson (for young children) to $83 for a 50 minute lesson
Bio
I began learning the violin at the age of nine and after graduating from the Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne University, began a full-time career as a professional violinist, playing for the Australian Opera and the Australian Ballet. Wanting to develop my playing to a higher level, in 1983 I moved to Lucerne, Switzerland where I began two years of Post Graduate studies with Professor Rudolf Baumgartner and Maestro Gunars Larsens – Musical Director and Concertmaster respectively of the internationally acclaimed Festival Strings of Lucerne. Upon returning to Australia at the end of 1985, I took up a teaching appointment at St. Anne’s and Gippsland Grammar School before taking up a full-time violin teaching appointment at Scotch College Melbourne in 1990, where, together with a colleague, I set up a very successful Suzuki programme for violin and cello. I was actively involved in the Scotch music programme, conducting various string orchestras, coaching chamber ensembles and tutoring the first violins in the Scotch Symphony Orchestra for many years. I have been involved in the Suzuki movement both as a parent and teacher since my then four-year-old daughter began violin lessons in 1993. I have completed all levels of Suzuki Teaching Accreditation (Primary 1998, Intermediate 2007), gaining his Advanced Teaching Certificate with Lois Shepheard in 2011. I retired from Scotch in 2017 and continue to teach privately from my home studio at 31 Woolhouse Street Northcote.
Teaching Info
I am very experienced in teaching very young children and I am a fully qualified Suzuki teacher in all three levels of Suzuki Teaching Accreditation (Primary, Intermediate and Advanced).

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