Welcome to our String Family!
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Ocean Strings Studio has helped hundreds of people of all ages explore and appreciate the multi-genre world of string music-- classical, folk, jazz, latin, gypsy, rag, bluegrass/ fiddle and much more! We believe in engaging in discovery based learning, stringing many meaningful musical moments... at EACH and EVERY CLASS. |
Whether you're joining us at the very beginning of your music journey or at any point in it...
Our studio mission is here to welcome you and your child and your entire family in joyful, soul-FULL musical memories.
We wish to inspire you and your child to GROW into the BEST potential of who you want to become!
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TEACH MUSIC ONLINE CERTIFIED!!!!
Our online studio is just as custom oriented as our in person experience! The level of attention we give encourages students to have even more focus while at the same time learning from the comfort of their own environment. In addition we offer so much visual engagement and movement games to our lessons that we feel we get to have even more FUN! Shhhhh don't tell our in person students. :-) We set up our students for online lesson success with the following technology: * ROCK OUT LOUD LIVE! Created by a music teacher FOR the unique needs of music teachers. This amazing platform is 20x better than Zoom!!! Next to zero latency helps us to talk and play integratively with each other so it is as IF we are litterally in person together! *Our YETI Bluetooth Microphone- for exceptional clarity of our sound. We can even record professional music with this! * A Second Overhead Camera. This has been a game changer! It helps communicate specific posture and finger patterns that we need to demonstrate to our students. Many of our students have commented on how much they love this! |
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TOP TEN INSTRUCTOR ON LESSONS.COM BASED ON:
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CURRENT EVENTS
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ANNOUNCING:
OUR NEW PRE-TWINKLE VIOLIN METHOD FOR BEGINNERS AGES 4+!!!! Based on a kinesthetic and vocal approach using Solfege, Kodaly and Montessori concepts! The Kaleidoscopes method helps to guide, engage and nurture a young child thru a variety of enjoyable and short folk tunes whilst learning a strong tonal awareness, physically aware foundational skills and note reading - on piano and violin! FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.discoverviolin.org |
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Why learn the string instruments?
Consider some of the following reasons you and/or your child will benefit from learning a stringed instrument:
QUALITY OF LIFE & EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT:
Playing a stringed instrument enhances a child's quality of life. It provides creative, cognitive, emotional and social opportunities and can lead to improvements in academic performance and in many other areas beyond music.
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD:
ALL Children are capable of learning to play a stringed instrument, regardless of talent, gifts or musical background. String classes have been successfully taught to diverse populations and in diverse settings.
LIMITLESS AGE ACCESSIBILITY: Unlike most other musical instruments, stringed instruments come in a variety of sizes so that children as young as four or five years old can begin instruction- especially in parent/teacher cooperation via
the Kaleidoscopes and/or Suzuki methods.
DIVERSITY: The great diversity of music that can be performed on strings- from orchestral music to contemporary and pop music.
Other world cultures also use stringed instruments in their music making.
In learning this diverse source of music we can broaden our understanding of other peoples, lands and cultures.
Other world cultures also use stringed instruments in their music making.
In learning this diverse source of music we can broaden our understanding of other peoples, lands and cultures.
LIFETIME PERFORMANCE: Lifelong opportunities to perform on a stringed instrument abound. There are more than 1,500 orchestras in the United States. Great historical figures have been known to perform music on the strings- among them are Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and
Albert Einstein.
LIFETIME ENJOYMENT:
Playing a stringed instrument enhances the enjoyment of music and leads to a lifelong appreciation of music. An estimated 32 million people currently attend concerts each year in the United States.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES:
Colleges and universities often need string players for their orchestras and may offer full or partial scholarships to qualified students regardless of their intended academic major.
GROWTH:
Finally the BEST reason to learn a stringed instrument: YOU GROW as a human being!
We learn how to feel, show empathy and express what it means to be human through music. Being the stringed instruments are the closest in tonal quality to the human voice playing them helps us resonate, inspire and share who we are emotively with the world!
We're excited by ALL these abundant reasons we have to play these very special and very unique set of instruments.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO CONTACT US about your interest in joining our studio family.
We look forward to beginning or continuing your soulful journey of learning and performing strings with you!
Warmly,
Richard & Nicole Ballinger
ASTA- American String Teachers Association
FMEA- Florida Music Teacher's Association
FOA- Florida Orchestra Association
SAA- Suzuki Association of the Americas
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO CONTACT US about your interest in joining our studio family.
We look forward to beginning or continuing your soulful journey of learning and performing strings with you!
Warmly,
Richard & Nicole Ballinger
ASTA- American String Teachers Association
FMEA- Florida Music Teacher's Association
FOA- Florida Orchestra Association
SAA- Suzuki Association of the Americas
