Welcome to our String Family!
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Since 2004, Ocean Strings Studio has helped hundreds of people of all ages explore and appreciate the multi-genre world of string music-- classical, jazz, latin, gypsy, rag, bluegrass/fiddle and much more! Our studio mission is to resonate children, adults and entire families in thrilling soul-FULL musical memories that will inspire them to GROW into the BEST potential of who they are and want to become! |
At Ocean Strings Studio we believe in experiencing the BEST of ourselves and others around us by stringing many meaningful musical moments... at EACH and EVERY CLASS.
By inspiring the unique strengths and intrinsic motivation of each student along their string journey- whether they join us at the very beginning, or at any point in their development, we welcome them into our musical FAMILY.
While its our studio vision to assist everyone in their growth as musicians - we believe, even more importantly, its our mission to help them to THRIVE as HUMAN BEINGS thru the beauty of the performing arts.
By inspiring the unique strengths and intrinsic motivation of each student along their string journey- whether they join us at the very beginning, or at any point in their development, we welcome them into our musical FAMILY.
While its our studio vision to assist everyone in their growth as musicians - we believe, even more importantly, its our mission to help them to THRIVE as HUMAN BEINGS thru the beauty of the performing arts.
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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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FALL SESSION BEGINS: AUGUST 16, 2021
NOW OPEN for Registration! OFFERING: EXCLUSIVE IN PERSON LESSONS (after hours at Downtown Rio Coco Cafe Vero Beach, FL!) ONLINE LESSONS & HYBRID MIX OF OPTIONS!! LIVE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE ORIENTATION: SEPTEMBER 1st, 2021 7:00PM!!! We're excited to welcome you to our LIVE ONLINE Studio Orientation event! Featuring a studio presentation of live music, slideshow of why learning string music is so impactful, an open chat box as well as a final Enrollment Drawing for an Alexa Speaker! Bring a friend and enjoy meeting other musical families! ;-) |
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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
