Wonderful teacher. She pushes the student to his or her full potential. Love our experience with her and the opportunities she offers to her students." Ruth is extremely competent and does a good job of teaching violin/music concepts to my child. She is passionate about playing and teaching!" You have been a blessing to us--Conrad loves the violin and loves you!" Ruth has an amazing way of reaching children to teach music. She uses the cutest songs, toys, movements, and techniques to teach our daughter. Each lesson builds upon the next. Our daughter thinks the activities are fun. My daughter and I were completely new to the world of music and I wanted to make sure we had someone who could teach the fundamentals and basics from the ground up with patience. Ruth is great at taking things step by step. |
Ruth's patience and skill in communicating her knowledge to others is unparalleled by any other music teacher I have ever had. She is talented not only in violin but also in teaching her craft, which is not always the case with a musician of her high caliber. I will take lessons with her forever." I went through a time where I lost my ability to use vibrato on the violin. I was not sure how it happened or why and could not do anything to fix it. I was extremely frustrated and upset with myself at the loss: it was as if it had happened overnight. I had no idea why the technique I had been using for vibrato had stopped working or what I could do to fix it. I feared the loss was permanent. My daughter has been taking violin lessons with Ruth Roland for 5 years, and she started when she was three and a half. She has done in person lessons, and now through zoom. Ruth is an amazing teacher, very professional, and sweet. She uses effective methodologies and I have seen lots of progress through the years. She is different from other teachers because she cares very much about each particular student and helps them face their fears, and gives them support to not give up. I noticed this when she helped my daughter overcome her fear to make mistakes playing in front of others. In three words: Ruth is caring, effective and professional. Highly recommend!" Thank you for being the 'tone-setter' for our wedding! We really appreciated how you managed to 'move with' us...You were great! And your music was wonderful." |