Aveinda Rusk is a student at Denver Elementary. She has been studying the violin with Andrea Alert for two and a half years. She loves to play the violin because of the sound that it makes. Her advice to other musicians is to not overthink what you are playing. Continue reading “Student Feature: Aveinda Rusk”
Category: Student Feature
Student Feature: Lauren Spence
Lauren Spence is a 4th grader studying violin in the West Music Lessons program with Gayla Drake. She has been in lessons for over a year and has made great progress on her musical path! Continue reading “Student Feature: Lauren Spence”
Student Feature: Josie Fullenkamp
Josie Fullenkamp is 10 years old and has been taking violin lessons with Gayla Drake at West Music Coralville for almost three years. She plays in the school orchestra, also plays flute in her school band and loves all music! Continue reading “Student Feature: Josie Fullenkamp”
Student Feature: Autumn Borkowitz
Autumn Borkowitz has studied violin and piano at West Music for five and a half years with her teacher Louann Flaherty. She is a homeschooled 8th grader who loves music, reading, playing games, crafts, and sports. She participates in Northern Iowa Junior Orchestra and Hoover Orchestra. Continue reading “Student Feature: Autumn Borkowitz”
Student Feature: Aubryn Kaine
Aubryn Kaine is a freshman at City High School in Iowa City. She has studied cello with Christina Gentzsch for 4 years and has also had a year of voice lessons with Jessica Saunders. Her musical goals are to get into All State Orchestra during high school. She would also like to pursue a degree in music or the arts. Continue reading “Student Feature: Aubryn Kaine”
Student Feature: Ella Anneling
Ella Anneling has studied violin with Gayla Drake for 3 years. She was nominated as the Musician of the Month because of her hard work and accomplishments this year. She recently focused on preparing for an audition for her school talent show, was selected to perform and played the piece perfectly! Continue reading “Student Feature: Ella Anneling”
Student Feature: Aleah Flint
Aleah Flint has been a violin student with Louann Flaherty now for a little over a year now. Aleah is part of the Home School Classical Conversations home-school group in Waterloo Ia. She is 6 yrs old, and in the first grade now! Continue reading “Student Feature: Aleah Flint”
Student Feature: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson may just come in to West Music for violin, but we could spend days talking about everything else she does! Jenni Pickering has been teaching for 5 years, and Sarah is already playing in the community with the Blackhawk College orchestra and occasionally plays with the Clinton Symphony. She is also singing The Messiah with Handel Oratorio Soceity at Augustana College this year, but her musical life doesn’t stop there. Flute and Piano are also in her repertoire, and she loves playing them all! Jenni says “I have never ever had to tell her to keep practicing. She is just amazing and so dedicated to what she’s doing.” Continue reading “Student Feature: Sarah Anderson”