Claudia Edwards

Claudia works as a fiddle tutor for Scots Music Group (leading weekly group classes for adults in Edinburgh) and Féis Rois (delivering traditional music projects to schools in the Dumfries & Galloway Council areas). She also teaches one-to-one piano lessons at The Glasgow Children's Music School (beginner to intermediate). She spends her summers on the Florida State University Summer Music Camps faculty, teaching fiddle ensembles, chamber music, and one-to-one lessons.

Prior to moving to Scotland, Claudia earned a Bachelors of Music Education (Instrumental) from the Florida State University College of Music, graduating summa cum laude. She completed an internship with the LaVilla School of the Arts orchestra programme, and worked in various middle and high school placements in Tallahassee, FL throughout her undergrad. Outside of university, Claudia worked with the St. Andrew Society of Tallahassee to provide scholarship fiddle lessons to local students, and visited care homes and school groups to perform interactive, educational programmes of Scottish trad music.

In her one-to-one teaching, Claudia uses a combination of the Suzuki Method and the Mimi Zweig String Pedagogy method. She employs a combination of ear-training and note-reading, and focuses on establishing a strong foundation in healthy technique and general musicianship. She teaches students ages 5+, specializing in beginning to advanced fiddle/violin.

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If you are interested in one-to-one violin/fiddle/piano lessons, please get in contact with Claudia at claudiaeviolinist@gmail.com, or drop her a line at +44 07564552181.

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Full Teaching Experience (undergrad to present):

2023 - present: Tutor, Scots Music Group

• Teaching a weekly group class in traditional fiddling for adult learners in Edinburgh.

2022 - present: Tutor, Féis Rois

• Designing a curriculum and delivering weekly classes in traditional music to P4-P5 students in the Dumfries and Galloway Councils.

2022 - present: Tutor, The Glasgow Children's Music School

• Teaching private lessons to students aged 5-12 in the Glasgow area (beginning guitar, beginning to intermediate piano, and beginning to advanced violin).

2022 - present: Faculty member, Florida State University String Orchestra Camp

• Teaching on the Florida State University Summer Music Camps faculty as a fiddle instructor and chamber music coach.

June 2022: Student assistant, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

• Taught traditional music workshops to students in the Ando Glaso Clydebank Community Music pilot program, with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

2021 - 2022: General music instructor, Mason's School of Music, Dance, and Arts AFter School

• Teaching music classes in summer camp and after-school programs at the Mason's School of Music, Dance, and Arts After School in Tallahassee, FL.

March 24, 2021: Workshop presenter, LaVilla School of the Arts

• Organized and presented a day-long Scottish fiddling workshop for middle school orchestra students at LaVilla School of the Arts in Jacksonville, FL.

Spring 2020: Intern, LaVilla School of the Arts

• Taught middles school orchestra classes at LaVilla School of the Arts in Jacksonville, FL, in completion of undergraduate degree.

2017 - 2019: Student teacher, Lincoln High School/Leon High School/Raa Middle School

• Completed student teaching placements at Lincoln High School, Leon High School, and Raa Middle School in Tallahassee, FL, for undergraduate studies.

2017 - 2018: Chamber music/sectional coach, Tallahassee Homeschool String Orchestra/Florida State University Instrumental Programming Orchestra

• Coached chamber music ensembles for the Tallahassee Homeschool String Orchestra, and taught orchestra sectionals for the Florida State University Instrumental Programming Orchestra.