Cello Lessons
Are you looking for cello lessons for your child? Or have you just always wanted to try the cello for yourself? Bethany has taught cello lessons for over 20 years to students of all ages!
Bethany recorded the cello tutorial videos that accompany the online version of University of North Carolina Greensboro's Rebecca MacLeod's book, Teaching Strings in Today's Classroom. Click the link below to explore some of Bethany's teaching videos!
Teaching Experience
-Over 20 years of private cello lesson teaching experience with students of all ages.
-Former studio teacher at the Community Engagement Lesson Program of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Moore Music, and Pinner Studios.
-Teaches cello and violin to detained youth in minimum and maximum security facilities in the Florida Juvenile Justice system. In this program, which she directs, the youth learn instruments and perform ensemble concerts both inside the facilities and in the community.
-Taught cello group classes to at-risk children at a Boys and Girls Club and in public elementary schools.
-Gave cello lessons and music classes in rural areas of the Philippines, and was a music appreciation teacher for a summer camp in Hong Kong.
-Founded and directed a string program at a juvenile detention center in North Carolina where she taught the detained youth violin, viola, and cello, and performed with them both inside the facility and at university venues and statewide juvenile justice events.
-International teaching experience: Taught for four years at a college in Manila, Philippines, (cello, double bass, and music theory), and taught and recorded in Hong Kong and Australia.
Testimonials
“This [program] has been a tremendous help . . . and it has been great and refreshing for me, as well as for the campus, to experience this . . . And it does take a community, and this is our community behind these four walls, this is the community, and it takes all of us moving in the same direction to help the kids. . . We have gained such momentum, you know. Now I’m going to say your program is recognized around the state. . . I get calls and emails all the time because people need to see this, they need to know, because sometimes people . . . see these kids as just all bad and discarded . . . and they all got stories. I mean, they have circumstances that some of us never experienced. . . [But the program’s] momentum is building success for these kids.”
C. Dingle, former director of Chatham Youth Development Center
Testimonials
“Thank you so much for the wonderful performance on Friday. You are truly doing a great job with our students.”
P. Jones, principal at Chatham Youth Development Center
Testimonials
“What an inspiration you are to all of us! Through music we try to make a difference. You are making a difference! Congratulations!”
Lynn Harrell, late cellist
Testimonials
“Congrats on the nice article and the youtube video is really cool. As you know, I think the most basic and exciting connection to music for kids (especially kids who need an outlet) is for them to create - doesn't matter the genre. So really really great for you to be doing this and seeing your success pay off. I can't think of another program anywhere like this (kids playing and composing on string instruments in a detention setting)."
M. Hickey, Associate Professor Emerita of Music Education at Northwestern University
Testimonials
“Thank you so much for coming out … You made our community sound beautiful last night!”
Business Office Director, Cadence Living Rancho Cucamonga, CA
