Each student has a weekly one-on-one lesson with Cate where guidance in clear steps and smart practice approaches are offered. The student then goes home spending time daily reinforcing what was covered...and so we grow in our abilitites!
In addition, every student takes part in bi-weekly ensemble classes where we learn the art of playing in community.
In recent years, the Galloway Violin Studio has given performances at:
Our students participate in Suzuki workshops in Glasgow, Ayr, Edinburgh and England. In 2019 and 2020, Galloway Violin Studio hosted String Instrument Workshops - master classes, string quartets, and chamber orchestra - with guest clinicians Linda & Domenick Fiore (Pennsylvania USA). Another workshop was held in 2023 with Margaret Parkin (Oxford).
Orchestras - our past and present students have played / currently play in: