Strings

Sarah LeFevre
Violin
719.351.6101

Sarah started playing the violin at three years old in the Suzuki program, and at twelve began her traditional training under Olga Yanovich and Elisabeth Adkins of the National Symphony Orchestra. Sarah attended Austin College in Sherman, TX majoring in English literature and minored in art history and violin performance. She has played in the White house, the Kennedy center, and the Bosnian Embassy. She has been teaching six years and will teach violin performance to all ages and levels, and can use the Suzuki or the traditional methods.

Barbara Phelps-Greenlee
Viola & Violin
719.640.3025

Barbara has a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education, a Bachelor in Music History and Literature, and a Master of Music in Music History and Literature. She has been teaching private lessons on viola and violin since 1987, and has played the viola and violin in numerous professional orchestras and ensembles. She is currently the Orchestra teacher at Russell Middle School and has built a very strong program. She is really fun and great with all ages and levels.

Azi Vieira
Violin
719.314.9197

Azi has a Masters Degree in Music Performance; University of Colorado at Boulder, a Bachelor is Music Performance from, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and Mannes Pre-College, New York. She is the concertmistress of the Colorado Springs Chamber Orchestra, is in the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and has played in many other professional orchestras and ensembles. She is patient and wonderful with all ages.

Jenny Cartwright
Violin
719.761.8219

Jenny has played violin for the last twenty eight years, and learned through the Suzuki method. She has been teaching violin on and off for the past seventeen years, and has played in many different groups. She also plays piano and wants her students to play to their best ability and feel good about themselves. She is currently the violin teacher for High Country Home Educators at New Life Church.

Vincent Lemoine
Violin
719.597.3375

Vincent has over thirty five years of teaching experience. He learned violin in France and attended the Conservatoire National de Caen in 1965. He also played in the Internationale Sommerakademie in Salzbourg, Austria; Conservatiore Regional of Versailles, France; Tour de France with the baroque music ensemble in “Les Musiciens du Prince de Conti,” Paris, France; Orchestra de Chambre de Caen, tours in England, Germany and France; Orquestra  Sinfonica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonto, Brazil; Breckenridge Music Institute, Chamber Orchestra, and was the Concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, 1997-2006. He was in the first violin section of the Colorado Springs Symphony from 1981-2003, and is currently in the first violin section of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. He teaches a range of serious students and is very good.

Anne-Marie Dawson
Cello
480.213.3590

Anne-Marie is an accomplished performer of standard cello repertoire and is an experienced classical and jazz ensemble member. She has a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. She has a lot of playing and teaching experience and is great with kids.

Tony Ludiker
Fiddle & Violin

Tony Ludiker teaches the fiddle. He has been fiddling and playing classically since the age of ten, and has won many awards for fiddling. He has been a private violin and fiddle instructor for over twenty five years. He is currently playing fiddle, guitar and mandolin with the Wranglers of the Flying W Ranch. He has also served as Concertmaster for the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra and has played in many other ensembles.

John Michael
Bass & Cello
719.637.8657

He has a Bachelor of Instrumental Music majoring in string bass and minoring in cello from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater Oklahoma. He has been teaching in elementary and middle schools since 1983 and is currently teaching at several District 11 schools. He also has experience teaching the Suzuki and Traditional methods in private lessons.