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The following violin and cello teachers, listed alphabetically, offer private lessons at the Metzler Violin Shop, and are all highly recommended. They arrange their own schedules, and set their own fees. Please contact them directly to discuss arrangements.
Violin & Viola Teachers
 Ruth Siegel
Violin
Phone: 626-793-5945
E-mail: donnruth@att.net
Ruth Siegel has been teaching privately for 35 years. Note reading is taught from the very first lesson, as well as technique, position and tone production. Ms. Siegel has a Bachelor's degree in Music Performance from Sonoma State University with special honors from the Music Department. She is a freelance violinist, performing regularly with the L.A. Master Chorale, Opera a la Carte, Torrance Symphony, San Fernando Valley Symphony, and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. She also coaches chamber music at the Humboldt Adult Chamber Music Workship and the Grand Pacific Workshop. Ruth frequently serves an adjudicator at the Southwest Youth Music Festival, ASTA and MTAC Regional Auditions and MTAC Certificate of Merit.
 Gherman Markosian
Violin & Viola
Phone: 818-241-0429
Cell: 818-425-0599
E-mail: gumista@aol.com
Gherman Markosian has been playing violin and viola for 40 years. He has over 25 years teaching experience. He completed his early music studies at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Armenia and continued in Moscow with Gregory Zislin. In 1992 he came to the USA on a graduate scholarship to USC to study with Pamela Goldsmith. As principal violinist with the YANNI Orchestra he traveled to India, China, Mexico, Canada and throughout the USA and also toured with Andrea Bocelli and Harry Connick Jr. He currently freelances in Los Angeles as a member of the Santa Barbara Symphony, the California Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pasadena Pops, the Burbank Chamber Orchestra, the New West Symphony, and the Riverside Philharmonic.A member of the Recording Musicians Association, he is an active studio musician, having played on the soundtracks of movies such as The Pirates of the Caribbean, Triple X, and Lizzy Mcguire.
Alex Loskutov
Violin
Phone: 310-570-3961
E-mail: violin441@gmail.com
Alex Loskutov studied Violin Performance and Pedagogy at the Tbilisi State Conservatory in his native Republic of Georgia. He has lived in Mexico, Italy and the U.S., where he has performed as a soloist, chamber player and orchestra musician. After finishing his studies in violin making in Milan, Italy, Alex moved to Los Angeles to work at the Metzler Violin Shop. He performs regularly as a free-lance musician, continues to build instruments and teaches students of all ages and levels, including adult beginners.
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Barbara Don
Violin
Phone: 818-749-1335
E-mail: barbara@metzlerviolins.com
Barbara Don helps her husband Tom Metzler run the Metzler Violin Shop. She has been playing the violin for 50 years and teaching for 40 years. She studied with Alice Schoenfeld and Joe Chassman and graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. in Music. Summer fellowships included the Tanglewood, Blossom and Aspen Festivals. She played in the Pasadena Symphony for 37 years and raised two musician daughters with Tom Metzler. Currently Barbara is specializing in teaching adult beginners because she believes that it is never too late to start studying the violin and she finds the people who start violin at a later age to be fun and interesting people.
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Cello & Bass Teachers
Ginger Murphy
Cello
Phone: 213-309-5335
E-mail: gingermur@gmail.com
Ginger Murphy received a B.A. in Music in cello performance from Northwestern University as a student of Hans Jorgen Jensen. As an NU student, she received her first professional experience playing in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the All American Pops Orchestra of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Upon graduation she studied Suzuki pedagogy with Gilda Barston in Chicago and Nancy Yamagata in Los Angeles. Currently, Ms. Murphy teaches cello privately, and is an active freelance performer in such groups as the Ventura Chamber Orchestra, the Bel Canto Opera Company and the Torrance Symphony.
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Ling Yan
Cello
Phone: 626-652-9248
E-mail: lingyan248@yahoo.com
Ling Yan began her cello studies at age 6 with her father, and then studied at the Tianjin Conservatory and the Central Conservatory in Beijing. In 1985 she was the first-prize winner in the All-China Music Institute Cello Competition. In 1986 she came to the U.S. and won first prize in the La Jolla Young Artist Competition. She earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Boston University as a student of Leslie Parnas. Ling has given solo recitals throughout the U.S. and China. She was the principal cellist of the Boulder Philharmonic, the Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra and the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. She has also played with the Denver Chamber Orchestra, Opus Chamber Orchestra and presently with the Long Beach Symphony and the Pacific Symphony. She performs frequently as a member of the Harmonium Quartet/Trio and is very involved in teaching young musicians.
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Andrew Ullah
Double Bass
Phone: 323-236-7562
E-mail: andrew.ullah@gmail.com
Andrew Ullah graduated with a B.M. in Double Bass Performance from the USC Thornton School of Musician 2009 where he studied with Nico Abondolo and Dennis Trembly. He has participated in master classes with Frnacois Rabbath, John Clayton, Patrick Neher, David Moor and Joel Quarrington. He currently works as a freelance musician and teacher in Los Angeles. |
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