Vera Vieira Music, Writing, Healing Slow Movement Exercises
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Voice, Strings, Keyboard specialist and online teacher.

Currently mostly a (very experienced) violin, viola, cello and voice teacher.
I am a pianist and am available to teach Western piano, and have been planning a theory group class.

Also experienced with Early Music techniques.
Have taught at Massachusetts' conservatory and Boston area home-studios.

Very experienced with the Alexander Technique, as well as other physical modalities like chi-kung and yoga, and am creative not only as a composer, but also in movements.

Have taught violin and cello from 4 yr olds through young adult college students, as well as senior amateurs.
Similar experience with piano and voice.

Also experienced with groups.

Have worked with Suzuki, Western traditional, and own intuitive, creative and personalized methods

Subjects

  • Music Composition Beginner-Intermediate

  • Writing skills and Creative writing Beginner-Intermediate

  • Western classical piano Beginner-Expert

  • Voice lesson Beginner-Expert

  • Viola Beginner-Intermediate

  • Western Music theory and practical Beginner-Expert

  • Healing Slow Movements Beginner-Expert

Experience

  • Online Multi-instrument/Voice teacher (Aug, 2020–Present) at Lessonface, Levelapp
    Started privately with Violin, Viola and Voice students from TeacherOn.
    Currently teaching:
    - Violin/Viola
    - Voice
    - Piano
    - Available Cello teacher
    - Experienced from age 4 (with due parental help) through adult beginners, amateurs and professionals.
    - Suzuki
    - Western Classical, and other Western styles
    - Creative, individualized approach
    - Alexander Technique
    - Theory
  • Slow movement-dance teacher (Jun, 2020–Jul, 2020) at Quero na Escola - São Paulo, Brazil
    Two 4-weeks volunteer positions for São Paulo social project.

    Online slow movement dance for school girls.
    Online piano (theory) for a young adult organ player.
  • Cello and Piano teacher, Accompanist (Sep, 2009–Jan, 2012) at Casa da Música, Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Taught piano to small kids and elder amateurs (the latter, focus on sight-readng), as well as cello to older beginners, inclusive a professional singer. Formed duets between them.
    I was called as drop-in accompanist for student recitals, and was one of the four-hand co-repetiteurs for an orchestral conducting class.
  • Multi-instrument teacher (Apr, 2008–Jun, 2009) at Recitatus Centro de Artes, PortoAlegre, Brazil
    From a 4 year old violin student with special needs through a talented cello young adult beginner,who was already a classical guitar player.
    Taught also:
    - children, and adult (these, young professional rock/Brazilian music) singers, individual, and small group lessons.
    - adult beginner piano students.
    - piano-cello duets.
  • Multi-instrument teacher (Nov, 2003–Aug, 2005) at Royal Academy for Music, Shrewsbury, MA
    20+ students.
    Unknowingly, I was hired as a violin teacher (which I'd played before), even though I'm a cellist. The agreement was that I would go to teach as a multi-instrument teacher.
    With time, I went on to teach cello, upper-strings (violin and viola), piano and voice.

    At the same time I had 10 more students outside the conservatory.
    Later, moving back to Boston area, I've taught at two music stores followed by home-studios in Lexington, then Arlington, MA.
    In 2007, I returned to Brazil and have taught here at three other music schools .
    During 2016 I taught violin and introductory classical guitar to a couple of girls and teenager ballerinas, and did some (would like to do more!), Ballet piano (keyboard) accompaniment.

    Have been teaching Online since 2020.

Education

  • Extension Program (Mar, 2008–Jun, 2010) from UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Graduate Diploma (Aug, 1995–Apr, 1997) from Longy School of Music
  • Bachelor's of Music (Jan, 1991–Aug, 2004) from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • Bachelor's of Music (Mar, 1983–Aug, 1989) from UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Fee details

    R$60–200/hour (US$9.93–33.11/hour)

    I do negotiate, and do have a couple of students paying la lot ess hourly, specially India residents, college students or twice a week lessons. Please ask.

    In Boston I charged a lot more, so will appreciate a fairer fee from students who can pay.
    In Brazil the fees for my experience and teaching diversity and style is between US$25 and $35/hr.

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