Violin Instruction and Performance

I am thrilled to be able to share my passion for the violin and my love of music with students. My goals as a teacher are to give my students the technical and artistic tools they need to make music come to life. Learning the violin is one of the most challenging and rewarding things students will ever do. I look forward to sharing this adventure with them.

Teaching Style: I combine highly individualized teaching with a holistic approach to practice and performance that allows students to make dramatic progress on the instrument. Together the student and I work to create a beautiful tone and to bring out the unique voice of each piece, so that the music is engaging to play and listen to. Interested students may develop performance confidence and style by taking advantage of recitals, competitions, auditions and graded exams that are available to them throughout the year.

Student Expectations: Vibrant playing starts with clean technique. Thus I am exacting in what I expect of students in terms of detailed daily practice and establishing a foundation of left hand and bowing skills, and intonation and rhythmic accuracy. Studio students are devoted to the violin, dedicated to achieving excellence in their playing, and excited about tackling the great works of violin literature. Acceptance to the studio is by audition only.

Student Awards & Leadership Positions

Awards

  • American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF), Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
    • Susanna Liu, Second Place Romantic Music, May 2016
    • Vienna Huang, Third Place Romantic Music, June 2017
    • Heather Wei, Second Place Romantic Music, October 2017
  • US International Music Competition, January, 2016
    • Junior Solo Division:
      • Susanna Liu, 1st Place
      • Selena Sun, 2nd Place
      • Sonia Wu, 3rd Place
    • Advanced Solo Division:
      • Aaron Wu, 3rd Place
  • US Open Music Competition, February 2017
    • Susanna Liu, 4th Place, Instrumental Solo Intermediate Division
  • United States International Music Competition, 2019
    • Caroline Wei, Finalist
  • Junior Bach Festival, 2019
    • Heather Wei
  • Peninsula Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, 2015
    • Susanna Liu, Honorable Mention
  • Scholarships
    • Selena Gould, John Montgomery Music Scholarship, Dickinson College, PA
  • California State Awards
    • Denise Zhou, 2016 All-State Junior High Orchestra Conference
    • Selena Gould, CMEA State Solo and Small Ensemble Festival, 2013, 2014, Superior
    • Sydney Pon, CMEA State Solo and Small Ensemble Festival, 2014, Superior
  • Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
    • Denise Zhou, Level 6, Distinction
    • Selena Sun, Level 8, Merit
    • Susanna Liu, Level 8, Merit

Leadership Positions

  • Concertmaster and Co-concertmaster:
    • Denise Zhou, Peninsula Young Artists (2 years)
    • Aaron Wu, Peninsula Young Artists
    • Christy Baldwin, Peninsula Young Artists (2 years)
    • Matthew Trost, Concordia Strings
    • Susanna Liu, Concordia Strings
    • Peter Trost, Concordia Strings
    • Selena Sun, Concordia Strings
    • Lauren Vu, Concordia Strings
    • Sonia Wu, Peninsula Orchestra Nova
    • Dylan Chan, Peninsula Sinfonia Orchestra
    • Evan Leong, Boston University All Campus Orchestra
  • Assistant Concertmaster
    • Sonia Wu, Peninsula Youth Orchestra
    • Vienna Huang, Peninsula Young Artists
    • Sydney Pon, Peninsula Young Artists (2 years)
    • Calista Huang, Peninsula Orchestra, Nova
  • Principal and Assistant-Principal Second Violin
    • Aeon Lem, Peninsula Youth Orchestra
    • Darren Fu, Peninsula Youth Orchestra (3 years)
    • Denise Zhou, Peninsula Young Artists
    • Rosie Crisman, Peninsula Young Artists
    • Lauren Vu, Concordia Strings
  • Carlmont Symphonic Orchestra
    • Aeon Lem, Assistant Concertmaster
    • Evan Leong, Assistant Concertmaster, Concertmaster, Outstanding Musical Leadership Award
    • Emi Ota, Carlmont Strings Orchestra, Distinguished Musician Award
    • Angie Shen, Assistant-Principal Second Violin

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About Jane

Jane Singhal holds a B.A. in music from Yale and an M.A. in Russian Studies from Princeton. Jane began her violin studies with Dr. Seymour Rubinstein at Indiana University South Bend. At Yale she studied with Kikuei Ikeda of the Tokyo String Quartet and subsequently in Canada with Dana and Yuri Mazurkevich, students of Russian master, David Oistrakh. Jane was concertmaster of the Midwest Chamber Orchestra and director and violinist for Interlude, a New Jersey-based chamber ensemble.

Jane has performed as a soloist with the Twin Cities Symphony and as a chamber player in the Yale at Norfolk Chamber Music School, the Sarasota Music Festival, and the Shawnigan Summer School of the Arts in British Columbia. She began her teaching career as violin instructor at Ecole Alexandra in London, Ontario and a language and string specialist at The Vail-Deane School in Mountainside, New Jersey. Since relocating to the Bay Area, Jane teaches select students at her studio in Belmont, California.

She is the author of Creature Feature-A Musical Menagerie, Kitchen Concert and other books and music for children, available at SingingHouse.com.

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