What are private lessons?
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Private lessons provide your student the opportunity to have individual attention on their instrument. This individual attention will allow your student to grow rapidly as a player and musician. The benefits of private lessons include supplemental one-on-one focused instruction to help students reach their full potential on their instrument; additional attention to students' individualized goals; and a competitive edge in orchestra placement, All-Region, and Solo & Ensemble each year. Private lessons improve a student's technique and allow them to learn increasingly complex music that top-level orchestras play. Students aspiring to join the Virtuosi or Philharmonic groups should seriously consider taking private lessons as the rigor of the music demands specialized attention. Students that are interested in taking private lessons but are worried about the financial commitment should reach out directly to Ms. Bell.
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Meet our Private Lessons Teachers!
Ha Viet Dang
Violin
Violin
Ha Viet Dang has appeared as soloist with University of North Texas’s Baroque Orchestra and has also performed as chamber musician, and orchestra member throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Ha has been heard at music festivals such as American Bach Soloists Academy, Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Canada, Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, Boston Early Music Festival, Valdres Music Festival in Norway, Vietnam Connection Music Festival, Canton International Summer Music Academy, China, Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble in Thailand. As a member of the Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble and Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, Ha has toured in Germany, Austria and France. She is currently playing with the Dallas Bach Society, Orchestra of New Spain, San Angelo Symphony Orchestra.
In 2019, Ha Dang was the recipient of the “Adams-Nordstrom Early Music Award” at UNT for excellence in scholarship and performance. She was awarded second prize in the chamber music category and third prize in the solo violin category in Vietnam’s Concours Autumn Competition 2007. She also won second prize in the Group A of 2011 Thailand’s Mozart International String Competition.
In additional to her performing career, Ha maintains her own studio at the same time holding the position of string instructor at the Music Institute of North Texas in Frisco, TX. Her students have participated in Texas All-Region orchestras and have received a medal for Best Soloist of the day at the solo ensemble contest. Through her teaching, she hopes to instill the love of music to the younger generations while making an impact on students’ musical success.
In 2019, Ha Dang was the recipient of the “Adams-Nordstrom Early Music Award” at UNT for excellence in scholarship and performance. She was awarded second prize in the chamber music category and third prize in the solo violin category in Vietnam’s Concours Autumn Competition 2007. She also won second prize in the Group A of 2011 Thailand’s Mozart International String Competition.
In additional to her performing career, Ha maintains her own studio at the same time holding the position of string instructor at the Music Institute of North Texas in Frisco, TX. Her students have participated in Texas All-Region orchestras and have received a medal for Best Soloist of the day at the solo ensemble contest. Through her teaching, she hopes to instill the love of music to the younger generations while making an impact on students’ musical success.
Ethan Rouse
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Ethan Rouse is a violist currently based in Plano, TX, where he is active as a performer and teacher. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, where he earned a Master of Performance degree as a student of Jonathan Barritt. He also holds a Master of Music and a Bachelor of Music, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of North Texas, where he studied with Susan Dubois and Daphne Gerling. He performs often with the orchestras of Plano, Richardson, and Irving, TX, among others. While in London, he performed as principal viola of the RCM Opera, Philharmonic, Conductors, and Baroque Orchestras. He also performed as co-principal of the RCM Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. Notable chamber music engagements include performances at The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace and at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Washington D.C. He is a passionate teacher, having previously held a teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas.
Currently, he maintains a private studio in Plano and Frisco, TX, and is a frequent guest clinician and sectional coach. Also active in historical performance, he performs as a baroque violist in a number of ensembles in the Dallas, TX area. Highlights in this area include a performance at St. Martin in the Fields, London, with Ensemble Sylvatica, appearances at the Boston Early Music Festival, and a concert tour of Germany and Austria with the Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble. He studied baroque viola with Cynthia Roberts, and performs on an instrument made by Gabriel Bolioli. At present, he is chair of the American Viola Society’s Youth Advisory Council. Check him out at: https://www.ethanrouse.com/ |
Christopher Phillpott
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Deemed an “exquisite” soloist and “fastidious continuo cellist” by The Dallas Morning News, Christopher Phillpott performs regularly on cello, baroque cello, and viola da gamba while maintaining a thriving studio in North Texas. He has performed with such ensembles as Lumedia Musicworks, Dallas Bach Society, Denton Bach Players, Orchestra of New Spain, Austin Baroque Orchestra, Tallahassee Bach Parley, the Early Music America Young Performer’s Festival Ensemble (Boston, MA), and for special events with the New England chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in cello performance and a master’s degree in musicology from Texas Christian University, as well as an Early Music Certificate from the Florida State University. During his graduate studies at TCU and FSU, Mr. Phillpott researched and presented extensively on the emerging French cello repertoire of the early 18th century, having earned the Michael Winesanker Musicology Grant which allowed him to travel to and consult the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Other scholarly topics of interest include Frank Zappa, literary themes in the music of Schumann and Schubert, and the music of the Counter-Reformation, on which he has presented for the Society for American Music and national and regional conferences for the American Musicological Society. |
Troy Tippawang
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Troy Tippawang is a recipient of a Bachelor's and Master's in Double Bass performance from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Troy has taught privately for 8 years, and has had students participate in Texas All-Region and All-State orchestras. He has studied with Tom Lederer of the Dallas Symphony for the majority of his career, and teaches the Simandl method (with a heavy emphasis on technique). He has played in masterclasses, local symphonies, and enjoys collaborations with artists of all disciplines.
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