Erin Gardiner - BIO

Erin Gardiner is a music educator and violinist originally from the Toledo, Ohio area, where her musical journey on the violin began at the age of nine. While in Toledo, she studied private violin lessons with retired professor at Bowling Green State University Vasile Beluska. From age sixteen onward, she began teaching private violin lessons from her home and developed an interest in both Suzuki and traditional pedagogy styles. Throughout this time, Erin was active in various orchestras, and chamber groups, fostering a love she had built early on for the community of music. After high school, Erin went on to earn a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and Music Education from Butler University in Indianapolis Indiana, studying with Larry Shapiro and Melanie Clapies. She continued to teach privately on both violin and viola, and taught in both intermediate and high school settings to complete her degree in music education. In pursuit of her master’s degree, Erin moved out east to Hartford, Connecticut where she is currently studying Violin Performance with a Suzuki pedagogy emphasis under the instruction of Katie Lansdale and Christie Felsing. When she’s not in a practice room teaching or practicing, Erin loves hiking, photography, and trying out a new local coffee shop.

I strive to aid each student with an individualized approach
that best fits their goals as a musician

My Approach to Teaching

In each lesson, I aim to create a comfortable and safe atmosphere of encouragement and motivation for each student. My background in traditional and Suzuki style lessons allow me to be flexible in my approach to instructing individual students, and I strive to aid each student with an individualized approach that best fits their goals as a musician. Everyone has the ability to learn and grow through music!