Private Full Hour Orchestral Lessons with Avery (In Home)

Years of Experience: 8 Location Options: In Studio, In Home Travel Radius: 20 Genres: Rock, Classical Age Groups: Children, Young Adult, Adult Instruments Taught: Orchestral Lessons Overview: Houston Native, Avery S has classical training and experience performing as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral member. She holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Harp Performance from Loyola University New Orleans. She owes much or her training to her mentors, Rachel Van Voorhees, Principal Harpist for the New Orleans Opera and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and with Joan Eidman, Principal Harpist for The Houston Grand Opera and The Houston Ballet. As a Harpist, Avery has performed with the New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra, the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, The New Orleans Opera, and the Loyola Opera Theater. In addition to classical music, she has also performed across genres, having playedwith musicians such as Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Colonel John Bourgeois, James Van Dermark, and Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band. She has also taken part in several festivals and concert series, including the French Quarter Festival and the Christmas Concert Series in New Orleans. In her younger years she played with the Greater Houston Youth Orchestra and the Houston Youth Symphony Philharmonic and Sinfonia and attended The High School for Performing and Visual Arts. She also had the pleasure to perform for the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic when he visited Houston in 2011. Avery also plays for tea at the Windsor Court Hotel, and for art exhibits, weddings, and other functions. Formal Education: Masters in Music Performance from Loyola University New Orleans Bachelors in Music Performance from Loyola University New Orleans Private Education: Studied Under Joan Eidman of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet for 3 years Studied with Rachel Van Voorhees of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, New Orleans Opera, Loyola University New Orleans for 6 years Performing Experience: Concerts with: Loyola Concert Band, Loyola Wind Ensemble, Loyola Symphony Orchestra, Loyola Chamber Orchestra, New Orleans Opera, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Loyola Opera Theater, Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra Performances for: The Windsor Court Hotel, Christmas Series at St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans French Quarter Festival, New Orleans Public Library, Art Exhibits, Weddings, Funerals Experience Teaching: Worked with high school aged kids teaching them how to play the harp in an orchestra setting with the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra. Also gave lessons to fellow college students that were interested in learning more about the harp and composition students that wanted to better understand how the harp futions as part of an orchestra and as a solo instrument