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    • Craig Eastman Fiddle Masterclass
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    • Natalie Haas Masterclass
    • Randal Bays teaches a traditional Irish tune
    • Gideon Freudmann teaches "Blue Stew" on cello
    • Michael Zaretsky - Bach Kodaly Chromatic Fantasy
    • Michael Doucet - Learn an easy Cajun tune on violin
    • Colleen Jennings Masterclass: A Daily Practice For String Players
Craig Eastman, Los Angeles CA
Instrument(s): Violin
Style: Fiddle, Jazz, Gypsy, Etc
Student type: beginners, intermediate, advanced, children, adults
Contact email:
eastmanoman@yahoo.com
Website: craigeastman.com
Contact phone: (323) 252 8398

Professional Credentials
40 years of teaching players of all ages from around the world, specializing in improvisation, expression, playing in groups, recording, having fun.

Craig has recorded with artists from Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Steve Martin, Sheryl Crow, Beck, Hans Zimmer, Taj Mahal.

Craig has composed music for many Hollywood blockbuster films including Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down, Broke back mountain, Rango.

Teacher Comments:
I love showing players of any level how to play what ever style of music that excites them, and to understand the music theory of how the violin fits into that style of music.

Lessons are available via skype or facetime ... visit California from your living room...

Tanya Solomon and Scott Slapin, South Hadley and Amherst MA
Instrument(s): Violin and Viola
Style: Classical
Student type: beginner, intermediate, advanced, children, adults
Contact email: 
violaduo@gmail.com
Website: www.violaduo.com
Contact phone: 413-345-5062

Professional Credentials
  • Degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Northwestern University, and Manhattan School of Music.
  • Experienced orchestral musicians and recitalists. Several recordings available.

Teacher Comments:
  • We teach students aged 8 and up. We love adult students too!
  • Flexible schedule.
  • Now offering music theory 
  • Lessons available via Skype

Amherst, MA Shop

18 Kellogg Ave., Amherst MA 
(800) 766 0936 or (413) 256 0936 
​info@stamellstring.com

APPOINTMENT ONLY (curbside and in-store service) HOURS:
Tuesday -  Saturday: 10am - 4pm

Closed Sundays and Mondays

Poughkeepsie, NY Shop

7 Garden Street, Poughkeepsie NY 
(845) 337 3030
ny@stamellstring.com

**Our Poughkeepsie location will be MOVING to 5 Manchester Road, Poughkeepsie NY in March of 2021**


APPOINTMENT ONLY (curbside and in-store service) HOURS:
Tuesday -  Friday: 11am - 4pm

​Saturdays: 10am - 4pm
Closed Sundays and Mondays

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Stamell Stringed Instruments does not pay teachers commissions, sometimes called referral fees, finder's fees or "kickbacks".  To read more about this unethical practice, please click here: http://fineviolinsbydavid.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ethics.pdf

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  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Hours and Locations
    • Monthly Sales and Specials
    • House Concerts
    • String Teacher Directory
  • Instruments
    • Advanced Student Instruments
    • Violins
    • Violas
    • Cellos
    • Bows
    • Pierre Marcel Instruments
    • Baroque
  • Rentals
    • Rent With Us!
    • Why Rent from Stamell Strings? >
      • Rental FAQs
      • Sizing
      • Enhanced Insurance Plan for Renters
    • Online Rental Contract
    • School Rental Services
    • Rental Exchanges and Returns
    • Equity Quote
    • Pay Your Bill >
      • Update your payment information
  • SHOP
    • Cases
    • Chinrest Comforters
    • Endpin Stops
    • Humidifiers
    • Gift Certificates
    • Masks
    • Metronomes and Tuners
    • Mutes
    • Rosin
    • Sheet Music
    • Suzuki Books
    • Shoulder Rests
    • Strings
    • Stands
    • Accessories
  • Services
    • Try Our Instruments
    • Restoration and Repair
    • Appraisals and Evaluations
    • Bow Rehairs
    • Shipping Information
    • Policies
  • Workshop
    • Schedule an appointment
  • Make an appointment
  • Stamell Strings Masterclasses
    • Craig Eastman Fiddle Masterclass
    • Scott Slapin Masterclass: Discussion of the Opening of Bach's First Sonata
    • Natalie Haas Masterclass
    • Randal Bays teaches a traditional Irish tune
    • Gideon Freudmann teaches "Blue Stew" on cello
    • Michael Zaretsky - Bach Kodaly Chromatic Fantasy
    • Michael Doucet - Learn an easy Cajun tune on violin
    • Colleen Jennings Masterclass: A Daily Practice For String Players