User:Erincap

Performance Bio

Erin Caplan, violinist and violist, made her professional debut with the Kansas City Civic Orchestra and soon after the Tallahassee Symphony. She performed with Sinfonia Gulf Coast in the 2005 Bernadette Peters tour and most recently, Lyrica Boston Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Caplan has given solo and duo recitals at University Colorado at Boulder, where she was a scholarship participant in the Castleman Quartet Program (2009 & 2011). An Orchestral Fellow at Brevard Music Center, she was one of sixteen participants selected nationally to study on full scholarship under the baton of Keith Lockhart. For the past two summers, Ms. Caplan has worked as Dean of Students at LyricaFest.

Teaching Bio

She works at Longy School of Music of Bard College as Assistant Violin/Viola Instructor to Paula Majerfeld, where she teaches diverse ages and skill levels, from the very beginner to Undergraduate students majoring in music. In 2011, Ms. Caplan spearheaded the Suzuki strings program at the Kittredge School of North Andover, where she teaches private and small group lessons to beginning violin and viola students. She currently serves on the faculties of South Shore Conservatory, New School of Music, Sharon Music Academy and Kittredge School, and for the past two years has worked as Dean of Students at LyricaFest. Ms. Caplan holds the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Undergraduate Diploma from Longy School of Music (Presidential Scholarship), and is pursuing a Masters degree at Longy School of Music at Bard College in violin/viola performance and pedagogy. She has completed Suzuki Teacher Training in Books 1-4 at the Hartt School and Ithaca College.

Teaching Statement

I am passionate about teaching and am fascinated to see how individual the process of learning and growth is for each student. Through a nurturing and positive environment, it is my objective to tailor each lesson to the needs of the particular student and whatever their goals may be. I believe each student, regardless of his/her varying abilities, can reap great benefits from musical studies: discipline, patience, attention to detail, acceptance of failure as part of the learning process, the ability to postpone immediate gratification in order to achieve long-term goals, and a life-long love of music. Through studying an instrument, students can develop these qualities and apply them to whichever path they decide to take in life.