Dartmouth - Violin Lessons

Ali Enriquez (violin)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Friday, Saturday

Alison Enriquez (Ali) is a Cuban-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter. Her genres range from deep classical roots to jazz, latin, R&B, pop and fusion. She’s played in stages around Canada, Cuba and Italy. (ex. Romerías de Mayo, Cuba - Halifax Jazz Festival, Canada- Ravello Music Fest, Italy - etc). With 15+ years of classical training under her wing (violin), she then studied music at Dalhousie University and is currently pursuing a popular music diploma at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), allowing her to make a greater focus on her main interests: creating and educating. Alison has been a teacher at Andrea’s Music Studio since October of 2021 (violin, piano and vocals) and is now teaching violin at Long and Mcquade!
Ali is $26 per half hour lesson.

Shannon Quinn (Violin, fiddle, piano)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

After falling in love with the fiddle at age six, Shannon has been working as a professional
musician for over twenty years. She earned her Bachelor of Music from Humber College as
well as completing her RCM Grade 9 exam in classical violin and Grade 8 RCM Piano exam.
She toured for several years as a fiddler with multiple groups and artists including Joel
Plaskett, The Paul McKenna Band, Lennie Gallant, Jimmy Rankin among others. Shannon has
also recorded several studio albums which have garnered national award recognition including
multiple wins from Music Nova Scotia, and multiple nominations from the ECMA’s and
Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Shannon has been a music educator for the past 15 years in Nova Scotia and Toronto. In 2018
she took a group of young fiddlers to participate in the renowned Willie Clancy Summer
School, in County Clare, Ireland, and in 2019 she was the recipient of Music Nova’s ‘Educator
of the Year’ award.
Shannon has a strong passion for youth music education, and believes the top focus points
should be fun and comfort, playable tunes, and becoming familiar with patterns and sight
reading. There should be a strong emphasis on learning rhythm, and finding your own voice
with your instrument.
Shannon is $29 per half hour lesson. Shannon is also starting fiddle groups! Call for more info.

Susan Sharpe (Violin, Fiddle)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Wednesday

Susan Sharpe (violin) began playing through the Halifax schools’ strings program. She has played in the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra and Mount Allison String Ensemble, and continues to play orchestral music with the Halifax Music Co-op. Susan enjoys playing a wide range of music, from classical to fiddle to music from movies and video games. Always on the lookout for more opportunities to play in a group, her favorite musical experience is playing in big orchestras. With experience teaching in musical and academic settings, Susan has taught all ages from young children to adults. She enjoys introducing students to the violin, helping them reach the next level in their playing and seeing them succeed. Susan’s rate for a half hour lesson will be $26.