Ottawa - Violin Lessons

Dylan Dumitru

Born and raised in the United States, Dylan began playing clarinet in 2003. Throughout high school, she performed in the community youth orchestra and All-District band.
In 2012, she left the States to pursue an undergraduate Music Degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, studying under Dr. Paul Bendzsa and Dr. Christine Carter.
While in school, she performed in the MUN Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Jason Caslor, and the MUN Chamber Orchestra under Dr. Vernon Regher. She also performed with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra on the bass clarinet during their performance of Aaron Copland’s Rodeo.

Dylan hopes to bring an exciting and encouraging energy to the lesson centre!

Gabriela Ruiz (Cello, Violin, Viola, Fiddle)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Gabriela has a Master’s Degree in Cello Performance from the University of Ottawa, where she studied cello with Paul Marleyn, as well as an Orchestral Certificate Diploma under David Currie. She has been active as a teacher and performer since 1997 and is also a Certified Suzuki Teacher. Gabriela focuses much of her performing in the classical genre but has also participated in other events such as rock concerts, Video Games Live and recently in the orchestra for “La Machine”. She teaches both Suzuki and RCM methods for violin, viola and cello.

Gabriela's teaching rate per half hour private lesson at Long & McQuade Ottawa $29.

Niamh Bloomer (Violin, Fiddle)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Day(s): Friday, Saturday

Niamh is an award-winning classical and Irish traditional musician from Castlewellan, Co. Down. She graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor of Music with Honours, where she held the Sir Thomas Beecham scholarship for instrumental performance. She was the concertmaster of the University of Glasgow’s student-run orchestra from 2019-20, and received sponsorship to travel to Marseille, France, to participate as a first violinist in the CIVIS European University Alliance as one of three orchestral representatives for the UK, performing in La Criée National Theatre. Niamh has received extensive teacher training from Sistema Scotland, the Benedetti Foundation, and Soundwaves SCIO and enjoys taking a student-centred approach to creating tailored learning paths for her students. She has taught violin for Sistema program Big Noise in Scotland, and now lives in Ottawa where she teaches with Sistema program OrKidstra.

Niamh's rate per half hour private lesson at Long & McQuade Ottawa is $26.

Reiko Lokker (Violin)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Friday

Reiko is a graduate of Carleton University with a Master of Arts in Religion and Public Life. She has been playing violin since the age of five and has performed with several ensembles and orchestras across Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, and Tokyo. She is a member of 234 Strings, an Ottawa-based trio. She had her NAC debut in 2015 with the Carleton Orchestra in collaboration with the Beijing Conservatory of Music.

Reiko's teaching rate per half hour private lesson at Long & McQuade Ottawa $26.