Violin Lessons with Alyssa C.

Violinist and composer Alyssa C. engages seamlessly between the jazz, theater, and classical scenes in New York and Tokyo. She has performed and directed for ensembles in venues such as Blue Note Place, Smalls Jazz Club, Lincoln Center, The Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, Jazz Gallery, The Schwarzman Center, 54 Below, and Nublu. Chetrick obtained her BA/BFA in global studies (Lang) and Jazz and Contemporary music from the College of Performing Arts at the New School. She has most recently toured with the Cirque Du Soleil company.

As an instructor, Alyssa is committed to developing each student’s technical ability as a foundation for curiosity and expression. She works with each student’s unique learning background and builds upon instrumental technique, tone production, rhythmic understanding, and aural facility. She views practice and learning as lifelong, evolving processes, and approaches music as a language that fosters both self-understanding and dialectical growth.