Linda Good	Linda Good - Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, Banjo, Piano, Recorder. Langley. llgood@langleywa.com, 360-221-6439. | Linda Good studied piano and violin as a child and began learning viola in junior high. She was in the Seattle Youth Symphony, attended Pacific Northwest Music Camp for five summers and studied recorder and music theory. She received her BA in music from UW and an MA in ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaii. She began teaching privately on Whidbey Island in 1969. She co-founded Island Strings with Paula Pugh in 1974. For more than 30 years she has been an enthusiastic advocate of the Suzuki philosophy and taught hundreds of South Whidbey children to play the violin and to appreciate music. Linda is a member of the Suzuki Association of Washington State, the Suzuki Association of the Americas, and a member of the Saratoga Chamber Orchestra. Linda currently has openings for a limited number of students at her home just outside of Langley.
Elizabeth Lovelace	Elizabeth Lovelace - Violin & Fiddle. Greenbank. elizabethlovelace1@gmail.com, 360-222-3467. | Elizabeth has taught Suzuki violin and traditional folk fiddle to adults and children since 1990. She performed for three years with Orchestra Seattle directed by George Shangrow and trained and taught at the Suzuki Institute of Seattle for six years under Janai Fuller. In 1994 she traveled to Matsumoto, Japan to take teacher training from Dr. Suzuki. She loves the traditional folk fiddle and has played in numerous dance bands over the past fifteen years. You can find out more about Elizabeth at her web site www.whidbeymusic.com.
Kimmer Morris	Kimmer Morris - Violin, Viola Langley. kimmerlyzimmer@yahoo.com, 360-221-6932. Kimmer has taught violin at the Langley Middle School for over 25 years. She grew up in Langley, an Island Strings student under Linda Good. She is an active performer and recording artist with the duo Yours Truly, which specializes in folk music with an Eastern European flavor.
Associate Teachers
Roxallanne Medley	Roxallanne Medley, concertmaster of Saratoga Chamber Orchestra, formerly a member of the Seattle Symphony, and founder and conductor of “Celidh Chids,” Whidbey Island’s unique, youth string ensemble, offers private violin lessons for beginning to advanced, youth (7 and over) to adult at her Coupeville location. Roxallanne uses a variety of techniques and materials in her teaching. She strives to instill a love of making music in her students, emphasizes patience and positive thinking, focuses on sound production and musicality, and utilizes a variety of musical styles in her teaching. Roxallanne invites young string players to join Whidbey’s unique, and growing string ensemble, “Ceilidh Chids.”. Ceilidh Chids rehearses and performs quality classical and baroque music, and explores a variety of Celtic styles. Rehearsals are held weekly. COST: $50 / 60 MINUTES | $38 / 45 MINUTES | $25 / 30 HOUR For more information, or to arrange an audition time, please call 360-678-3720, or email rkmedley1@frontier.com
Karin Blaine	Karin Blaine - Guitar, Voice, Performance, Song writing Karin brings 40 plus years of guitar-playing experience and know-how to her teaching. Her forte is teaching beginners to intermediate players folk, blues & jazz guitar. She has a supportive approach towards learning and emphasizes 'smart' practice habits. As a songwriting workshop facilitator Karin has created tools and exercises to support the individuality and experience of songwriters to create songs of compelling and one-of-a-kind quality. She is an award winning singer-songwriter who performs professionally. Find out more about Karin at her web site: www.karinblaine.com CONTACT: cell# 206.331.2750  e-mail: karinvoice@gmail.com
Talia Toni Marcus	Talia Toni Marcus - Violin, Viola, beginning Cello, Piano, Percussion. New Conservatory Method, musical explorations of techniques, improvisation & making up your own music, music reading games, lots of songs and duets. Stretching & Relaxation Therapy for musicians and families. Talia has openings in Langley on Monday, Friday and Weekends. Talia teaches in Oak Harbor Tuesdays and has openings on Tuesday before 1pm and after 6:30pm. Lessons are generally $20/half hour. Open to trades. H: 360-221-6077, C: 360-722-093, ttmarcus@rocketmail.com. Talia has been performing professionally since she was 10 years old. Talia was a child prodigy who performed on TV with Jack Benny and Burns and Allen in the 50s. She has recorded and toured the world with steller artists such as Van Morrison, Pavoratti, Ornette Coleman, Kenny G, Jermane Jackson, and Carla Bley's Jazz Composers Orchestra. Below: 12-year-old Talia playing "Czardis" on the Jack Benny Show. http://youtu.be/B-Cl3-SUp_c Talia playing “Getting to Know You” duet with Jack Benny (about 3:30 into the clip) http://youtu.be/PPm8YA3E9As
Patrice Shearer	Patrice Weed Shearer - Violin & Viola, Patrice is a professional Violinist/Violist -  Concertmaster of The Everett Philharmonic, concertmaster of Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Orchestra, and NW Savoyards Orchestra, and Principal Second in Whidbey Island's Saratoga Chamber Orchestra. Her studio is in Clinton (Sandy Hook Community) open Tuesdays all day. Patrice also teaches in Mukilteo, Everett, and Sammamish. Over 40 years of teaching experience. Beginners through advanced. Students of all ages welcome. Teach traditional method. Fees for 1 Hour are $65.00, 45 Minutes $50.00, 1/2 Hour $35.00. Contact: pshearer899@comcast.net, 425-260-8954.
Beverly Heising	Beverly Heising - Violin/Fiddle - Bev teaches beginning to intermediate fiddle with emphasis on Scottish and Irish Fiddle styles. She teaches all ages of students and is available to teach on Monday and Tuesdays out of her home in Langley. Beveryly uses both written music and ear training to dig deeply into traditional styles while encouraging students to develop their own style.  Some classical training is added for technique building and music theory. Bev is also a composer, arranger, and performer. Lessons are $20 half hour. Contact: bev@whidbeydistillery.com, C: 619-248-5826 or H: 360-321-4715 Bev’s CD “Zephyr” is available for sale at CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/heising
William Dolde	William Dolde - Violin, Viola, Cello. Clinton. 360-341-4124, wdolde@gmail.com | William is the strings teacher at the Whidbey Island Waldorf School and a member of Saratoga Chamber Orchestra. William grew up in Pittsburgh and Connecticut and received a BA from Yale. In addition to receiving early childhood credentials at the University of Maryland and Waldorf certification at Rudolf Steiner College, William has taken RIE I training in Los Angeles. William has taught workshops for parent & child teachers at Sophia’s Hearth in Keene, NH. In addition to teaching kindergarten in Maryland and Monterey, William has taught nursery and parent & child classes at the Waldorf School of Baltimore. He works as a parent coach and curriculum consultant for an adult education institute. He finds work with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families rewarding and just right. His greatest teachers are his wife Kelly and sons Liam (7) and Crispin (3). Hear William playing and check out his blog at http://williamdolde.com/fr_home.cfm
Quinn Fitzpatrick	Quinn Fitzpatrick - Guitar (performance, composition, instruction). Clinton. 360-579-3052. quinnfitzpatrick@yahoo.com, www.quinnfitzpatrick.com | Quinn has been a professional musician and teacher for over 15 years, on both the east and west coasts. A transplanted New Englander, he moved to California after receiving a degree in music from the University of Massachusetts. Interested in music from an early age, he taught himself how to play piano at age five and guitar at age thirteen. Quinn is an eclectic guitarist who draws upon folk, country, rock, blues, funk, latin and jazz. He has played in several popular San Francisco bay area bands over the past decade. After a successful career both playing and teaching guitar in the San Francisco bay area, he relocated to Whidbey Island to focus on recording a CD and to promote his solo fingerstyle acoustic guitar music. Quinn currently teaches guitar classes and private lessons in South Whidbey, Coupeville and Seattle. He is also an instructor for Guitars in the Classroom (a non-profit organization that instructs teachers how to play guitar and bring music into the classroom). He has taught at California State University, East Bay; University of California, Berkeley; and Antioch University in Seattle. He is a versatile, encouraging and patient instructor who teaches all styles, ages and levels. Quinn’s intent for every student is to have a solid foundation, be inspired and play the music they love.
James Hinkley	James Hinkley - Cello, violin, viola, bass, Langley (Joes Island Music). 341-1722, jphink@hotmail.com, www.billet-deux.comwww.billet-deux.com James is one of the founders and lead voices in the hot club-style combo Billet Deux. He began his studies at the Cranbrook Theatre School at the Cranbrook Institute in Michigan. Soon after, he switched his focus to music and went on to earn degrees in music performance and composition. He was one of the founding members of Daedalus, a music group dedicated to the work of living composers, and has had his own works performed in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, London and Berlin, as well as supplying the scores for six episodes of MTV's "Liquid Television". He has performed with the Baton Rouge, Toledo, and Akron symphonies, and served as principal cello for the Lima Symphony, Ohio Ballet, and the Ohio Light Opera. He currently lives on Whidbey Island, and is still active as a composer and performer in both the classical and jazz idioms. His teaching studio is at Joe's Island Music in downtown Langley. James has collaborated on several CDs available at CDBaby - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billetdeux, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billetdeux2, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/leviburkle3, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/leviburkle2
	Siri Bardarson - Cello. Oak Harbor School District, Freeland. siri@whidbey.com | Siri began piano lessons at age seven . When she was 11 she began cello study who began her cello studies at the Cornish School in Seattle at age 11 and continued with Eva Heinitz at the University of Washington. She abandoned her cello for many years while she and her twin sister, Karin Blaine, pursued their popular music interests as the guitar/vocal duo Ditto. Later, as the Blaine Sisters Band, the pair performed in many Seattle venues. As Siri Blaine, Bardarson went on to sing as lead vocalist with the swing band The Rhythm Boys. Their many performances included Bumbershoot, Folklife, Bite of Seattle, Hot Jazz Port Townsend and the Bellevue Jazz Festival, plus many local clubs. Bardarson currently sings with the Fabulous Fenderskirts, a vocal trio with jazz quartet. She is also a continuing member of South Whidbey’s Saratoga Strings.
Former Island Strings Teachers