Outstanding teachers

(Click on the names below to learn more )

violin
Penny Wayne-Shapiro

viola, violin
Michelle Rush

Cello
Zarina Irkaeva
Johann Soults

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Our teaching philosophy 

• Psychology is 75% of teaching anything!  We create a positive, supportive and encouraging atmosphere, so students feel safe, and can experiment and learn.
   
• Every student has different strengths and a unique learning profile. Complex tasks are broken down into small, manageable units. Thus students feel in control of their learning, and mastery is achieved, one building block at a time.

Penny's background 

• Graduate of Royal Academy of Music, London.
• First violinist with London Philharmonic Orchestra at age 26.
• Teacher’s diploma:   LRAM (Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music).
• Currently Concertmaster (first chair violinist) of the Cape Symphony Orchestra.
• Opened Wayland Violin Studio in 1997.   WSM now offers violin, viola and cello.