PRIVATE LESSONS
Private lessons are available for students seeking to improve their playing capabilities and overall musicianship. Taking private lessons "fast forwards" the learning process and provides students with an opportunity for one-on-one instruction with a degreed teacher or non-degreed teacher.
Scholarships are available for students interested but unable to afford private lessons.
PRIVATE LESSONS TEACHERS
FEDORÂ MALYKHIN
Violin/Viola
Born in Russia and currently residing in the US, Fedor Malykhin first began studying piano at the age of four with his mother. At the recommendation of the teachers at his local music school, he began studying the violin at the age of six and quickly took to the instrument. He studied at the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music, Conservatoriodi Parma Arigo Boito, and the Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts and is currently pursuing a degree at the University of North Texas where he has been awarded the Brock String Scholarship. His principal teachers include Emmanuel Borok, Julia Bushkova, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Aaron Boyd, Piere Lapointe, Alexander Dogadaev, and Alexey Koshvanets.
NIC BUCK
Cello
As a cellist, Nic Buck has been teaching and performing in the Denton area since 2013. In high school, he studied the cello with Prudence McDaniel at Blinn College, then continued on with Eugene Osadchy at the University of North Texas, from which he received his Bachelor’s in Performance in 2018. There, he helped premiere new works by composers such as Grant Carrington, Cade Leinbach, and Alex Buehler, and was a member of the Ginastera String Quartet, which won first prize in the 2018 UNT Chamber Music Competition.
He teaches at public schools in the Lewisville ISD and at the New Song School of the Arts in Lantana, TX. His teaching style is straightforward and emphasizes kinesthetic awareness and slow practice, taking the student through one element of playing at a time until it is mastered.
ABOUT PRIVATE LESSONS
Private lessons that occur during the day at Huffines Middle School are taught by teachers who have undergone a background check, fingerprinting process, and have agreed to only charge the rates set by LISD. Private lessons teachers are private contractors approved by the district. Thus, all payment and communication happens directly with the private teacher.
Rates are as follows:
$24.00 – 30 minute lesson
$20.00 – 22 minute lesson