Hi, I’m NOELLE HULING.
Violin Teacher
1 Year of Teaching Experience
ABOUT ME
From Paris, France & Columbus, GA
Background Violin studies with Paris Opera violinist Carole St. Michel; Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra violinist, Jeanne Majors; and Opera Colorado violinist, Master Mentor at Denver School of the Arts, and Executive Director of the Colorado Bach Ensemble, Ben Tomkins. Music school in Luxembourg and second violin in the Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus.
Instrument Experience Violin since 1998
My Favorite Music Very broad! I love classical, of course, but I also love to listen to jazz, bluegrass, folk, classics from the 1940s-80s, math rock, pop-punk, and choral sacred music. I like to sing in harmony whenever I get the chance.
My Musical Influences For classical: Ray Chen, Janine Jansen, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Itzhak Perlman; Jazz: Stéphane Grappelli and Jean-Luc Ponty; and Bluegrass fiddlers Sarah Jarosz, Bronwyn Keith-Hines, and Alison Krauss. My favorite musical influences outside the violin are such a long list that there’s no room here!
My Hobbies Novel writing, cooking and baking, deep philosophical conversations, covering my favorite songs with musical friends, relaxed hikes in nature, and lately watching K-dramas :)
Fun Fact I was once an extra in a movie with Kathy Bates and Kenneth Branagh!
My Teaching philosophy
I believe that music is a vessel for life lessons. Through it, we can learn patience, discipline, persistence, and humility. I also believe that most people start their musical journey because it sounds fun, not because they’re looking for life lessons, so I do my best to cater to the fun side of music while sprinkling in life advice where I can.
students first
In my experience, passion in music comes from following the music you love. The idea of theory is that is explains patterns in music, so I do my best to start with what students like and slowly bring in those musical concepts.
PRogress > Perfection
One of the most frustrating aspects about learning a new skill is failing over and over and over again. In my lessons, we approach failure as a learning experience and proof that we are putting effort into what we do. Our goal is always to be better than the last time we attempted, never perfect in our attempts.