We have now moved and merged our studio with Walfish Music School
To learn more, please visit: www.walfishmusicschool.com
About Us video below was recorded in 2017.
Lessons in Rapid City & Virtually
Established by two professional musicians with a profound love and dedication for teaching and performance, the Professional Violin Studio is a private violin teaching studio that offers violin and viola lessons to students in the Black Hills area of South Dakota. Both with extensive performance backgrounds and pedagogy training from major conservatories, Dr. Katie Smirnova and Brett Walfish moved to Rapid City to continue passing on the tradition of excellence and artistry to the younger generations. They are the co-founders of the Rushmore Music Festival, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, where they serve as Artistic and Executive Directors. The Festival is an intensive 6-week intensive solo & chamber music program for students from around the country, as well as a Faculty Concert Series in the Black Hills.
If you are interested in private music lessons for your child, we offer a free consultation/evaluation lesson.
Learn more about the instructors and their educational backgrounds HERE & Read the Testimonials kindly written by the parents of their former students in New York & Massachusetts.
STUDIO HIGHLIGHTS
Congratulations to our student Karina, who won the Black Hills Symphony’s 2022 Young Artist Competition and performed the first movement of Saint-Saens Concerto No. 3 with the orchestra!
Congratulations to our student Asher, who won Concertmaster for the 2021 South Dakota All-State Orchestra!
Congratulations to our student, Youngjoo, for winning the Black Hills Symphony’s Young Artist Competition and having the honor to perform with the orchestra in Fall 2021!
Congratulations to our student, Youngeun, on a beautiful performance of Bach for the 2020 Virtual Performance Guild!
Performance Guild: Youngeun plays Bach Partita No.2, Allemande
As a project of the Rushmore Music Festival, The Performance Guild is an annual performance adjudication event that is available to all string and piano students at all skill levels.
Learn more about the Performance Guild
Congratulations to all students who participated in the 2019 BHAMTA Spring Festival!
Recital Opportunities through BHAMTA
Eliza’s first recital in Meier Hall. She started playing in February of 2018. This video is on October 25, 2018 (after 9 months of playing). We are so proud of her hard work!