Leeds Violin School

The principles which led to the success of Iveta Hlavenkova's own teaching practice are the same principles underlying the teaching at Leeds Violin School, which are as follows:

 To develop musicality in its students, together with a love of music;

• To ensure that students learn, from the start and irrespective of their age, the correct technique for playing the violin. Unless budding violinists are taught such essentials as how to produce a good tone, together with correct posture, bow hold, wrist position etc , they will be unable to progress to playing advanced and physically demanding music;
• To help both children and adults reach their full potential as musicians, whether that is ultimately to become a professional violinist, to achieve their desired results in graded exams or simply to gain as much pleasure as possible out of learning to play the violin as a satisfying hobby;
• To enable students to experience the enjoyment of playing with others, which Leeds Violin School does by organising concerts, workshops and groups for children and adults in order to create performance opportunities for its students.