Aleksandre Roderick Lorenz
Violin, Viola Teacher
Credentials & Qualifications
About Me
Venezuelan violist, conductor, and pedagogue Aleksandre Roderick-Lorenz hails from Caracas, where their musical foundation began under the auspices of the famed El Sistema organisation. A versatile musician, Mx. Roderick-Lorenz maintains a dynamic career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, performing across a broad spectrum of genres such as classical, Latin, mariachi, pop, and contemporary music. They regularly appear in concert with ensembles including the International Pride Orchestra, Palm Beach Symphony, Portsmouth Symphony, and Lowell Chamber Orchestra, currently serving as principal violist of the Lyrica Boston Citizen’s Artist Orchestra, (MIT) Summer Philharmonic, New Hampshire Philharmonic, and South Florida Symphony. They received their BMus degree from Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music, where they served as Teaching Assistant of Viola and as Music Director of La Casita. In Syracuse, they were awarded the Certificate of Teaching Excellence. Aleksandre also received their Master of Music Education from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Their principal teachers were Laura Bossert, Richard Fleischmann, Ivo Jan van der Werff and Michael Klotz; they also coached with principals of the Boston, Philadelphia, Houston and Shanghai Orchestras, as well as members of the Muir, Amernet, Penderecki and Casals quartets. A sought-after educator, they have served on the faculties of Miami's ViolaFest of New World School of the Arts, Chamber Music Intensive at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, Miami Youth Orchestra, Honors Music Festival and ArtsAhimsa Music Festival, and as director of music at the North Broward Preparatory. In the past, they joined the faculties of the Wayland School of Music, Dana Hall School of Music and Community Music Center of Boston. Some of their students have been accepted into highly prestigious programmes such as: The Heifetz Institute Summer Program, Philadelphia International Music Festival, All-State, Federation, All-County, Noble and Greenough School, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Rivers Youth Orchestras, National Youth Orchestra of the USA, Castleman Quartet Program, Killington Music Festival, National Take a Stand Festival, ViolaFest, LyricaFest and specialised schools such as New World School of the Arts, Coral Reef High School, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Gulliver Schools, The Fenn School, Ransom Everglades and Doral Academy Preparatory School. Current students are pursuing degrees in music at major institutions such as Krongberg Academy, Manhattan School of Music, University of Miami, Miami Dade College, San Francisco & New England conservatories, as well as in universities such as Florida International, NYU, Ball State, Northwestern, Cornell and Columbia.
How I Teach
My objective as a teacher is to inspire students to develop high intrapersonal intelligence, independence and musical intuition so that they become truly aware of both, their strengths and weaknesses. By acquiring these tools, students will be able to learn to detect the vulnerabilities that require the most attention, as well as to build upon the foundation of their true fortitudes. Wonderment, curiosity, experimentation, open-mindedness and observation are key elements that should always be present during a lesson so that the student can learn to become their own best teacher. I believe that every student has a special gift and understanding of music that is truly unique and personal. A good teacher will help them grow by finessing and complementing their uniqueness and previously acquired working mechanisms, whilst a bad teacher tends to negatively deconstruct even when this is not necessary. Technique should exist in favour of music and not music in favour of technique. The parallelism between these is one that merges and becomes the same. Addressing them simultaneously makes the learning process endlessly creative and interesting, rather than daunting by isolating technique in a manner where it no longer relates to artistry. My goal is to help my pupils cultivate the command required to express what they wish to say musically, the way they internally envision it. It is my hope that my students will acquire tools that will not only help them become better musicians and players, but also assist them in other areas of their lives. At the core of great artistry, I believe there are 10 essentials to communicate at the highest level. A musician must be able to become a “thinker” one that can analyse music before playing it, a “singer” to implement lyricism in their phrasing, a “sculptor” of phrases to draw the right profile when needed, a “dancer” to understand tempi and flow, a “sportsperson” to have the physical endurance and resistance, a “painter” of harmonies as colours, an “architect” with the capacity to create textures and build structures through sound, an “actor” to present their musical proposition, a “missionary” to deliver the message and lastly, a “storyteller” the raconteur which is the all-encompassing denouement of these essentials. Every student has a story to tell- their original voice is ultimately “the story”….their own story….
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Lesson Packages
$115
/hourly rate
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