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Cheryl Pearson

Events and Private Music Instruction

 
Cheryl Pearson provides private music lessons & solo violin music for your special event!                   
With over 10 years of teaching and performance experience, quality and customer service are the highest priorities. 
 
 
 
Music is a not just a form of sound that is pleasing to hear. 
To the musician, it is a discipline and form of expression that is studied, learned, and carried out into a pattern that is daily life. 
 
To the audience, it is a way to hear, feel, and understand the inexpressible. 

 

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." 

Ludwig van Beethoven 

 

   Personal/Corporate Events:
 
 
There are numerous occasions that require the just the right sound of Simple Elegance!
 
 
With over 10 years of performance experience for hundreds of events, Cheryl Pearson provides classical violin music for your upcoming special occasion!  Make your day elegant and memorable with Sounding Grace Music!
 
 
Customized to your taste, Cheryl will accommodate you as best as possible to ensure that your event is perfect! 
  
 
While classical violin is primarily the style performed, special requests of alternate styles or specific repertoire is generally accepted, per the client's request.
 
 
 
 
 
 View the Events page to learn more for your special event!
   
 
 
 

Private Lessons

 
    
How Sounding Grace Private Lessons Work:
 
Through individualized, one-on-one instruction, the fundamentals of music are presented through classical methodology, always designed for the student's unique learning needs.
 
From Baroque to Modern/Contemporary music, SGMA builds skills for sight-reading, ear-training, and music theory, while fostering creativity and enhancing self-esteem and discipline through private lessons and performance recitals. 
 
  
Private Lessons Offer:
 
  • Lessons on a variety of instruments
  • Safe and creative learning environment!
  • Over 10 years of experience and professionalism teaching
  • Individualized lesson for your students' unique learning needs
  • Dedication to each student's musical goals
  • Flexibility to each and every family participant
  
**Two Studio Locations & In-Home Instruction Available!**
 
Chantilly/Fairfax Station Studios
or
In-Home Instruction at your residence for convenience!
  
*Availability for lessons will vary by location*
 
 

 

  Why Music Lessons?  

 Higher Academic Achievement!

Positive Social Influence!

"Music students continue to outperform their non-arts peers on the SAT."

 
~'Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers'
The College Board 2000
"A 1984 study by Mueller found that physical, mental, emotional and social develeopment are faster when students learn a musical instrument."
 
~'Music Makes a Difference'
Jeanne Akin

 "Students who were exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100% higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner."

 
~Neurological Research, 1999
"Upon integration of the arts into major subjects in fourteen Elementary and Secondary public schools, student behavior improved strikingly in such areas as taking risks, cooperating, solving problems, taking initiative for learning, and being prepared."
 
~'Learning Through the Arts'
Dee Dickinson

"Studying music strengthens students' academic performance.  Studies have indicated that sequential, skill-building instruction in art and music integrated with the rest of the curriculum can greatly improve children's performance in reading and math."

 
~'Learning Improved by Arts Training'
 Martin Gardiner, Alan Fox, Faith Knowles and Donna Jeffrey

 "There is a very high correlation between positive self-perception, high cognitive competence scores, healthy self-esteem, total interest in school involvement, and the study of music."

 
~'Achievement Motivation as a Factor in Self-Perception'
O.F. Lillemyre

"A study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, Biology, Chemistry and Math."

 

~'The Case for Music in the Schools'

 Phi Delta Kappa, 1994

 "There is recent research to indicate that the arts teach students to become self-motivated learners and to use time and other resources effectively - important skills in school and business."

 

~'How Do The Arts Contribute To Education? An Evaluation of Research'

Kent Sidel, PhD.

 "Admissions officers at 70% of the nation's major universities have stated that high school credit and achievement in the arts are significant considerations for admission to their institution."

 
~'Music's Impact Elementary to High School'
Tim Lautzenheiser and Michael Kurner

"The arts promote the use of imagination."

 

~ Elliott Eisner, Prof. of Stanford University