Violin is a tough cone. My dd has played for 4 years now, and only started because the school had a strings program for FREE ( like taking band or choris or whatever) we still had to rent the instrument which was 30.00 per month for a full size - 4/4. Plus 4.95 a month for insurance. We could never afford for her to play with the youth symphony in our town- not sure if she's good enough to try out for them anyway though.
This year her school has discontinued the strings program due to lack of teachers . There is a huge teacher shortage for orcehstra/strings instruments- Violin, Viola, cello, bass, harp. For some reason in our area they do not combine these instruments with the clairnets and all of those.
We have not been able to find a private teacher. I've been told that Violin is one of the most difficult instruments to play, and to teach, therefore the shortage of quality teachers. That's why you will always see ads for piano lessons pasted everywhere- easier to play and teach.
Check your parks and rec catalog- ours has piano but maybe you will get lucky for Violin. Also you could call the arts department of your school distirct, or your local school and see if they have a strings program. If so - see if there are teachers that would offer private or small group lessons.
Also you can check the places that rent musical instruments, they are usually pricer, but the smaller momand pop places might have a deal for beginner students instead of the chain places.
Good luck- violin is so pretty.
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