With 18 years of experience as both a performing artist and pedagogue, I work with students from the earliest levels to concertizing professionals, teaching and performing around the world in workshops, masterclasses, festivals, chamber classes, outreach programs, colleges, and in my online studio. My goal is to inspire students with the love of music while deepening their technical and interpretive ability. I train students to be their own best teachers, through understanding how physiology and the physics of their instrument intertwine (all while having good laughs about nerdy string ideas!) .
I hold a Doctorate in Violin Performance from Stony Brook University and a Masters from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where I also completed Suzuki teacher training. My years of doctorate provided the opportunity to serve as the teaching assistant for Philip Setzer (Emerson Quartet), Hagai Shaham, and Soovin Kim. I have a thriving in-person college studio in addition to my online studio, full of budding young artists, playing everything from twinkle to orchestral audition, competition, and professional audition repertoire. I have a passion for helping violinists and violists solve technical challenges with physical and mental ease through a knowledge of violin and viola physics.

Teaching Philosophy

For young students:

As a Suzuki teacher, I believe that all children can learn and that music is a beautiful gift for all of us to engage in and enjoy, regardless of our choice of path or profession. Lessons draw influence from Galamian, Gingold, Flesch, Paul Rolland, Mimi Zweig, Dalcroze, and many others. The ultimate goal is to educate healthy, creative, well-educated individuals and young musicians who will enjoy music for their entire lives.

For pre-professional lessons and pro coaching:

My pedagogy ideas are influenced by my own teachers, William Preucil, Philip Setzer, Soovin Kim, Andrew Jennings, and the work of Ivan Galamian and Josef Gingold. My approach to teaching the violin and the viola is based on scientific research regarding kinesiology, the physics of string instruments, and the teaching philosophies and methods of these remarkable pedagogues. I build practice tools with young artists and professionals to represent their precise weekly and long-term goals. Together, we streamline technical facility, knowledge, and time-effective practice methods, fostering creativity and unique individual style for flourishing in the 21st century.
I believe that good teaching asks questions and brings the mind of the teacher and the student together to invent solutions, inspire curiosity, foster discussion, and create beautifully faceted interpretations. My ultimate goal is to form intelligent, creative musicians who can handle absolutely any challenge with ease, confidence, understanding, skill, and humanity.

Bio:
Dr. Wendy Case has performed all over the world as a chamber musician and soloist. She is the founding violinist of the Brahms' Ghost Piano Trio and has collaborated with prestigious musicians such as David Finckel, Amir Eldan, Kirsten Docter, Soovin Kim, and performed in ensembles including the Blossom Festival (Cleveland Orchestra), and the Atlanta Symphony. Her passionate performances have been heard on NPR, in Carnegie Hall, the National Opera Center, the Kimmel Center, and Severance Hall. She studied at the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Stony Brook University. Influential teachers include Andrew Jennings, Yehonatan Berick, Philip Setzer (Emerson Quartet), Soovin Kim, Hai Xin Wu, and William Preucil.
Dr. Case currently serves on the music faculty of Berry College, Covenant College, and Chattanooga State.