Welcome to our Studio

Ms. Mauroschadt offers a wealth of professional training and a breadth of experience to her students in Charlottesville, VA and beyond at The Violin and Piano Studio. While earning her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Ithaca College, she studied violin with Curtis Institute of Music alumna Pamela Gearhart, while also focusing on piano pedagogy. Ms. Mauroschadt's playing and teaching was dramatically influenced by "Mrs. G's" winsome and engaging style, juxtaposed with high standards and an intense focus on getting the most from her students. She has also taken lessons with David Cerone of the Cleveland Institute of Music during a summer program at the Meadowmount School of Music and, more recently, Teo Tetel of The Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Preparatory Department. 

Ms. Mauroschadt undertook her training in Suzuki Violin Pedagogy with acclaimed teachers Sanford Reuning and Teri Einfeldt (of Ithaca Talent Education) in Ithaca, NY. Continuing education through Suzuki teacher training sessions, and now online musical pedagogy resources, has been a hallmark of her teaching career. 

Playing a musical Instrument or learning to draw realistically is a most rewarding experience — quickening mind, body and soul. 

It's fun, challenging and opens children up to a world full of beauty and self expression. 

During your "Meet & Greet" visit, you'll learn all you need to know about how to get started and, together with Ms. Mauroschadt, will set realistic expectations for your child's art or music instruction. The private lessons will teach the technique and begin instilling a solid work ethic and the lighthearted group lessons will provide a venue for your child to enjoy making friends, laugh, share accomplishments, and learn from peer role models. 

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The classical drawing class grew out of an expressed need from parents to offer reality-based drawing classes for their children. A great deal of contemporary art classes for children fail to challenge the student visually and technically and rarely equip students with concrete skills from which to draw in order to accurately execute their drawings. This results in baseless works of "self-expression" that lack depth and an understanding of the real world around them — with no new development or growth in their drawing skills.

Our classical drawing program (adapted for children) provides a solid foundation for understanding the real world through the time-tested rudiments of drawing, form, depth perception and eye-hand coordination. It is interspersed with fun assignments which apply techniques learned and help children connect the theory they're learning with subject matter that interests them. Our watercolor class provides a light-hearted way of helping student to learn how to intentionally use color, as well as heightening their visual sensitivity, and providing an added dimension to their existing drawing skills. 

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