programs

Private Lessons

We offer 30, 45, and 60-minute private lessons for beginning, intermediate, and advanced violin and viola students. Lessons are typically scheduled weekly, and additional scheduling options are available. Lesson plans are created collaboratively with each student to work towards their individual goals.

Group Class

GreenHouse offers group classes to beginning violinists and violists in preschool and early elementary school. Each 90-minute bi-weekly class combines music making with visual art projects and culminates with an end-of-semester group performance and art show.

Audition & Performance Prep

For advanced students preparing for auditions or performances, we offer a comprehensive evaluation followed by technical and interpretive coaching sessions designed to optimize students’ confidence and musical expression as they approach performance deadlines.

Chamber Music Program

Chamber music is instrumental music played by a small ensemble with one player to a part. Chamber musicians are challenged to communicate clearly and listen closely to produce a seamlessly unified musical interpretation. Chamber music is the ultimate team sport!

Intermediate and advanced students are invited to explore the world of chamber music through our chamber music programs that include in-depth coaching sessions, masterclasses, and performance opportunities.

Sam Teaching

music

grows here

Sam Moraes

Positions

Maryville University, adjunct professor of violin 2017-present

GreenHouse Studio: a community space, performance venue & music school owner, violinist & teacher 2018-present

Community Music School at Webster University, private violin instructor 2016-2018

Chamber Music and Solo Experience

314 Quartet, second violinist 2023-present

St. Louis Chamber Soloists, violinist 2023-present

Maryville Faculty Recital with Peter Henderson and Andrea Jarrett Spring 2018

Guest Soloists with Spectrum Orchestra Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 Summer 2017

Select Orchestral Experience

The Muny Orchestra Summer 2024

Metropolitan Orchestra of St. Louis, violinist 2018-present

Winter Opera St. Louis, violinist 2016-present

Firelands Symphony, first violinist 2014-2016

Festival Experience

National Repertory Orchestra Summers 2015, 2016

Aspen Music Festival and School Summer 2013

Music Academy of the West Summer 2011

Education

Cleveland Institute of Music, Master of Music, 2014-2016
Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy
Primary Instructors: Ivan Zenaty, Carolyn Warner, Cavani String Quartet, Kimberly Meier-Sims

Eastman School of Music, Bachelor of Music, 2009-2014
Violin Performance, Take Five Scholar in Latin American History
Primary Instructors: Ayano Ninomiya, Juliana Athayde, Zvi Zeitlin