| Spring
Burke is a freelance violinist living in Vancouver. She is
currently teaching downtown and at Oakridge Music Studio. Spring
has been playing violin for over 20 years. Spring has spent the
last eight years teaching violin to children and adults of all ages and
she is well equipped to help a student through all levels of exam
preparation. Spring strives to find the best approach for each
individual student and does not rely on any one particular method of teaching. She prefers to draw from several methods of teaching to
provide a complete course of study tailored to the needs of her
students. She enjoys teaching classical music and European and
North American fiddle music. Spring has a Master's degree in Music Performance from the University of Victoria where she studied under Sharon Stanis of the Lafayette String Quartet. While studying at the University of Victoria, Spring was the String Chamber Music Teaching Assistant. Spring was awarded the Muriel A. Raguin Scholarship for top graduate students entering a fine arts program at UVic. She won the People's Choice Prize at the UVic Annual Solo Bach Competition. On scholarship, Spring has recently attended the Symphony Academy of the Pacific and the Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival. Spring completed her Bachelor of Music in Performance at Memorial University of Newfoundland where she earned the University Medal of Excellence in Music. She also received the Dr. Hugh O'Neill Prize in Violin; awarded to the top graduating undergraduate violinist. While studying at MUN she played with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and the NSO Sinfonia. In the winter of 2007 Spring was a member of the Memorial University String Quartet that toured to Labrador and perform in rural communities. Some of Spring’s principle teachers have included: Sharon Stanis, from the Lafayette String Quartet and UVic; Nancy Dahn, from the Duo Concertante and Memorial University of Newfoundland; and Dolores Vann from the Victoria Conservatory of Music. In the genre of folk fiddling Spring’s principle teacher was Calvin Cairns. She has also participated in master classes held by Mimi Zweig (Indiana University), Regis Pasquier (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris), Mark Fewer (McGill University), Jonathan Swartz (Arizona State University), and Sergiu Luca (Rice University). Spring’s performance experience consists of: public solo recitals; gigs in classical, folk, flamenco, and klezmer music; playing in BC Ferries’ On Board Entertainment program; playing at fairs and festivals across BC; Professional Clowning; playing with B’ys in da Shtetl, a Klezmer band in St. John’s NL; playing in Spanish Passion, a Flamenco music and dance theatrical show; and numerous symphony and chamber music recitals. |