B.Mus (Instrumental Teaching), Dip. Ed. (Instrumental Music)

Emi Tokutomi started playing violin in Japan in 1987 and studied VCE Music Performance at Ballarat High School. During that time she joined The Ballarat Symphony Orchestra. Emi completed her tertiary studies at Melbourne University, including Bachelor of Music (Instrumental Teaching Stream), and Graduate Diploma in Education majoring in Instrumental Music, Music in Classroom and Japanese. Since graduating from University, she has enjoyed playing as a member of The Whitehorse Orchestra.

Emi has taught violin since 2003, individually and in groups. Currently, she only teaches at Whitehorse Music and St Francis Xavier Primary School in Ballarat East.

Her method is mainly based on Suzuki and AMEB, however she likes various musical styles other than classical music, including folk and movie themes.

Emi is interested in learning new instruments, and through her experience learning different instruments, she believes that anyone can play violin, even though it appears to be one of the more difficult instruments and that it is definitely possible to acquire new skills as long as you keep working at it. Her current students are aged between 9 and 80 and all enjoy working towards their various musical goals.

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• Violin
• Piano
• Guitar
• Drums
• Flute
• Clarinet
• Sax
• Trumpet
• Singing
• Viola
• Ensemble
• Music Theory