NICOLE BALLINGER- BIOGRAPHY
Nicole has been performing strings for the past 25+ years and started her musical journey learning the violin with Suzuki and traditional methods at six years old. She studied under the direction of Ed Edwards, Cindy Nordstrum and other teachers in Rhode Island.
After her move to Florida she returned to music performance alongside her husband Richard. She has performed with several chamber groups and community orchestras among them the Indian River Pops and the Treasure Coast Symphony and now currently the Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra.
She has also co-founded and is the event coordinator for the ensembles Ocean Strings- a quartet and duo ensemble that has performed for many special events on the Treasure Coast for the past 15+ years. She enjoys teaching multi-genre strings to beginning-intermediate students at their Vero Beach studio. She's a current member of ASTA ( American String Teacher's Association) and SAA ( Suzuki Association of the America's).
In addition she has passionate interests in community volunteering both with the public school orchestra program and in the Haitian/ French community.
In 2016, Nicole became a certified Kindermusik educator and has integrated this highly awarded international music and movement curricula as part of her new studio classes for infants to age five and their caretakers.
In 2020-21, Nicole completed her mentorship practicum with the cutting edge pre twinkle curriculum: Kaleidoscopes with Elise Winters, which engages young children in singing/ Solfege, piano literacy and Montessori guided education in violin/viola pedagogy.
After her move to Florida she returned to music performance alongside her husband Richard. She has performed with several chamber groups and community orchestras among them the Indian River Pops and the Treasure Coast Symphony and now currently the Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra.
She has also co-founded and is the event coordinator for the ensembles Ocean Strings- a quartet and duo ensemble that has performed for many special events on the Treasure Coast for the past 15+ years. She enjoys teaching multi-genre strings to beginning-intermediate students at their Vero Beach studio. She's a current member of ASTA ( American String Teacher's Association) and SAA ( Suzuki Association of the America's).
In addition she has passionate interests in community volunteering both with the public school orchestra program and in the Haitian/ French community.
In 2016, Nicole became a certified Kindermusik educator and has integrated this highly awarded international music and movement curricula as part of her new studio classes for infants to age five and their caretakers.
In 2020-21, Nicole completed her mentorship practicum with the cutting edge pre twinkle curriculum: Kaleidoscopes with Elise Winters, which engages young children in singing/ Solfege, piano literacy and Montessori guided education in violin/viola pedagogy.
STUDIO ASSOCIATIONS:
FLORIDA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION (FOA)
MUSIC EDUCATORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE (MENC)
FLORIDA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION (FMEA)
AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (ASTA)
SUZUKI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAS (SAA)
FLORIDA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION (FOA)
MUSIC EDUCATORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE (MENC)
FLORIDA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION (FMEA)
AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (ASTA)
SUZUKI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAS (SAA)
