Jessica Retana

Jessica Retana is the founder and instructor at The Well-Balanced Violin Studio. Jessica is a violin teacher and early childhood music educator that uses the Suzuki Method to teach music to children from birth. She also teaches Intermediate/Advanced violin students the importance of taking care of your body while playing the violin. She believes that preventing unnecessary tension, pain, and injuries at a young age will unlock the ability and enjoyment of playing the violin for life.
Jessica offers Suzuki Music & Movement classes to children ages 0-4 with a parent or guardian, and expecting mothers in their third trimester. This program nurtures the child’s musical development, while building fine motor skills, emotional and social skills, character development, and readiness for preschool. Through this program, children are able to socialize with others, have fun with music, and develop a memorable and nurturing bond with their parents. The Suzuki Early Childhood Education program is an incredible opportunity to develop ability in your child from the earliest possible moments.
Jessica also offers Suzuki Violin Lessons to children ages 4-18. This program includes a private lesson and a group lesson each week to learn the violin in a nurturing and positive environment, as well as several performance opportunities throughout the year. In addition to learning violin and musicianship skills, the Suzuki violin program uses music as a tool to teach children concentration, problem solving skills, perseverance, responsibility, leadership, cooperation, creativity, reading, math, motor skills, and more. These skills are nurtured to prepare students for success in their academic studies and beyond. Similar to the SECE program, children are able to socialize with others, have fun with music, and develop a memorable and nurturing bond with their parents in Suzuki violin. This program is an incredible opportunity to cultivate a life long love of music and beautiful character in your child.
Jessica received her Bachelor of Music in Classical Violin Performance from Belmont University where she studied with Elisabeth Small, former Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony, as well as Alison Gooding Hoffman, First Violinist of the Nashville Symphony. After her studies at Belmont, Jessica received her Masters of Music in Violin Performance from Southern Methodist University where she studied with Diane Kitzman, Principal First Violinist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Jessica has received Suzuki teacher training from Charles Krigbaum in Violin Books 1-4, and training in Suzuki Early Childhood Education Stage 1 with Lynn McCall and Wan Tsai Chen.
For more information and to start violin lessons or early childhood classes, please visit www.thewellbalancedviolinstudio.com/.
Thank you!
Jessica offers Suzuki Music & Movement classes to children ages 0-4 with a parent or guardian, and expecting mothers in their third trimester. This program nurtures the child’s musical development, while building fine motor skills, emotional and social skills, character development, and readiness for preschool. Through this program, children are able to socialize with others, have fun with music, and develop a memorable and nurturing bond with their parents. The Suzuki Early Childhood Education program is an incredible opportunity to develop ability in your child from the earliest possible moments.
Jessica also offers Suzuki Violin Lessons to children ages 4-18. This program includes a private lesson and a group lesson each week to learn the violin in a nurturing and positive environment, as well as several performance opportunities throughout the year. In addition to learning violin and musicianship skills, the Suzuki violin program uses music as a tool to teach children concentration, problem solving skills, perseverance, responsibility, leadership, cooperation, creativity, reading, math, motor skills, and more. These skills are nurtured to prepare students for success in their academic studies and beyond. Similar to the SECE program, children are able to socialize with others, have fun with music, and develop a memorable and nurturing bond with their parents in Suzuki violin. This program is an incredible opportunity to cultivate a life long love of music and beautiful character in your child.
Jessica received her Bachelor of Music in Classical Violin Performance from Belmont University where she studied with Elisabeth Small, former Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony, as well as Alison Gooding Hoffman, First Violinist of the Nashville Symphony. After her studies at Belmont, Jessica received her Masters of Music in Violin Performance from Southern Methodist University where she studied with Diane Kitzman, Principal First Violinist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Jessica has received Suzuki teacher training from Charles Krigbaum in Violin Books 1-4, and training in Suzuki Early Childhood Education Stage 1 with Lynn McCall and Wan Tsai Chen.
For more information and to start violin lessons or early childhood classes, please visit www.thewellbalancedviolinstudio.com/.
Thank you!