STRINGS

Two Boys Playing String Instrument — Cary, NC — Cary School of Music
Lessons are offered in violin, viola, cello, and bass. Students are coached in both traditional and Suzuki methods and can join the program at any age and level. Many students are enrolled in school orchestra programs and receive help with learning music for all state and other types of auditions. Recitals are presented at the end of each semester and other opportunities to perform in and around our community are available. String instrument rentals are available through our partner site NEMC.

SUZUKI VIOLIN

All violin faculty members offer Suzuki as well as traditional violin lessons. This "mother tongue" method puts a great deal of emphasis on listening to music and performing often in a group setting. Students are able to begin their music training at an extremely early age with the aid of tiny instruments, which are readily available at Cary Music Supply. Parents are very much involved in the practice at home and are included in the lessons with the young child.
Children Playing Suzuki Violin — Cary, NC — Cary School of Music

Instructors

A woman in a red vest is holding a violin and smiling.
Madelynn Huff - received her BM in Violin Performance from the University of Oklahoma, then chose to pursue her MM in Violin Performance at UNC-Greensboro. During her time at the University of Oklahoma, she was a member of the undergraduate scholarship ensemble, Claeys String Quartet, as well as a violin and viola instructor for the Sooner String Project. Madelynn was also a part of the Seraphin String Quartet Chamber Music Workshop, Marrowstone Music Festival, and Brevard Summer Music Festival. During her graduate studies at UNCG, Madelynn held assistant teaching positions in undergraduate music theory and aural skills courses. Additionally, she was a member of the Graduate String Quartet, which performed recitals and outreach concerts throughout the state of North Carolina. She is an active freelance musician in the Greensboro area, enjoying a range of collaborative and musical settings.
Kevin Yen - Violin Instructor - Cary, NC
Kevin Yen holds his Bachelor's degree of Music in Violin Performance from Pennsylvania State University. He also holds a Master's degree of Music in Performance with Suzuki Pedagogy emphasis from East Carolina University. Mr. Yen taught in Greenville, NC while completing his studies at East Carolina University gaining broad experience through group and private instruction. Mr. Yen is in great demand as a teacher and performer throughout the Triangle area.
Pamela Pandolfi - Violin Instructor - Cary, NC
Pam Pandolfi, BM degree, violin and viola from Baylor University , is owner and Director of CSM. She teaches violin and viola including the Suzuki method to students pre-school through adult of all ages and ability levels. Pam taught elementary – high school public school strings in SC and Wake County, private lessons in several states and in the Triangle and performed as a free-lance violinist/violist in orchestras and ensembles for many years. Special studies were with Shinichi Suzuki at Oberlin Conservatory and numerous Suzuki and Orff workshops including participation as a Suzuki clinician with William Starr, at UNC-CH. 
Robert Garbarz - Violin Instructor - Cary, NC

Robert Garbarz


Robert Garbarz received his Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught violin throughout the years in various venues including the UNCG Community Arts Collaborative and Apex High School.



Robert's extensive orchestral performance experience includes the Fayetteville Symphony, Gate City Camerata, Raleigh Festival Orchestra, UNC Baroque Orchestra (concertmaster), UNC Lab Orchestra, UNC Opera Orchestra, and the Louisville Symphony Orchestra. He has been a member of several strings quartets including UNC Quartets and Mars String Quartet. He was the recipient of the Spirit Square Center for Arts and Education scholarship. He participated in the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin University, Ther Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, and the Richard Luby International Violin Symposium.


Robert has been a faculty member with Cary School of Music since 2017.

Pamela Pandolfi - Violin Instructor - Cary, NC

Audrey Schleich


My name is Audrey Schleich. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Music String Performance, graduate level training in Suzuki Pedagogy, and have been teaching violin at Cary School of Music since 2015. In addition, I teach fiddle music including Scottish, Irish, and blue grass. I believe that students should enjoy learning to play the violin while working on their technique, reading skills and musicianship. As the mother of a six year old daughter, I feel that the patience, understanding and parenting skills I have learned and experience every day are an important part of my teaching. It is a joy for me to work with children and to discover how each of them is so different and unique. 

Mallory Phillips

Mallory Phillips holds a Master of Music degree from UNC Greensboro and a Bachelor of Music degree from Converse University, majoring in Violin Performance. She regularly plays as a section violinist in the North Carolina Symphony and has previously been a section violinist with the Winston-Salem Symphony and Greensboro Symphony, a substitute violinist for the Charlotte Symphony, and was the Principal Second Violin of the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. She has been a featured soloist with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, and the Converse Symphony Orchestra. Mallory has performed at numerous summer festivals, including the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, NC and the Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, SC. In addition to Mallory’s active performing career, she has also kept up an active violin studio, teaching at the Lawson Academy of the Arts in Spartanburg, SC from 2014-2016, and privately out of her home for the past 8 years. She has also led numerous college and high school level violin sectional rehearsals, including violin sectionals for the Senior High School Orchestra at UNCG Summer Music Camp in 2019, where she was a counselor and rehearsal assistant, the UNCG Symphony Orchestra, and the Converse Symphony Orchestra, and working as a regular sectional coach with the Triangle Youth Symphony. 


Beyond classical violin, Mallory loves exploring different genres like bluegrass and Irish fiddle. She also writes and records original songs with her husband in their home studio. A multi-instrumentalist, Mallory also plays guitar and piano, and teaches both violin and piano at Cary School of Music.