Do you play out of tune?

Do you practice without progress?

VIOLIN LESSONS

MASTERCLASSES

AND

THE BOOK

"Violin Diploma Technique: Principles of Talent" by a diploma examiner, performer, university lecturer, diploma mentor, and author.

• This book defines five intuitive technical abilities that differentiate between successful diplomates and students that stop progressing.
• These abilities address the most frequent question asked of examiners:

"How can students pass diploma examinations?" 

EVAN ELSLEY (bio link)

INTRODUCING THE TIMELINE TECHNIQUE FOR INTONATION AND CO-ORDINATION

• Every violin technique takes time. Therefore, every technique can be placed into a logical timeline sequence.
• When something must be done before a repeatable result is captured, gaps of knowledge become evident.
• A sequential timeline allows every micro moment that has evaded traditional pedagogy to be discovered and defined. 
• This knowledge from filling in the gaps addresses the problems of insecure intonation and co-ordination loss. It also provides a real time listening technique.

In the examination room, problems with intonation and co-ordination security often occur due to mis-sequenced timing errors.

The timeline technique provides students with a foundation for capturing advanced technical speed and secure facility. It gives results.

PARENTS

Learning the violin is expensive and time consuming. Historically, traditional pedagogy includes trial and error, and often changing teachers. 

• Diploma attempts are expensive.
• Re-sits undermine confidence.
• Trial and error loses time. 

MUSIC DEPARTMENTS

Music departments regularly struggle with a lack of consistent linear progress in their results from one year to the next. This creates ongoing administration problems and parental complaints that seem unresolvable. 

TURN PRACTICE INTO RESULTS (link)

This website introduces the book, masterclasses, and violin lessons.
Explore the links and discover how to turn practice into results.

• Accelerated progress for young students strengthens their future scholarship and diploma prospects.
• At the 2025 AMEB session, an eight year old obtained a 6th Grade Credit after learning for 18 months with one lesson a week. 

• Book a consultation, masterclasses and tuition. (limited availability.) 

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