Grace Law
Director of Pedagogy
My name is Grace Law and I have an obsession with simplifying challenging concepts. It keeps me up at night and makes me excited to see my students every day so I can discover something new. In fact, every day that I get up in front of my students I ask myself, “How can I make this easier today?” And when I achieve the elusive ‘aha’ moment and get instant results from my students, I know I have to add it to my ever-growing library of strategies to share with you.
Despite having taken a number of string pedagogy courses in university, I know that many teachers still step into the classroom feeling unprepared to teach strings, just as I did when I first began. Many undergrad programs don’t have the resources to sufficiently prepare us for the realities and complexity of teaching strings in a heterogeneous classroom. As a result, teachers, string players and non-string players alike, are left to fend for themselves.
It is my belief that the process of teaching strings can greatly simplified, thus making it possible for music teachers, no matter their background, to become effective at teaching classroom strings in a relatively short amount of time. It is my mission to provide teachers with a clear sequential methodology that will help them make a dramatic difference for their students. These strategies are effective no matter if one is teaching under ideal conditions or in crowded classrooms with only half an hour to accomplish something in.
I have been sharing my methodology and many ideas with teachers around the world through my books, courses and blog with great success. I hope that my resources will help you teach strings with more confidence and ease, and I look forward to working with you someday soon.
Grace
Grace Law has music and teaching degrees from the University of Toronto. She has over 30 years of private and classroom teaching experience and currently teaches high school string orchestra in Toronto, Canada. She also lived and breathed ten years of Celtic fiddle music in the Canadian Maritimes, and spent many years watching her partner build and repair violins and guitars.
Grace is deeply dedicated to the success of both string teachers and their students. Her mission is simple: to make string teacher training easily accessible to everyone. To achieve this, she has developed a new pedagogy tailored specifically for teaching classroom strings.
Grace’s innovative training program is available online worldwide. Her clear and simple approach has proven highly effective. Teachers from many different backgrounds have learned the fundamentals of playing and teaching strings in a matter of weeks. Hundreds have benefited from her popular courses and in-person and online clinics.
Grace’s numerous publications have also become essentials in a growing number of classrooms. These include her popular Smart Bow Hold and Left Hand Handouts, Smart Scales for Strings, and Smart Bowing Exercises.
Grace has presented and exhibited at music educator’s conferences across Canada and the United States including the OMEA (Ontario), BCMEA (British Columbia), NSMEA (Nova Scotia), UMEA (Utah), ASTA (American String Teachers Association), the Midwest Clinic, and Sistema Canada. Grace is an Eastman Artist, has been interviewed by Music Ed Insights and the Low 2 Show, and her articles have been featured in SBO+ Magazine and the Utah Music Educators Journal.
