​​Ruben has worked with stringed students since 2013. Through his private studio, he has worked with violin and viola students aged 6-18, along with adult students. He is excited to continue working with students through private lessons to achieve their performance goals. 

From 2018-2022, he worked as an elementary and middle school strings teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools and Prince William County Public Schools. During that same time period, he worked with the DC Youth Orchestra Program and worked as a violin/viola teaching artist and conductor of Sinfonia, an intermediate-level string orchestra.

                                  
​Private Lesson Studio

Passionate about teaching the next generation of musicians, Ruben offers violin and viola instruction to students aged 10+. He instructs private lessons on various musical genres (including classical, jazz, and rock), along with Group Lessons and Music Theory Instruction. 

                         
​Ruben's Pillars of Instruction

1. Lessons are goal-based and developed by the student
2. Important life skills are developed through musical studies and transfer beyond music.
3. "Triangle Theory:" collaboration between students, parents, and teacher to achieve greatest musical growth and development
4. Developing life-long "citizens and advocates" of music and the arts