This is a fun, non-threatening environment designed for students of all ages (18+) – the goal: to make beautiful music! For beginners on their instruments!
Students must provide their own instrument, if you are in need of a rental, we can assist in setting that up through Baroque Instruments.
Clyde McKaney, a Jackson native, is principal violist and frequent solo violist with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and has enjoyed teaching at the Symphony’s music school since its founding in 1992. He began his musical studies in the Jackson Public School’s 6th grade string program playing the violin. In 1981, while still in high school, he joined the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. Just a couple of years later Clyde fell in love with the sound of the viola and decided to major in viola performance at the University of Michigan where he studied with renowned viola soloist Donald McInnes and principal violist of the Detroit Symphony, Nathan Gordon. He also majored in viola performance at Michigan State University where he studied with the New World String Quartet’s violist Robert Dan.
