Violin & fiddle lessons
Classical violin, orchestra coaching and bluegrass fiddle — from a first Twinkle to chair auditions, lessons shaped around the music your student loves.
In‑home violin & fiddle lessons — we come to you.
Skip the drive and the waiting room. For families in Franklin and Brentwood, your teacher brings the lesson to your living room, with the same personal curriculum, on your family's schedule.
- No commute for you
- Same teacher & curriculum
- Great for busy families
Built around the music you want to play
Classical technique
Posture, bow hold, tone and clean intonation — through the Suzuki method or traditional reading, with scales, études and repertoire.
Orchestra support
Coaching for Maury and Williamson County orchestra students: school music, chair placements, auditions and concert prep.
Fiddle styles
Bluegrass, old‑time and Celtic tunes, learned the way fiddlers do — by ear.
Your music
Favorite songs, movie themes, even rock and dubstep violin in the style of Lindsey Stirling.
Bethany Kelley
Bethany has taught violin for more than 15 years. She studied at Berklee College of Music and trained with Grammy‑nominated fiddler and National Fiddler Hall of Fame inductee Jim VanCleve, Augusta Symphony concertmaster Jonathan Aceto and Carl Purdy of Augusta State University — so classical technique and bluegrass fiddle live side by side in her lessons. Bethany also works one‑on‑one with Maury County and Williamson County orchestra students, helping them master their school repertoire, prepare for chair placements and auditions, and play their very best when it counts.
- 15+ years teaching
- Berklee College of Music
- Classical & Suzuki training
- Maury & Williamson County orchestra coaching
- Student of Hall of Famer Jim VanCleve
- Member, Indigo Roots Band
1.7K reactions113 sharesA piano and steel guitar solo — played on a fiddle.
A solo by Nashville legends Pig Robbins (piano) and Buddy Emmons (steel guitar) got stuck in Bethany’s head, so she worked it out on fiddle and posted it from the studio. When you truly understand your instrument, genre stops being a wall — any part, from any instrument or style, is just more music and more fun. That’s the musicianship she builds in every student, from orchestra chairs to first fiddle tunes.
One simple monthly plan
Same teacher, same weekly time slot, and support between lessons when practice gets tricky.
Monthly lessons
- Four weekly 30‑minute private lessons
- A personalized curriculum
- Practice support by call or text between lessons
- Priority booking for your time slot
- Prep for recitals, auditions and performances
- End‑of‑semester student recitals
From students & parents
“Bethany is an amazing teacher! My 8-year-old daughter absolutely loves her lessons, and I can see how much she has improved in just a few months.”
“Whether we’re working on classical techniques or exploring bluegrass fiddle, she makes each lesson feel exciting and inspiring.”
“She introduced me to performing dubstep and rock violin, and it completely changed my view of what the violin could do!”