Experienced tutor in Piano in Charlottesville, Janice offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Love LOVE my lessons with Janice. As an adult learner she adapts to my learning style and is accommodating of my full time work schedule.

Our daughters began piano and violin lessons with Ms. Mauroschadt in January of 2020 and our expectations were simply that they would learn how to play their respective instruments and develop a love for the arts.
In three months, Ms. Mauroschadt has wildly exceeded those expectations! I was immediately impressed with Ms. Mauroschadt's skillful use of the Suzuki Method and her ability to provide our girls with some insight in regard to the inner grounding necessary to enjoy the overall learning process. Both girls have been progressing rapidly, but much more importantly, and unexpectedly, they have learned valuable lessons in character development and life skills—particularly courage to face failure, and resolve to proceed time and again, until they experienced success. They have also learned patience, commitment, discipline and humility while embracing the work involved in making practice successful and have surprisingly encountered the joy that follows after success is attained. As a proud parent, I am hopeful that they will develop their musical abilities as far as they are able. But I am more grateful that the moral skills they have learned will better prepare them to face life’s future challenges.

We’ve known Janice for over 10 years now. She first taught our eldest child violin and was excellent at engaging the child’s interest with the violin. She could strike the perfect balance between making the child feel comfortable and motivated to learn the instrument while emphasising the correct technique and expanding their repertoire. Her vast experience can be recognised by her astute observations once the child starts playing and the many ways she comes up with to address issues that might affect the child’s violin playing abilities. Currently, our younger two children have started online Violin lessons with Janice even though we have long moved out of Charlottesville. We just cannot find another violin teacher who is as dedicated and skilled as Janice!

My daughter began Suzuki violin at age 5 and has been working with Janice for over 10 years. Janice uses the Suzuki Method to help break down the impossible, making it accessible for any student.

As for results...I have never heard one of Janice’s students play the classic squeaky violin. In fact, you can spot Janice’s students in a large group of players, because their form is so beautiful. The group classes and twice-yearly recitals provide motivation, showcase the fruits of the student's labor, and provide an enjoyable venue to gather as a studio community. Solo recitals have brought my daughter’s playing to the next level, requiring her to memorize and polish each piece. I don’t know of any other teachers that offer this incredible experience to their students.The focus and dedication required to play violin has helped my daughter to develop discipline and an ability to persevere and has cultivated a love and deep understanding of music.

Although we're just with Ms. Janice's studio for 3 months, we learned a lot and made very good progress. She is professional and we definitely recommend her if you wanna learn the piano or violin!

Our granddaughter has reaped so many benefits in her first year of violin instruction! The discipline of daily practice that Ms. Mauroschadt promotes in creative ways has helped Amelia discover the rewards of concentrating on a given task until she reaches her goal. From a reluctant reader with below-par grades, Amelia, after her first six months of violin instruction, blossomed into an avid reader who was earning top marks in her schoolwork! It has also forged a special bond between us, as we’ve used Ms. Mauroschadt’s sage advice for making practice both fun and productive. I highly recommend Ms. Mauroschadt to anyone looking for expert and thoughtful instruction tailored to the individual student.

My son studies classical

drawing with Ms. Mauroschadt. From the preschool age our son

has had an interest in art and has

noticed beauty in many forms, including nature, paintings -- even clothing patterns. He expressed a desire to improve his drawing, and through one of Ms. Mauroschadt's other drawing students, we were fortunate to find her.

Working with Ms. Mauroschadt

has been rigorous and based in the classic techniques in drawing. She provides a solid foundation for him to have the tools to bring accuracy and realism into his drawing. Her guidance stresses discipline, patience and dedication to learn fine drawing skills. He holds a greater appreciation for the work involved in honing a skill and then using that skill to create his vision.

If you are seeking an accomplished fine artist-educator to build discipline and provide a solid technical foundation for your child in drawing, Ms. Mauroschadt provides that in spades!

We feel very lucky to have found Ms. Janice as the piano teacher and drawing teacher for our 9 year old daughter. It is not only because Ms. Janice is a highly experienced teacher, but also because she instills a good work ethic in music or art skill training, which could be of life-long benefit for our daughter.

Every time we leave her class, I feel my daughter has learned so much. Ms. Janice exemplifies what a fine art artist is like. She is strict, fun and loving. My daughter loves Ms. Janice and she is motivated to work hard.