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Elaine Bonner BA Hons, Cert Ed, Director Jordan Junior Strings
Congratulations - we made it to Birmingham!
Following our entry to the Regional Festival on 28th March, we were one of the two groups selected to play at the MFY National Festival main event at the Birmingham Symphony Hall Complex on July 5th. See Members' page for details. To see our performance click here.
Congratulations to the following JJS students who have won Music Scholarships this year
Calum (Davenies)
Elizabeth (Downe House)
Aaron (Merchant Taylors)
Charlotte (Pipers Corner)
Fine Full Size Violins for sale at bargain prices!
From £250 - £5,000. Ask Elaine if you'd like to try one.
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CHEAP full size violin with bow in case, for parent to motivate child £50.
Elaine studied music at Southampton University but did not, at that stage, play the violin. Her eldest son, Simon, started to learn to play the violin following the Suzuki Method at the age of five and Elaine was captivated by the Method itself and the speed in which he learned. Simon progressed through several teachers until he reached Helen Brunner, who was then the Director of the London Suzuki Group and who inspired Elaine with her teaching ability. Elaine then studied the violin herself and taught her other sons to play and began to teach friends' children. Her success caused the foundation of Jordan Junior Strings.

She has now been teaching for thirty years and in that time, has taught hundreds of children to play the violin and viola. Many have moved on to study violin at music colleges and universities and many more have won music scholarships and awards at famous public schools and at the Menuhin School, Wells Cathedral School and the Purcell School.