Teaching
Callum draws on his extensive performance experience to offer students a practical and holistic musical education.
As a dedicated violin pedagogue, Callum holds a variety of roles including Assistant Professor of Violin at Carnegie Mellon University, Violin Faculty at Orford Musique, and Teaching Artist at Music Masters UK. He previously served 6 years as Professor of Violin at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Callum has taught masterclasses at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, the Shenzhen Conservatory of Music, among others. He has also been a guest teacher for the Benedetti Foundation, Tonebase, and Glotone.
Over the last four years, Callum has also been building new and innovative tools to make high-quality pedagogy more accessible.
He’s built an Instagram community of 60K followers where he shares violin tips for all levels and backgrounds, and recently announced Caidence, a free generative AI practice companion to support violinists in their musical journeys.
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