Founder and owner of Flower City Fiddle, Alyssa Rodriguez teaches violin and fiddle lessons for adults and children in Rochester, New York — from complete beginners to advanced players. She studied the Suzuki Violin Method with Carrie Reuning-Hummel at Ithaca College, where she became a certified Suzuki Violin Method instructor in Every Child Can, Pre-Twinkle through Book 4.

Alyssa has taught private lessons since 2012 and regularly does professional development in music pedagogy to learn cutting edge teaching methods.

Alyssa Rodriguez has also studied Pre-Twinkle with Alice Kanack and is trained to teach Alice Kanack’s Creative Ability Development (CAD) method “Playing from the Heart.” Alyssa taught at the Kanack School of Musical Artistry for 8 years and now manages her own private studio Flower City Fiddle, where she teaches classical, fiddle, and alternative violin styles including jazz and improvisation.

Flower City Fiddle offers weekly and biweekly private lessons and weekly drop-in group classes and is located at 18 Harvard Street inside of Crossbridge Wellness.