Etelka Nyilasi

Experience

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  Self Employed

  Sept 1998 - now

  Violinist/Violist, Music Arranger

  Styles on violin: Classical, Cape Breton Celtic/Folk, Arabic and Turkish, BollywoodViola: Classical, gigs2023 - violist for the concert tour Rocky Mountain High: Celebrating the Music of John DenverOngoing orchestral and chamber music gigs include John Cameron Changing Lives Foundation's yearly fundraising show "Crescendo", Prince George Symphony Orchestra, Alberta Symphony Orchestra, Duo D'Amore and Duo Garneau (Classical violin), Tarabish Collective (Middle Eastern violin). Theatre work2018: violist for "The Y2K Black Death Oratorio", performed by Pop Goes the Opera, Edmonton Fringe Festival, August 20182017: violinist, violist, music arranger for "9 Parts of Desire", performed by the theatre company The Maggie Tree at Varscona Theatre, Edmonton AB, April 6 to 15, 2017.2008-2012: Nero String Quartet (2nd violin or viola), Hiley Strung Quartet (2nd violin), Kiki's Bollywood Strings and Variations-on-a-Theme String Quartet (Both violin parts and viola, depending on need). All are UK based groups.Transcriber/Arranger: I transcribe and arrange all styles of music primarily for strings. I have transcribed and arranged various styles of popular music, movie music, Bollywood/Pakistani/Indian songs, traditional/folk music, Western Classical works, and any other styles as requested. My main employers for this work currently are the Nero String Quartet, the 440 String Quartet, and Duo D'Amore. Show less

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  The Music Grove Music School

  Jan 2000 - now

  Violin, viola, piano, theory instructor

  Violin, viola, piano, folk fiddle (Celtic), theory, composition and Kodály musicianship instructor.I have Colourstrings music kindergarten and violin teacher training, which I use in my teaching of children from about age 4.

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  Solihull MBC

  Nov 2008 - Feb 2011

  Music Service Violin Teacher

  Taught group and individual instrumental lessons. Also co-taught "wider opportunities" whole-class string classes in primary schools.

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  Birmingham Conservatoire

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2012

  Kodály Musicianship Instructor

  Taught Kodály musicianship classes to talented teenagers studying music in the Junior Department, and Kodály-based music kindergarten classes to younger students involved in the Young Strings Project.

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  Alberta Music Academy

  Sept 2012 - May 2020

  Violin, viola, piano teacher

  violin, viola and piano instructor.

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  University of Alberta

  Sept 2012 - May 2015

  Teaching Assistant and Primary Instructor

  Teaching AssistantMusic 259: Intro to CompositionMusic 263: Instrumentation and Arranging Music 155: Music TheoryPrimary InstructorMusic 102: Introduction to World Music

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  Resonate Music School & Studio

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2021

  Strings instructor

  violin, viola and beginner cello instructor

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  De Villars Jones Barristers & Solicitors

  Feb 2016 - Dec 2020

  Office Assistant

  Part Time Office Assistant-closing/deactivating files and sending them offsite-assisting in the accounting/bookkeeping department-general office work

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  Self-Employed

  Jun 2018 - now

  Freelance Translator

  Hungarian-English and French-English translation services.My most recent project has been to translate letters and speeches Hungarian-to-English for a musicology professor researching issues surrounding the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. My work is now featured in the book "A Thorn in the Rosebush: The American Bartók Estate and Archives During the Cold War, 1946-67" by Carl Leafstedt

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  Edmonton Classical Academy

  Sept 2023 - Jun 2024

  Music Instructor

  Classroom music teaching to Kindergarten to grade 7

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  Tonebase

  Feb 2024 - now

  Associate Editor

  Workbook creator, musical score annotation