Stephen Larsen
Position
Performance Lecturer (violin)
Room
105, 35 Creyke Road
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364-2183 or +64 3 366-7001
Internal Phone: 7473
stephen.larsen@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
School of Music
University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch 8140,
New Zealand
Background
Stephen Larsen is a well known New Zealand violin teacher. Since his student days in Christchurch he has had a fascination with violin pedagogy, something which he has studied intensively ever since. He maintains a busy teaching schedule, currently teaching violin and chamber music at the University of Canterbury as well as the Pettman Junior Academy of Music and the Specialist Music Programme at Burnside High School. His students have enjoyed success in numerous competitions, including winning the National Concerto Competition, the Rotorua Competitions and the New Zealand Secondary Schools Chamber Music Contest. They have gone on to work and study all over the world. In 2003 he became one of the founders of the Queenstown Violin Summer School, something which has now become an integral part of the New Zealand music scene. He has regularly been invited to give lessons, masterclasses and talks on violin playing and teaching throughout New Zealand.