Kaveh Saidi has a Bachelor's of Music in Violin Performance
from the University of Texas at Austin (96) and a Masters of
Music (99) in Violin Performance from Boston University.
In addition to performing extensively as a freelance
violinist in the Boston area, he has been a four year
member of the Cape Cod Symphony (MA) and Nashua
Symphony (NH). Kaveh has also been a six year member
of the ALEA III Contemporary Music Ensemble.
He currently performs as a founding member of the Broad Street
Quartet. Kaveh's teachers include Burton Kaplan, Peter Zazofsky,
and Vincent Frittelli.
In a teaching capacity, Kaveh has worked with the Greater Boston
Youth Symphony, the Governor's School of NC Youth Orchestra
(performing entirely 20th century repertoire), and Camp
Encore/Coda. He has four years of experience teaching private and
group violin lessons in the Milton public school district (MA), and
continues to give seminars on home practice techniques for young
musicians. Kaveh has three years of experience as the String
Orchestra Director at the Episcopal Academy, where he taught
group string lessons, group guitar, chamber music, and conducted
four String Orchestras. Kaveh has completed Massachusetts Music
Education Licensure through Boston University, and is also fully
certified in Pennsylvania in music, K-12. Kaveh is also a registered
Suzuki violin instructor, and includes some Suzuki elements in his
teaching.
Kaveh currently teaches strings in the Philadelphia School District
and is a violin faculty member at the Settlement Music School.
Kaveh's teaching philosophy is similar to his life philosophy: A
personal commitment to incremental improvement in all areas of life
is essential to happy development, as well as the mastery of
challenges.
Kaveh lives in Philadelphia, PA and is 100% American.