Learning the violin

Averitt camp teaches youngsters to play, enjoy instrument

Violin Camp director Jonathan Aceto, center, helps campers with their cues while playing "The Storm" as they get to know their instruments Wednesday at the Averitt Center for the Arts. Students, ages 6-12, will spend this week learning the basics of playing violin, including reading music and learning some music history.

061015 VIOLIN CAMP 01 — Violin Camp director Jonathan Aceto, center, helps campers with their cues while playing "The Storm" as they get to know their instruments Wednesday at the Averitt Center for the Arts. Students, ages 6-12, will spend this week learning the basics of playing violin, including reading music and learning some music history.

The sound of violins can be heard from the third floor of the Averitt Center for the Arts all this week, as youngsters attend the center's first Violin Camp. The director of the camp, Dr. Johnathan Aceto, is an accomplished, well-known violinist, and he is happy and excited to share his love of the instrument with the 6- to 12-year-olds who are attending the camp. "I have been playing for a very, very long time," he said.

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