Last week I held my end of year student recital. I always play at my recital as I feel it is important for my students and their parents to see […]
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I recently had a pep talk with one of my students from Park St. Elementary School. She was struggling with playing some of the music that we had been working […]
I celebrated my birthday over Easter weekend, and realized that it was a year ago that I launched the Legacy Project, recording “Greenseleeves & Puddin’ Pies”, a CD of Christmas/seasonal […]
Fun with scales? Did I say fun? Ok, so, perhaps my idea of fun is a little twisted, but I do actually enjoy playing scales, and have several different ways […]
Have you ever been to a lesson and thought, “I hope that my violin teacher does not ask me to play that piece! I am having trouble with it!” I […]
What is defined as Folk Music? Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often […]
History of the Fiddle: The medieval fiddle emerged in 10th-century Europe, deriving from the Byzantine lira (Greek:λύρα, Latin:lira, English:lyre), a bowed string instrument of the Byzantine Empire and ancestor of most European bowed instruments. The […]
Do you every think “I should go practice, but there really isn’t enough time?” I know I have! Also, there are days that I sit on the couch with lots […]
I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions, but I guess it is a bit late for that by now anyway! I do enjoy taking time every January to look at […]
After all of the work, the Legacy Project has finally all come together! The recording is done, the mixing is done, the design is done, most of the advertising is […]