A couple weekends ago I was rehearsing with Symphony NB. At many points during the rehearsal, you could hear the sound of many pencils being put down on music stands […]
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There have been a couple of big new items over the past couple of week. On the East Coast, one of the big items was Rita McNeil’s passing at the […]
One of my goals for 2013 was to find a way to give back to the community. Some might say that I do so by teaching children how to play […]
The last couple of months I have been teaching a group adult fiddle class. As part of the class, I have been offering a single private lesson to each student. […]
I am in a Celtic/Maritime band called, well, Different Folk. We have actually been playing music together now since 2009 and named ourselves Different Folk in 2010. We had a busy weekend this […]
I have recently started teaching a group of adults to fiddle. One of my students came to me ready to quit after 3 lessons. This raised the question in my […]
I have not been playing one of my violins for over year now. This violin is the one that my parents bought for me when I was in university and […]
Recently I have been asked the same question several times. “Do others of your students have this same problem?” “Is my child learning at a normal speed?” This is fascinating! […]
Recently a student of mine was getting very frustrated because she was working really hard, practicing regularly, and felt that she was not improving. I have been through this many […]
Today while I was teaching I started thinking about the future, and in particular, my future. I began thinking about this as I was teaching a new beginning student, a […]