I was just reading back through some of my older blog posts, and thought that it was time to check in on my goals from January. All in all, I […]
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April is music festival month here in New Brunswick. Actually, I believe that the competitions run over into May, but the local level music competitions are held in April. I […]
A lot of times I notice that my students like to start a piece over from the beginning again when they make a mistake. This is not the most effective […]
I recently had a moment of self-realization… I am a part of several bands, and either by desire or default, usually end up being the person in charge. This means […]
I offer both group and private lessons through my teaching studio. Which is better? Well, as with so many questions, it all depends on what you want from your lessons. […]
Just before Christmas I had a breakthrough with one of my students. He is a lovely boy who is in his fourth year of taking lessons. He started in a […]
I love the beginning of a new year. I love the feeling of starting over again and the chance to look back at the year that was. Here are the […]
I recently heard a 5 year old student of mine talking to her mom as she walked away from lesson one day. Her lesson that day had not gone as […]
I was recently teaching one of my adult classes about playing double stops. My students told me that they were finding it difficult, and that they found that their violins […]
You love practicing your scales, right? Ok, maybe not. Do you find that sometimes your brain turns off while you are working on them? After all, the pattern remains that […]