I have been thinking about practicing quite a lot recently. It has come up in three ways in my life recently, and I want to share my thoughts with you. […]
Category: Music
So, I love Pilates! I have been doing Pilates for probably close to five years now. I feel good about myself, and am proud of how far I have come! […]
I have been writing fiddle tunes for the past 15 years or so, but only started doing so with any regularity six years ago. At the moment I write all […]
So I am preparing to go the studio again next week. This time I will be recording pop covers on the cello. Kind of wild! This is not something I […]
I love playing in a pit orchestra. It really doesn’t matter the style of music. In high school I played for our school production of “Oklahoma,” in university I played […]
Just a few weeks ago I had a student come to a violin lesson who did not want to get her violin out of her case. Her mother told me […]
I took an online course back in 2012 all about the business of music. One of the many things that my teacher taught me is that sometimes you have to […]
I wrapped up all of my private teaching last week for the school year, so now both my students and I have a well-deserved break. I am a great believer […]
As part of my studio, I run a group called the Fredericton Fiddle Orchestra. At the moment this is a group of 8 women who play fiddle and piano. We […]
Any of you who are regular readers will know that I am a huge advocate of practicing music slowly. My students hate hearing me say “Let’s work on this passage […]