Category: Music

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 happen to love Christmas. There are a lot of commercial aspects that I don’t like, but I love the decorations, I love the fact of getting to see my […]

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 […]

I have recently been nominated for 5 Music NB Awards. The last time I was nominated for an award, a columnist called me to get a reaction and I was […]

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 […]

This week I am headed to the studio for my 4th recording.  I thought in this blog post that I would share with you have I have learned over time!  […]

I find it hard to believe that I will be going to the studio later this week!  As with so many things in my life, this has crept up on […]

These past couple of weeks I have been performing outside, both at weddings and at summer concerts.  I love playing music outdoors!  This got me thinking about the kind of […]

I took a whirlwind tour to Ireland this past weekend.  I had been invited to attend the Dunfanaghy Traditional Irish Music Festival from June 28-30 at Arnolds Hotel in Dunfanghy, […]