So I finished up my residency last Friday. The past two weeks were long, hard, wet, cold, and very productive! I wrote 30 new fiddle tunes and put together 15 […]
Category: Teaching
Did you know that there are several stages to learning something new? This can be with driving a car, starting a new job, or learning an instrument. The process of […]
I think that all of us feel stuck at times. You’ve been working on a piece, and it just doesn’t seem to be getting better even though you have been […]
So often people wonder why they are not progressing. I have been thinking about what it is that leads to success, and here are three key items: Patience – I […]
I can’t tell you how many of my students through the years have come to me to ask if their progress is “normal”. “How far along should I be by […]
Have you ever taken our your violin (or other instrument), started practicing, and realized that you just really aren’t feeling it? I had that feeling just the other day getting […]
If you have been reading my blogs for a while, you know that I am always interested in ways to stay organized and be efficient. One of the methods that […]
My husband, my mom, and I had been traveling to visit family. When we returned home, we discovered a pile of snow and ice had accumulated on the step. I […]
Each year, as I teach my students, I see some of the same issues. These are all issues that I have had as well! The issue that I want to […]
The month of August was challenging for me mentally! I decided at the end of last year to start treating my teaching studio more as a business. I have been […]