Music festival is over for me for another year. It is always a stressful event for both students and teachers. It is impossible to know what someone else is going […]
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It’s that time of year again. My students are coming back for their first lessons of the school year. I like to take this time to talk to them about […]
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 […]
As is the case for oh so many people, one of my ongoing goals is to improve my health. I have never been one to go to the gym to […]
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 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 […]
Last week I held my end of year student recital. I always play at my recital as I feel it is important for my students and their parents to see […]
I celebrated my birthday over Easter weekend, and realized that it was a year ago that I launched the Legacy Project, recording “Greenseleeves & Puddin’ Pies”, a CD of Christmas/seasonal […]
Have you ever been to a lesson and thought, “I hope that my violin teacher does not ask me to play that piece! I am having trouble with it!” I […]
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 […]