Have you been practicing regularly but still feel like you’re not improving? It’s a common and frustrating experience for every musician. Progress doesn’t always move in a straight line, and […]
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“I played it better at home!!!” I can’t count the number of times I’ve either thought or said those words, and it’s something I hear from my students frequently as […]
Have you ever picked up your violin (or any other instrument), started practicing, and realized—you’re just not feeling it? It happened to me not long ago while I was preparing […]
Last Friday marked another rehearsal day with my baroque ensemble. A few weeks earlier, we’d had our first rehearsal, and I’d dedicated myself to daily practice in between. I’d taken […]
A few weeks ago I posted about how I am only practicing 15 minutes a day at the moment. I wanted to talk about that a little bit more. When I […]
When I finished my part of the recording in late January I was wondering where to go and what to do next. I am proud to say that I have practiced […]
I started playing the violin when I was 6 years old and used the Suzuki books throughout my initial years. During the first year of lessons we learned music by […]
“I played it better at home!!!” I can’t tell you how many times I have either thought or said those words. It is also something I hear from my students […]
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 […]