I know I have said this before, but I love this time of year! It is a new start! A do-over. Time to look at where you have been and […]
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Periodically I come up against the same dilemma: it feels like everyone else in the world is progressing really quickly, in whatever way, and like I am moving very slowly. […]
You have been practicing really hard, you have been making progress, and now things seem to be getting worse instead of better. It feels like nothing is working and like […]
Have you ever been playing a piece with a lot of sixteenth notes and found that they were sounding uneven? I have a trick that will help you to even […]
Last year I had a fabulous string quartet. The four of us played well together, we were starting to get a nice blended sound, and we enjoyed spending time together. […]
Christmas music is incredibly polarizing. Where do you stand? Do you love it? Do you hate it? The other day on twitter, Jian Ghomeshi tweeted that we should not be […]
Just this past week I had a breakthrough with one of my private violin students. Not only did she speak to me, but called me by name. This is a […]
I love this time of year. Actually, I love many times of the year! The thing I love about right now is that it is a chance to start over! […]
At this time of year everywhere that you look there are stories of “The Year that Was”, the year in photos, the stories that got covered by the media, the […]
I happen to love this time of year. I know, it is full of ridiculous commercialism andpeople are running around like crazy. The parking lots are full and there are […]