Students and parents often struggle with how to structure practice time. Occasionally a student will come to a lesson and tell me that they don’t know what to do when they practice. In general it helps to have one or two intentions for technique development in mind for practice. Here are several examples: knees and hips over
Author: emily sunderman
As a music teacher and a person constantly interested in improving and reevaluating my own practice technique I find the Simon Fischer columns in The Strad magazine and his books indispensable and inspirational. I found his mind map for practice on his web site today and feel even more jazzed about Mr. Fisher’s ideas:
This machine is of course completely awesome. But a word of warning to you professional violinists out there: Use Caution!!! Last week’s temperatures left me not exactly wanting to venture much outside for exercise, so off I went to the gym for a few little workouts. I had heard tell that these machines are very
Below is is the Suzuki Group group class syllabus for January, 24, 2014. The majority of students for this class have played for 1-6 months between the ages of 5-9. Tuning Name Game (Introduce yourself and share what you had for breakfast. Reintroduce the person next to you then state your own name and what
Many students in an effort to control the bow grip the bow with the fingers all strongly curving around the top of the bow or balancing on the finger tips on top of the bow. This creates tension in the wrist which prohibits fluid bowing and the condition where to make a sound, the pointer
This short video describes the causes of the most basic violin related injuries and pains and ways to alleviate the issues through posture work.
The Addison String Quartet will play a concert on Sunday, December 7th at 2pm at the Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury Vermont. Quartet players for this concert will be Emily Sunderman, Kate McIntosh, Joy Pile and Carole Fenn. The program will include Haydn’s “The Lark” quartet, two tangos and two Elvis arrangements, and a variety
Group classes for Suzuki violin students are held at The Middlebury Community Music Center. Classes and recitals are open to all community members and included in tuition for lessons. All Suzuki violin students are invited to attend and can offer a donation if they do not study at MCMC. Saturday, January 24th at 11:30 am
Originally posted on steady she goes:
This is how violin practice went last night: John had “too much energy” to start, so he sprinted at top speed around the house for about five minutes. Top. Speed. Naturally, the sprinting ended in a dramatic “fall” and a hurt knee. The knee made it impossible for him to stand…
My husband thought of this idea and I’m rolling it out to students in my studio. For all the songs learned by the student so far, the book and number are written on a medium size wooden bead using a Sharpie pen. Each time the student learns a new song, a new bead is added
Emily Sunderman 