Below is a link to the sign-up for the MCMC Caroling Party! Please come sing or play your instrument! All ages! All instruments! That means Singers!!! Folks who haven’t played in many years are very much invited, and also those who practice every day! There is a stack of music in the music center just behind
Category: Practice
Attached is the Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer arrangement for string trio (2 violins and cello) for mixed group class this week. It is scored for beginning sight readers using the A and D major finger placements / tapes for the violins. The melody line can be sight-read by students reading notes on the
Sunday, October 25, 2015 Group A at 4PM / Group B at 5PM Group A: Name Game Bowing Quickdraws Penny Basketball Bow Holds Up Like a Rocket Round the World Rhythm Practice Twinkle Variation A on E String with Piano Twinkle Variation A Bread Twinkle Variation A Cheese / Peanut Butter / Filling Twinkle Variation
For when it might be more fun to play cards than practice… Draw 6 cards at random. Put them up on the stand in the order they appear. Perform the cards in the order they appear. K: Twinkle Variation (Hearts Var A (mississipi hot dog / tuka-tuka-toot-toot), Clubs, Variation C (run pony run pony),
Here’s a recording of Emily Sunderman covering the John Legend Song, All of Me… It is the music playing and accompanied by an animation in one of the gallery spaces in Tanja Hollander’s exhibit at MassMOCA, Are you really my friend.
Many students structure practice through use of weekly practice charts. Parents or the teacher indicate specific focus points on the chart at the weekly lesson, and the student checks off the number of days they practice. Attached is a pdf of the chart I use in my studio. weekly_practice_chart
This week at lessons many students have worked on setting the conditions for playing in tune with good tone before playing a note. Here are the checkpoints to try before playing the first note. These three steps really help ensure that the bow makes a good sound and the notes are 90% more likely to be
On behalf of MCMC, I am applying for grant to purchase instruments for the string program at MCMC through an organization called, Classics for Kids (http://www.classicsforkids.org/grants.html). The grant will cover half the purchase of instruments which the school can then lend out to students participating in private lessons at MCMC. A quarter size instrument through
Several students this week have been assigned the Quint exercise 1 for The Well-Formed Left Hand. This exercise is practiced with careful attention to violin posture with minimal repetitions. The student works to execute the exercise with shoulders aligned above hips and hips aligned above feet, the instrument perched on the shoulder with the weight
And at last, here are the answers (in bold). It is a good idea for performers to arrive to the concert 15 minutes before the concert just as the performance is starting just before the performer’s number starts. If a concert attendee has to arrive late, it is best to enter the performance space Whenever
Emily Sunderman 