Below is the calendar for private and group violin and viola lessons at MCMC for the Summer of 2015 with Emily Sunderman. Register for lessons on the MCMCvt.org web site and contact me directly to work out lessons times! Group class over the summer will focus on sight reading and ensemble playing. We will have a mini recital
This result of our extra long, cold, dry, winter is that violin strings have become more out of tune between practices than usual. The more tuning that occurs on violins, the more likely that buzzing sounds will start to occur. The buzz usually originates around the fine tuners on the violin tailpiece. To identify where the buzz
Please consider signing up your favorite musicians for Camp Adagio! Musical activities will include two daily coached chamber music sessions, master classes, chorus and theory, and two 1/2 hour private lessons during the week. We’ll also embark on daily art projects including screen printing camp t-shirts, visit the Middlebury College Art Museum, visit with
Below is is the Suzuki Group group class syllabus for Sunday, March 1 at 4pm. If a student is not yet playing the song they can sit in their spot or bow on E string following the leader’s bowing pattern. Tuning Bowing Bunny Bow Holds with pens Up like a rocket with pens Bunny Bow Holds
It can be difficult to ensure lessons begin and end on time. Please plan to arrive 5 minutes ahead of your lesson. 3-5 minutes before your lesson start time, come quietly into the room! You are free to then find a spot to drop cases and find an empty seat, use the bathroom, get
Anyone who enjoys a waltz or would like to learn to dance a waltz is urged to come to this event which starts at 6:15 this coming Saturday, February 7th! I will be playing around 7:20 with a string quartet. The evening will culminate with the full Champlain Philharmonic playing for dancing pleasure. Please come!!!! I
Below is is the Suzuki Group group class syllabus for Sunday, February 8th at 4pm. If a student is not yet playing the song they can sit in their spot or bow on a single string following the leader’s bowing pattern. Tuning Name Game Warm Up / Yoga Meghan to demonstrate and then lead downward dog at
My son’s violin teacher, Francine Hamberlin drew a graph that looks a bit like this at our last lesson to illustrate how practice influences the development of a violinist’s skills. My own teaching practice confirm her findings. If a student does not practice or only practices once, skill actually may decrease during a week. It
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
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:
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