My violist friend Joy Pile gave me this quote: Heifetz said “if I don’t practice after one day I will notice, after two days the critics will notice, and after three days all the audience will notice.” Here’s one another from the Jascha Heifetz official web site: Practice like it means everything in the
As the parent of a violin student I struggle with returning to practice with my son after a few days off. The days off are lovely. It is so lovely to see my son enjoy a few days without the structure of practice. But, the day we return to practice is usually challenging. Often the piece we
Middlebury Community Music Center faculty Sadie Brightman (piano) and Emily Sunderman (violin) will perform a sonata concert on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at the Lodge At Otter Creek in Middlebury, Vermont. The concert is free and open to the public.
While I have not attended the Green Mountain Suzuki camp in Rochester, VT, I highly recommend attending a Suzuki camp for my students. I attend the Suzuki Camp at Hartt School of Music, in Hartford, CT for teacher training every year and am astonished at the progress students make in one week. Often student
Becky Metcalfe (pianist) of Brandon, Vermont and Emily Sunderman (violin) of Cornwall, Vermont will play a free concert at the Lodge at Otter Creek in Middlebury, Vermont on Thursday, June 26th at 3pm in the main lobby. Handel, Sonata in F Major Beethoven, Spring Sonata (Op 24) Schubert, Sonata in G Major Op 137 No 1
Often times fast sequences once we’ve learning the notes become a muddy sounding passage when we start to increase the speed. One way to “reboot” or “clean up” the passage is to stop the bow between notes, place the left hand finger down, then bow the note. This process of separating the function of the left and right hands helps
Young musicians ages 7-18 are invited to join with other serious musicians to explore the world of chamber music. Camp Adagio will be held at the Middlebury Community Music Center from August 18-22. Teaching Staff will include pianist Sadie Brightman, composer Jorge Martin, jazz guitarist and composer Justin Perdue, and violinist Emily Sunderman. Mixed-instrument and mixed-aged groups of
One of my favorite exercises to to help focus and calm my mind before I practice is to play a simple scale paying attention to the division of bow. I play each note of the scale for four beats and try to play each of the beats for exactly 1/4 of the bow and play at
On June 12th Saint Stephen’s Church in Middlebury, Vermont will host a Thursday noonday concert. Middlebury Community Music Center faculty members and Saint Stephen’s Church parishioners Emily Sunderman (violin) and Cynthia Huard (piano) will perform Brahms’ Sonata in d minor. This is a major work, dramatic and powerful. Organist George Matthews will play two short bright and cheerful works: The
As a teenager, there were weeks when practice time was minimal due to swim team practice and meets, time required to nurture friendships, boy crises, papers to procrastinate and write, and orchestra rehearsals. I would often arrive at lessons with pretty much the same Mendelssohn concerto as the prior week. My teacher, Nickoli Sikorsky would ask, so how was
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