Ideas

Here are some ideas that I have had about violin playing that are helping me while playing one or two Nutcracker Ballets almost every day this past month…

2nd finger 3rd position E on the A string, go slightly lower so it won’t ring too much with the open E (the sound of the sympathetic open [...]

Christmas Crunch and listening

All the students are getting ready for our three Christmas performances. Our first rehearsal is this Saturday and I will be driving one of my students to the rehearsal. In my car right now, I have a CD of the ballet music for the Gala which will be performing that night. We [...]