Category Archives: Teaching
Sometimes teaching is a wonderful thing
Teaching violin often feels like a thankless, worthless job. (Like all teachers, I imagine.) Underpaid, often overworked, tired, and feeling like it just doesn’t matter. I mean, who needs violinists anyway? (Answer: we all do, but that’s for another day.) As you may know, the school I teach three afternoon/evenings a week is closing at [...]
Time to hustle
I spent all weekend judging students for a local music festival. Yesterday it was 8 hours and today was 4. I’m exhausted, and if I never have to write a comment again I’ll be happy. (I had to judge on a scale from 1 to 5 and give good and constructive comments.) It was neat [...]
The Arch
Yesterday was one of those days—up early, driving all over town. We had rehearsal in Edwardsville for the upcoming Chamber Project St Louis concert. I was stuck in a bit of traffic on the bridge from Illinois to Missouri—the arch is always a beacon of light! As much as I make fun of my city, [...]
Proud Teacher
Today I slept in then had a rehearsal (for a gig that Chris is playing too, which is fun!) and then hurried off to my students’ recital at the St Louis School of Music. I’m enjoying playing with the Bach Society. I forget how much fun sitting in the back with a hilarious stand partner [...]
I have the style of a 7th grader
One of my students likes to tease me about my Toms shoes. Mainly because she doesn’t think I need comfortable shoes because I just sit there during the lessons. She wishes I would wear my cow shoes more often. The other day I was telling her about my new Toms which are fuzzy on the [...]
Thoughts on students and my cat’s twin
You may recall we have moved recently. I teach out of my house a couple of days, and the younger kids are always most interested in the changes. For instance, we are renting a single family home that used to be a duplex—only the thing is, because of some city law, the duplex doors must [...]
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