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2021-09-232021-09-23

Tone Part II

Tone has another side that’s too often missed, hence this post. (Part I is the previous post on this blog.) What happens when we dictate everything we want as teachers for the student, and don’t notice our own tone in the process? What happens when we demand things from the parents of our students if …

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2021-07-282021-08-16

Tone – Part I

Tone: a massively important element of what we teach and learn in violin, viola, cello, and doublebass

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2021-06-082021-07-15

Easy string teacher tips for pro-development

Easy how-to tips to develop professionally as a violin, viola, cello or bass teacher

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2021-03-202021-04-03

The Myth of Violin Fragility & A True Confession

I am going to tell you the truth. The fragility of violins is something of a myth. Of course, violins will be broken if you drop them on a tile floor or if something heavy like a car or a human smashes down on top of them. Really there are myriad ways to damage a …

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2020-11-192020-11-21

Just Duet

Join Bernd and I for this special musical event featuring us playing viola and double bass duets. Sunday, 22 November 2020 at 2 pm. at Suzhou Arts Collective. Although it is a free, family-friendly concert, snacks will be for sale as well as the paintings in the gallery, so come on and enjoy yourself, and …

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2020-11-072020-11-08

2020.11.07 Personal update from China

How quiet it is here on a Saturday morning, just laying in bed and reveling in nothing but the absence of noise. We’ve been in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China since April of 2019, at least for this most recent adventure. In total I have lived nearly 12 years in China so far. Pandemic On COVID-19, …

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2020-07-202020-07-23

Save school orchestra – soul call for your help

School orchestras need help now. After spending the night at a Buddhist monastery in Suzhou, China, I reconfirmed my awareness that we must extend assistance to school orchestra teachers and the families of our students and potential students in order to get the message to school boards that orchestra is an integral part of a community that must be supported and sustained.

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2020-07-02

Francesca Raimondi shares her experience teaching special needs violin students and the very young

Something amazing and fresh that I think you may very well enjoy! https://youtu.be/X4Lc3kGsWKQ

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2020-06-132020-06-13

String teaching during COVID-19, June 2020

It's already the 13th day of June, 2020, in an undeniably extraordinary year. This year will probably be named 'hindsight', as in, "Hindsight is twenty-twenty." I don't know about you, but it's up and down like a roller coaster from my point of view. There is still plenty to be totally glad about and a …

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2020-03-232020-03-26

String teacher progress in uncertain times

String teachers carry on in uncertain times, giving comfort to students and helping families with a sense of normalcy in going on with their learning.

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