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2023-06-092024-01-22

A hypothetical, historical, energetic journey of a violin

A conceptualization of the path of energy involved in the transformation of a violin, something I wrote in 2016 as part of a course on Energy with Eann Patterson in a MOOC at the University of Liverpool. Thanks to Cheri Noble for reminding me of this! I have deliberately composed this looking at the journey …

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2023-03-082023-05-31

Why seek string teacher coaching?

String teacher coaching is something we string teachers can use to help us in our work, and indeed, all kinds of teachers can benefit from being coached. Why? The main purpose of string teacher coaching is to help us realize and act on our own solutions, with guidance and perspective from our position in life …

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2023-01-282023-02-05

Friendly string teacher

Are you friendly as a string teacher? Well, of course you are, I hope. Why do I ask, you may be asking yourself? The reason is, we often have skewed views of ourselves and the way we interact with our students and colleagues. The real question to ask is, “Am I friendly toward myself?” …

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2022-06-092022-06-23

Strings and the pandemic in Suzhou

Being a strings teacher in China during the pandemic - playing and waiting and online teaching and we still aren't done

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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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2020-07-202020-07-23

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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2020-06-132020-06-13

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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2020-03-092020-03-16

COVID-19 Impact & help for string teachers

Namely, the reason for this post is for teachers who find themselves in the new and somewhat uncharted territory of teaching online. This could be helpful for string teachers, music teachers of any kind and all teachers, actually. Before I give some helpful tips for this I want to issue a warning. At this moment …

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2019-11-102019-11-20

Thinking, a powerful tool

Putting our minds on something important we want to do helps move us toward a big goal. Mine was to get more practice public speaking, and as a string teacher and professional musician, wanted to talk about music as a language.

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