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
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 …
Tone – Part I
Tone: a massively important element of what we teach and learn in violin, viola, cello, and doublebass
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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String Teacher Moves to Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
US String teacher and performer moves from Germany to China (again).
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Music opens doors
Music opens doors. This essay is about how resilience supports life as an international string player and teacher. Sometimes I think that “resilience” is what keeps opening the doors. Because I've made the effort to apply my training and expertise as a violinist and violist, I have been invited to play on some incredible stages …
