JDR Music Academy

04/05/2026

We are so excited!! JDR Summer Strings Academy is coming soon! June 16-19. Looking forward to seeing the Balourdet Quartet in Plano once again! To apply: https://form.jotform.com/250626194735158

12/03/2026

Thanks p.hyun.12 for your post about Hong Mandu. It is TOTALLY awesome. We went there today… we will be going back for sure. The shrimp dumplings are to die for and the snowflake dumplings are divine.

27/02/2026

What a wonderful review of the efel shoulder rest! Available at Violazone.com and violinzone.com

06/10/2025

24/09/2025

So great to see the Balourdet Quartet together with Orion Weiss,piano and James Ehnes, violin at the Seattle Chamber Music Society last Sunday! What an exciting concert! Performing the Chausson concerto for violin, piano and string quartet!!

08/06/2025

In Dallas, we support our fellow musicians and Bethany is a wonderful colleague that can definitely use a lot of support! We are all beside you, Bethany!

20/05/2025

Awesome news that the Balourdet Quartet will be in residence this coming year at the Seattle Chamber Music Society! Exciting news, Balourdet!

11/02/2025

Can't wait to see you at TMEA this week! Our booth is #105 and we will have awesome violin and viola accessories as well as fine instruments!

26/01/2025

Yes! Music theory is an important part of our musical journey. So last night we had one of our epic JDR Music theory classes to prepare for the music teachers association theory test in February! We try to make it a really fun and valuable class! And happily received the attached text from one of the student’s parents!!!

19/01/2025

Awesome news today! Yesterday was the GDYO Philharmonic competition… and… from 27 competitors, our student, 15 year old violinist Andrew Park was selected as the winner, performing the third movement of the Mendelssohn violin concerto! Great job Andrew! Your hard work has paid off!! Andrew will be the soloist at the first concert of the 2025-2026 season! Can’t wait to hear this! Tap on the photo for a short excerpt of Andrew’s lesson the night before the contest!

17/01/2025

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that we'll have a pop-up booth at the TMEA convention in San Antonio this February! If you're in the area, please swing by and say hello! It's always such a blast attending. Are you planning on attending TMEA this year?