My Little Violin

05/17/2026

I am so proud of all of my students who put a lot of effort to share their gift of music today.

07/18/2024

Yes! We have some spots open to accept new students. Please contact us for violin lessons in Cu***ng, GA!!

03/23/2024

From today’s group class with Ms. Corina. In this video, she is reading “Mile’s Music.” In Portuguese. No, none of us speaks Portuguese besides Ms. Corina, but we understand music as language and we wanted kids to immerse in tone, gesture, speed and dynamics of the language. Last lesson I read it in Japanese and next lesson, I have a parent who speaks Farsi.

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03/15/2024

Hi everyone,

My friend, Kyoko Hida’s husband is fighting brain cancer. Please keep Paul, Kyoko and their daughter in your prayers and surround them with your love, like you did for me. Every bit of your kindness is appreciated. Thank you!!

Hi, my name is Juno (a.k.a. Sophia), and recently my dad, Paul Battaglia) has been diagnosed with … Juno Battaglia needs your support for Paul’s medical bills

03/10/2024

02/26/2024

Working on bow angle.

11/02/2023

Auditions are always for self competition, not with others.

For this Mozart Divertiment excerpts, we worked on how to make this easy looking but actually difficult music sound effortless. Also we tried and tweaked many ways of articulation and dynamics, comparing Mozart’s Opera writing. I like stepping into past and imagine with my students the sound back then, and sound we want to make now.

Congratulations, Mei and Satomi!!

08/04/2023

Just picked up North Fulton Music Teachers Association Handbook. Getting ready for another great year ahead!!

08/01/2023

Lesson schedule is done! We will have 15 private lessons in 18 weeks, 5-6 monthly ( sometimes bi-weekly lessons) group lessons, one recital, and group performance!

Parents, please meet me virtually on August 5 10-11am for discussions about lessons, home practice ideas, student-parent-teacher triangle, importance of listening music… Let’s continue to inspire each other for a great new school year!!

06/28/2023

Hi Students! Hope you are enjoying your summer. I am practicing Vocalise by Rachmaninoff for a concert on September 24 with an organist Debra Dickensheets and Zac Lavender, cellist. Vocalise is a simple song but a lot to think about!! How am I opening up this song simply, and getting into deep emotion, sometimes shy away, sometimes deeply immerse in it?? How do I repeat and give a different meaning to a same melody? ( I start thinking about it but not delved I to it today. Not yet.)

Here is a snippet of my practicing , thinking about which finger gives me what kind of texture, experimenting with speed of vibrato. Do I intensify phrasing by speed of the bow or vibrato? Can you tell?