Emily’s Music Corner

Happy New Year! 🥳
Here’s a luthier that I absolutely love and highly recommend for purchases or rentals! Amazing quality string instruments! 🎻

Opening some new spots in January 🎶🎻🎹

Something funny for the string players!

I love this article. I truly believe that facilitating a love of music is a teacher’s most important job! Motivation comes from within. 🥰

A child who leaves their violin lesson thinking, “This is fun,” and “I can do it,” has made the most important technical progress of all. The rest will come — with patience and good guidance. https://www.violinist.com/blog/studiopizzicato/202510/30557/

The League’s Karen Yair, VP of Research and Resources, chatted with Mindy Peterson, host of the Enhance Life with Music podcast, about the meaning and momentum behind the work orchestras have been doing in the health and wellness space.

Listen to their fascinating conversation: https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode219

And read more about this work in our recent Catalyst Guide: https://americanorchestras.org/catalyst-guide-orchestras-in-health-and-wellness/

(Photo from the cover of Catalyst Guide: Orchestras in Health and Wellness. Houston Symphony orchestra musicians join Community-Embedded Musicians in performances at Amazing Place and CarePartners, where musicians have a regular monthly presence for interactive concerts as part of the Dementia Center Performance Series. Photo by Melissa Taylor.)

I have recently relocated to Queen Creek, Arizona! I’m currently booking students for the 2025-2026 school year. 🎶🎻🎹

Our original post had a mistake in the time. The concert is at 3:00pm as posted below. We apologize for the confusion.

The schools that produced the highest academic achievement in the United States today are spending 20% to 30% of the day on the arts, with special emphasis on music.

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test.

Registration for String Camp 2025 is open! Visit our website for more info and to sign up!

Music requires consistency and patience 🤍