03/28/2019
I’m so grateful that a lot of people liked my page, all thanks to Lee Hsu, who is a father of Matthew, my former violin student, and the director of the Coder School, San Francisco. So excited to know the words are spread now to many wonderful families in the neighborhood, that I started my own teaching studio. I’m looking forward to offering lessons to many future students, to share the joy of playing this beautiful string instrument!
Some people say you must start violin from early age, at least 5~6 years old, but that is only true if you want to make it as a professional musician. You can essentially start whenever it interests you — just a little curiosity is enough to take on the new journey to start playing music. And the most important thing is, to HAVE FUN. In order to have fun, you will need be somewhat diligent learning the correct posture, set-ups and the basic techniques. I strongly believe one can truly enjoy violin once you cultivate the proper skills.
From my experience teaching violin for 15+ years, this has been my biggest challenge to make my students engaged in learning skills properly, but at the same time try to have them enjoy and not to overwhelm them with too many details. But the bigger the challenge, the more rewarding for us teachers. For example, I have one student (5 year-old girl) who worked so hard to play with her bow straight for the first 6 months, and now her bowing technique is almost perfect! And after such phase, everything came much easier for her to play songs, and all of the sudden her face lit up with joy!! Now she loves playing violin, her mother told me she practices everyday without her parents telling her to practice! To see my student’s face lighten up is enough for me to continue teaching, as that is the most rewarding moment. I am always amazed that young students can learn rather complicated techniques so fast and naturally.
One way to enjoy playing music is to play together with other students, or to perform in a recital setting. I am planning to expand my teaching idea to group classes, and hold neighborhood recitals, as my studio grows in size in the future. So it will be fun! I will keep all of you posted. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you again everyone :) :)
