Offering Musikgarten Family and Babies classes, Stringbabies for Violin and Cello classes, and private cello lessons in the Temecula Valley.
I am dedicated to offering your child the best musical education from birth through high school. For your baby and toddler I am a licensed Musikgarten Family and Babies instructor. As a licensed Stringbabies instructor I offer private or group lessons in violin and cello for your 3-9 year old. Private cello lessons are available for all ages.
12/29/2020
Not surprising. It’s so difficult to do orchestra, band or chorus on line and the arts are often devalued in school anyway.
Instructors: Music programs hardest hit academic discipline due to COVID Windham High School's choir director: "How do you teach choir when you can’t sing?"
This is beautiful and so amazing. Check it out!
05/19/2020
This correlates beautifully with my current study into the neuroscience of learning.
05/11/2020
I just completed this course and I highly recommend it!
The Practice’s The Thing 4 Week Intensive Mini-Course The Practice’s The Thing, Using Brain Science Instead Of Talent 4 Week Intensive Mini-Course 4 Saturday Meetings 1hr 50 min/week Starts This Saturday 5/16 In this course you will begin to form a foundation in your teaching/learning that you will be able to grow throughout your life. It will become...
03/12/2020
I totally agree with Jon on this. The loss of income is worrisome but the spread of this virus is more worrisome.
Cancelled gigs due to coronavirus? Here’s what you can do. — Lisa Husseini Many performing artists and performing arts organizations are experiencing the first wave of coronavirus-related cancellations. While fears about cash flow, short-term ramifications, and long-term impact are tempting to fixate on, freaking out about the future isn’t super helpful in the now. Below
02/03/2020
This article is spot on. I have private students as well as group students who just don’t seem to get engaged in the lesson at all. I find it to be my responsibility to work on different approaches in an effort to get them engaged but ultimately the student has to commit to learning.
Teacher to Parent - A child must be a willing participant in his own education Q. Sorry, but I’m a parent who feels like teachers should be held accountable for teaching their students. If the students under a teacher are failing or can’t get adequate
01/16/2020
Interesting read on why school systems are afraid to embrace arts education.
“We default to easy when it comes times to assess learning”
3 Reasons Schools are Afraid of Expanding Arts Instruction · The more we embrace creativity and the arts from within, the more likely the entire system is to change as a result.
01/04/2020
I haven’t posted for awhile but I came across this article in my email snd thought it was worth sharing. Not only is it important to practice slowly but it’s important to isolate difficult passages and break them down into manageable sections. So many students want to just play through their etude, solo, etc.
Practicing Slowly Can Reap Many Benefits for String Players By Scott Flavin | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine We’ve all heard from our teachers slow down, practice slowly—but why is this important? String players need to give their …
09/26/2019
If only administrators understood this!
People who play an instrument regularly have higher executive function skills than non-musicians. Read for more on the case for musical training in schools: https://hgse.me/2I4tdnj