What a perfect season to present your recitals! You’ve worked hard all semester on playing more in tune, getting smoother bow changes, making cleaner shifts, and getting your sound to “spin”! And what about the music? You didn’t forget to phrase, did you? Are you feeling your intervals, harmonies, shaping contours inside a phrase and most importantly finding all of the different emotional meanings of your pieces?? Yip- IT’S ALL IMPORTANT!! And yes- I bet you’ve made a ton of progress since the beginning of your semester, not to mention since the beginning of your year. Right? And now it’s time to put all of that technical and artistic work to good use and get out there, own your stage space and actually become the music as you perform. Your audience will be most grateful for taking them on your artistic journey with you!