Instructions to Self Have you ever told yourself not to get tense or not to play out of tune or not to… whatever… You know what I mean. It’s kind......
Just realized that when I demonstrate a passage or a phrase for a student it’s not actually about showing them how it “should” sound or how I would like them......
How often have you needed to learn or teach new techniques on your instrument? Some people seem to adapt very easily to change while others struggle. This short post is......
What is it about getting older as a musician? I think I generally used to enjoy faster tempos and my focus used to be on playing in tune with a......
This looks like a lot- but I believe you will recognize most, if not all of these practice techniques that we’ve done in our lessons. Enjoy 🙂 For intonation (pitch accuracy):......
Sounding good once is wonderful – but can we do it again? We tend to spend hours and hours practicing what we want to improve and analyzing why things don’t......
What does taking risks mean when we’re playing music??  First of all, when you’re playing in an orchestra as a section member with lots of other players playing exactly the same......
Revisiting Long-Time Friends! What a great privilege it is to have been around the viola-chamber-music-block enough times through the years to have performed the iconic repertoire many times over. As......
Have you ever had trouble just thinking about getting your instrument unpacked to start practicing during a break?? Well, to be fair- yes, a break should be A BREAK- but......
Hello! I just finished my 25th summer at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival in Blue Hill Maine. As every summer, including this one- the teaching and performing......