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......
Okay- we violists (and violinists) have a total of four fingers to use. We can all agree that our 4th fingers are often by far the weakest finger. So we......
If so- Please stop being afraid and embrace your dreams of being a performer! Students that graduate with Performance degrees can make a good living performing in chamber ensembles, orchestras,......
Here we go! It’s that time of the semester again to get revved up for juries and recitals. If you feel unprepared to play your ABSOLUTE best I would follow......
Haven’t posted in a while because I’ve been asked to play a fantastic chamber work that I have committed to learning and it’s taking every spare minute of my time......
