Showing students the stages leading up to competence lets them know that their experience is not an aberration; that they are on the same road we, too, are on.
Teaching online can feel impersonal in comparison, but 2020 has offered me the space to re-evaluate the way I approach my own musical and teaching life.
By Olivia Noh | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazine
In college, I came across George Bernard Shaw’s infamous quote, “He who can, does; ... Read More...
By Caeli Smith | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine
“Wait, so—when I put my pinky down on the A string, it sounds the same as the ope... Read More...
By Brian Hodges | From the May-June 2020 issue of Strings magazine
The most memorable lesson I ever had as a student, the one that is seared in my brain and... Read More...
By Rebecca Fischer | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine
Pulling is an action I associate with the creation and recall of art. I pull t... Read More...
By Lisa Grodin
When I was a young violinist, I assumed that “artistic license” was a permit for which one could apply—just like a driver’s license or an ID ... Read More...