Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (1 octave, doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), G Major scale (2 octaves, make sure to check which strings has a 2-3 or 1-2 fingering position), and Etude (first line - play through slowly and watch out [...]

I hope everyone had a lovely March break! Jaron - great work with the G Major 2-octave scale today! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (1 octave, doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), G Major scale (2 octaves, going up and down the scale [...]

I hope everyone has a wonderful March break next week! Remember that we do not have lessons next week and will be resuming the week after. Additionally, I've attached the Google drive link at the bottom of this post for anybody who needs it and/or has lost their link. Jaron - congratulations on finishing Andantino! - Recommended practice time: 15 [...]

Just a reminder to everyone that next week will be our last week of lessons before March break, and then we will have one week off before we resume lessons again! Jaron - nice work playing G Major 2 octaves for the first time today! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major [...]

I hope everyone had a great long weekend! Only a few weeks until March break! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (1 octave, doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), and Andantino (remember to use the accent on the half notes and differentiate between [...]

I hope everyone has a fabulous long weekend ahead! Jaron - amazing work with both notation reading and playing today! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing, keeping an eye especially on our curved right thumb), and Andantino (watch [...]

Jaron - congratulations on finishing Allegretto! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), and Andantino (focus on third line and leap 1-3, and scale-like phrase) Olivia - hope your rehearsal went well today! Keep on practicing your 2-octave scales, [...]

Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Allegretto (continue practicing playing through whole piece without stopping or slowing down, make sure the accents are obvious, and practice 0-3-0 phrase in the third section), and Andantino (differentiate between 3-2-1-0 [...]

Jaron - great job with your 3-2-1-0 intonation in  your scales! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Allegretto (practice playing through whole piece without stopping or slowing down, and making accents more obvious), and Andantino (first two lines, [...]

I hope everyone had a good couple of snow days and is having a smooth transition back to in-person school! Jaron - Reminder: get your camera fixed before our next lesson - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Allegretto [...]