I hope everyone is staying warm!! 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, and making sure you don't stretch your fingers too much going down the scale 3-2-1-0), and Allegretto (practice playing through without stopping and making sure [...]

Happy new year, everybody! I hope you all had a wonderful winter break! 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, and make sure your fingers are not stretched too high for 3-2-1-0 going down the scale), and Allegretto [...]

If you have a make-up lesson scheduled next week, I'll see you one more time in 2021, and if you do not, I hope you have a wonderful winter break!! I'll see you all in the first week of January! Jaron - awesome job with incorporating the accents into Allegretto today! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - [...]

Just a reminder that next week will be our last official week of lessons before the winter break, with the week after being a make-up lesson week. So, make sure to check your schedules and see if you have a make-up lesson! Jaron - great work with your bow hold and accents today! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 [...]

We are in the final stretch until winter break! I know it can be a busy time of the year but I believe in you all! 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, and making sure our fingers [...]

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 and making sure 3-2-1-0 going down the scale isn't too sharp), and Allegretto (watch out for phrases that have leaps and are not linear, and try adding in accents to your [...]

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, and watching for intonation on 3-2-1-0 coming down the scale), and Allegretto (watch out for leaps in phrases, such as 3-1-0, 1-3-2, 0-3-, etc.). Olivia - Reminder: send me audio of [...]

Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual bow hold and posture check each time before playing and making sure your pinky finger is perched on top of the bow, and make sure 3-2-1-0 going down the scale is in tune by not stretching your fingers as much), [...]

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween and start to November! Jaron - congratulations on finishing Perpetual Motion! - 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 try to create smaller gaps in between your fingers), and Allegretto (watch out [...]

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, and make sure your fingers aren't stretched too high), Perpetual Motion (keep aiming for that final play-through! Practice playing the whole piece without stopping and with consistent tempo), and Allegretto (add [...]