15th SAA Conference in Minneapolis, MN
May 3, 2012
I’m super excited for this month!!:) Not only am I having my 1st Annual Summer Recital with my students that I have taught for the past year here in Mountain House, but I was asked as a volunteer to introduce my violin teacher since I was 12 years old, William Starr at the SAA Conference coming up at the end of this month. This will be my first time attending a SAA conference, but already I am looking forward to the many sessions they are providing and the amount of information I will be getting from them. You can check them out on this site: http://suzukiassociation.org/conference/
~ Keep Violinin’
Mountain House Suzuki Strings
May 2, 2012
For the past year I’ve worked closely with another Mountain House Suzuki teacher as we combined our students and performed in various local events. We decided to form our very own Mountain House Suzuki Strings and hope this group will grow as we continue to make our presence known in our community and our schools. We’ve come up with a logo that both of us think can be long lasting. Our next event that we will be participating in is the 7th Annual Mountain House July 4th Parade. Come check us out!!!
Go MHSS!!:)
~ Keep Violinin’
Suzuki Family Trio Spring 2012 Edition
April 14, 2012
We decided to share another Trio video with all of you to welcome the beautiful spring weather here in California:)
Here’s a picture of how the boys are really enjoying their father/son time together playing violin duets:) It’s so great for parents to play along with their children or if you have more than one child, your children can play together and you can be their audience:) Either way, this is a great way to motivate your child to keep violinin’ 🙂
Daddy Dave practicing with Austin in my studio
Austin Reviewing All Twinkle Variations
April 12, 2012
We decided to review and record Austin playing all of the Twinkle Variations, sorry for my horrible piano accompaniment:(
I think playing review pieces is very beneficial for anyone that’s playing an instrument. Austin really enjoyed playing old pieces and it’s becoming a habit of his to review an old piece every time he picks up the violin to practice:)
Practicing Gavotte by F.J. Gossec
April 11, 2012
Austin has started the last piece in Suzuki Book 1, which is probably the most difficult piece in the entire book with lots of new techniques, such as grace notes, accidentals, and slurring 16th notes, which means a much faster finger action is needed on the violin hand.
My suggestion for practicing this piece is focusing on one line a day. So far, Austin has done very well with this, but boy is it hard to stop him when he wants to go forward and onto the next line. Patience is needed for the both of us in this piece. I told him I will be recording him on the entire Suzuki Book 1 after he is finished with Gavotte. I think he is looking forward to making this video and sharing it on youtube:)
~ Keep Violinin’
He Has Risen!!!
April 8, 2012
Our first Easter Holiday spent in Mountain House, CA. No wind, mid 70s perfect weather, and great time with friends and family! Thank you God for everything you’ve given us and continue to bless us with!
Austin's class decorating their own Easter baskets:)
Austin and his classmate:)
That's the most children I've ever seen at Central Park in Mountain House, CA
Let's start picking up the eggs!!!
Mountain House – A Place We Can Call HOME:)
March 29, 2012
I normally don’t write much about where we live, but when we saw this wonderful video made about our beautiful town, I just had to share it with all of you!
After watching this video, you will probably also want to move to a place like Mountain House, CA. This place is an hour drive from San Francisco, 3 hours to Tahoe ski resorts and Yosemite National Park. It’s not a big city so it has room for many parks and the space you need to buy a nice sized home for you and your family. Home prices are very reasonable considering the location of this place. We’ve traveled and lived in many places over the past 30+ years and Mountain House is definitely the #1 place to live and raise a family according to us:)
DJA is now DJAA:)
March 26, 2012
Annie
We are so excited to welcome Annie into our home, so now our family members are Dave, Jianni, Austin, and Annie…AKA DJAA:) She’s so sweet and plays so well with Austin. Just over the past few days of having Annie in our home, Austin has developed more responsibilities of feeding Annie and putting her into her crate and of course playing with her. She has kept him so busy, but he’s done really well with his time management of knowing when to do his homework and practice violin and piano. Here’s a picture of our happy Austin:)
Austin Playing Minuet 2 by J.S. Bach
March 12, 2012
Austin memorized Minuet 2 without the repeats because he’s still getting used to having a camera in front of him while he’s practicing the violin..hehe..
Enjoy!!!
Mar.3rd, 2012 Play-In @ Yogurt Pizazz in Brentwood
March 6, 2012
My students and I joined Julie’s Strings in Brentwood for a Suzuki Play-In on Mar.3rd. It was a lot of fun!!! Hope you enjoy the photos and the video!!!
Keepviolinin 