Jianni’s Violin Studio is full for this year:)
September 17, 2011
I’m thankful for all the new students I received this year. I’ve reached my personal goal as to how many students I should take in for this year. I am very happy to receive mostly beginners this year so I can get into my group lessons quickly:) Parents are all very supportive and I hope to develop a good triangle relationship throughout this year. God has really made our move back to California an easy transition for all of us.
Reminding myself to be patient with my son!
September 11, 2011
About 3 weeks ago I started teaching my son Austin the violin. We’re now working on the Monkey Song, which is just getting the feel of placing his 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fingers down on the string. I was hoping to get him on all the twinkle variations by now, but I’ve realized he needs to take things one step at a time. While I was giving him the lesson today, I said to Austin,”You’ve got to have more patience for yourself Austin. You may need to work 10 times harder than others because you have to take things one step at a time. There are other students of mommy’s that can pick up the violin really fast, but everyone is different. You have to go at your own pace, and that is one step at a time.” While I was speaking to him, I realized I was talking to myself at the same time, because I was becoming quite impatient with him on his posture already.
I’m glad I’m teaching Austin the violin and the piano now, because I am learning so much since I teach him everyday instead of seeing my students once a week. It’s quite a challenge, but I think I’m becoming more and more patient as we speak:)
I tried to upload a video of my performance out in the park this past Saturday for the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in our community, but the file was too big for me to upload. We had an eventful weekend!! Austin’s soccer team also won, which we are all so proud of the team work they had going on. Time for a brand new week and I’m performing in a pre-school tomorrow morning here in Mountain House…that should be FUN!!!!!:)
Songs I teach to a Pre-Twinkler:)
September 3, 2011
These are some of the songs I would teach my pre-twinklers taken from my Book I training with Dr. Sue Baer:
1. Wheels on the Bus with bow movements
2. Pop Goes the Weasel with pizzicato on E and A by plucking E on ‘pop’ and A on ‘goes’
3. String names: Ant poem with violin on floor. Eek!(EE) Look at all the ants. (AA), Digging in the dirt. (DD), Going under ground.(GG)
3. Finger parade: 1, 2, 3, lift
4. ‘Mississippi Stop Stop’ on E String
5. Monkey Song with MSS rhythm
6. Flower Song with the MSS rhythm
Enjoy your time with your Pre-Twinkler:)
Learning with the Suzuki Method
August 30, 2011
Played violin with Austin for 2 hours today!
August 22, 2011
Austin told me he really wanted to be able to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’s Variation A on his own today. I really didn’t think he could play it through, but I was wrong! We played together for an hour in the morning and then an hour in the afternoon. I found Austin being really patient when trying to learn a new technique(going from E string to A string and putting his 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fingers down to prepare for the next note), which really surprised me, because he’s usually a very impatient kid. What I realized today is if I make playing violin ‘fun’ for Austin and not make it seem like it’s a ‘homework’ for him, my teaching days in the future will be much easier for the both us:)
Here’s Austin’s first picture holding his violin:)
Teaching Austin How To Play the Violin
August 20, 2011
I’m challenging myself on a pretty difficult task of trying to teach my own son how to play the violin. Even though I’m a violin teacher myself, I’ve always been hesitant to teach my son how to play. I’m afraid of the conflicts we may be faced with when he gets stuck on a technique or even a small measure. I’ve decided to take on this challenge for one year and see how it goes. I’ll post some videos of our progress on here as we begin this journey:) Good luck to me!
My Goals for Teaching from Edward Kreitman
August 8, 2011
This excerpt came from Edward Kreitman’s book ‘Teaching From the Balance Point’, in which I totally agree to:
My goals for teaching are these:
1. To help all of the children I work with to become more noble human beings through their positive experiences with music.
2. To help parents understand that it is the process, not the product of the educational experience, that is important.
3. For me, to enjoy the opportunity to be a central part of the lives of these wonderful human beings, my students, who come to share their accomplishments with me each week.
Priorities for Teaching/Playing
August 8, 2011
I strongly believe in following these priorities for teaching my students and hope all the other teachers out there will follow this so students who are learning will truly enjoy each and every piece they play:
1. Posture
2. Tone/Tonalization
3. Intonation
4. Musicality
5. Notes to new pieces
Enrolling Students to Jianni’s Violin Studio
August 6, 2011
After moving back to Mountain House, CA and getting all settled down, it’s time to start teaching!!! I’ve added my studio policy. I am really excited to start teaching new students and taking them to different places to perform!!! One of my other goals is also to start a Suzuki orchestra in the Mountain House community. I hope to get some of the parent and community support on this so we can start and build up the strings in MH!
Movie Night in the Park
July 8, 2011
Movie Night in the Park
July 15, 7:00 P.M. Central Park
6:45 Concession stand opens
7:00 Live entertainment by one or two local violin teachers. Movie Themed Music.
7:20 Double Feature night! 30-40 minute video of local events/people.
8:00 Feature presentation.
Bring family & chairs or blankets.
Come by and see me perform on a fun movie night with the family!!!:)
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