CASMEC 2018 in San Jose, CA
February 19, 2018
Yesterday I attended my student and my son’s first concert with CODA Junior high string orchestra as 7th graders for CASMEC(California All-state music education conference) at San Jose Center for Performing Arts. They had a great experience under the direction of a Suzuki director Marilyn Kesler from Michigan. Here are some pics and performance videos for you to enjoy:)
Lunar New Year Celebration in Dublin, CA
February 5, 2018
Here are some videos from yesterday’s lunar new year celebration in Dublin High Center for the Performing Arts
Extremely proud of all of you๐ป๐ป๐๐๐๐Thank you for your hard work๐๐ป๐๐ป
Playing outdoors felt great today๐ป๐ป๐๐
January 28, 2018
Since the weather was beautiful today, we rehearsed for the lunar new year celebration out in the backyard:) Here’s a clip of our rehearsal that I would like to share with all of you๐น๐๐
Teaching my 3.5 yr old daughter the violin
January 21, 2018
It’s been very difficult to teach my daughter on a daily basis, but I try to give her some pointers from time to time as she brings her foam violin set to me(usually after dinner). Here’s a glimpse of me teaching her and reminding myself to give her lots of encouragements at the same time trying to correct that posture of hers:)
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Congratulations to Michael!!
January 15, 2018
It was only 3.5 years ago Michael began lessons with me starting with the twinkles. 3 months ago, Michael was determined to audition for the primary division of the 2018 Young Artist String Competition. At that time he had just finished the last piece in Suzuki book 4 as we decided to give Accolay Concerto no.1 a shot. After just 2 months of studying the concerto(including holiday break), he went for the preliminary audition and was so happy when he heard he was one of the finalists:) Here is the video of Michael performing this piece after he was accepted as a finalist for the competition.
Today he received 2nd place in his division and I am one proud teacher๐๐๐ป๐ป
Happy Holidays!!
December 13, 2017
My students and I were so excited to share our holiday music with the local library last night. Here’s a recap of last night’s holiday jam at Dougherty Station Library๐ป๐ป๐๐
My beginner student:)
November 30, 2017
Coming back from the thanksgiving break and seeing my 4 year old student picking up the new twinkle variation rhythm in 1 lesson truly made my day!:)
5th Annual Holiday Concert in San Ramon, CA
November 29, 2017
I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving with family and friends. I’m so thankful for all the families I’ve gotten to know over the 20+ years that I’ve taught violin. Here’s a recap of the holiday concert. Our next one will Be Dec.12,2017 at Dougherty Station Library 6:30-7pm. Come see us play some of your favorite Christmas tunes!!
Here’s a recording of my book 4&up students playing Bach double:
1 Week Until 5th Annual Holiday Concertย
November 5, 2017
This is a recording of my students earlier in October rehearsing On Wings of Song:) They canโt wait to share their polished piece with everyone next Sunday!โ
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A Glimpse of Nov 12 Concert
September 29, 2017
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