A Day on a Farm

Violin lesson #1

I finally started teaching the violin at the Day-Star School!

It was a rocky beginning, but I guess this kind of thing happens sometimes.

I am so happy that my two students showed up.

 In this lesson, I explain the parts of the instruments and how to care for the instruments. 


I did not have any printed music at hand, but taught them the open D string and the open A string.

Plucking, of course. 

I got really into teaching them.

Of course.

I love teaching the violin.

The picture of me conducting shows me how much I love it.   

I have learned a lot since teaching for Wasatch Music Coaching Academy and teaching at

Vista and Day-Star.

 I'm glad that I finally got some lessons going.  I wish the lessons had started sooner, but this works too.  I have a few other students who are interested.  Maybe they will show up to the class on Tuesday.

My new goals are to find some printed music (stop correcting so many papers and find something that works for us!) and organize a few recitals.

First, I want one for just myself and have written a proposal for La Casa de Cultura.

Then, I am going to play for a fair that is going to happen in December.  I'm going to see if there are some students who are interested in playing, or even if they have any suggestions of what music I should learn by ear (popular tunes).

Hopefully I get a few students who can play. Some of my students are actually really good ranchero singers and they make me laugh.  I'm pretty impressed at how they can carry their voices, and we can work on it some more. 

At last, I think I want at least one more recital of some sort sometime before the end of the school year.

Maybe this one can be of my violin students, some of the other musicians, and me.  That way, it can be varied and fun. 

More information to come!