I found the two questions about the crying students quite surprising. 1 child (age not given) has cried in 90% of lessons since June (and has now failed to...
The student who cries in lessons all the time is about 12 years old. The first lesson I had with him he started crying, and I did ask him what was wrong when...
Nice description, Rachael. It sounds like something else is going on, for you're certainly approaching it well. While I'm a student on viola (haven't cried,...
If you were around this chilld for a few minutes, you could observe for yourself what I'm about to tell you. Mom and I are NOT pushing this child. We have to...
Of course. You're dealing with the public, even if it's in a limited context. Just because you're trying to be mature and reasonable doesn't mean the other ...
For what it's worth, my son (just turned 10) cries occasionally in his violin lessons. Partly it's because he's tired; lessons happen at 6 p.m. and he's had a...
I should add--I try to stay OUT of the teacher-student relationship between my son and his violin teacher. For a while I did attend the lessons, but we found...
Connie, I assume you get paid in advance for a group or "session"? My daughter's piano teacher does this. She says that she will make an "effort" to make-up...
Yeah, and another subscriber mentioned the problem of audiation. I bet a lot of these kids that cry are frustrated because they've listened to the CD's and...
I'm pretty sure it's still available through Shar Michael Palumbo ... Does any one have any suggestions as to where I can find Concertpiece, Op. 46, by Hans...
Thanks very much for this sad report. How awful for us musicians and what we will have to deal with in the future. This may well change the course of ...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Sep 1, 2006 11:57 pm
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The Campagnoli: are those primarily the "41 Caprices" or are there others? What edition would you recommend? SHAR has Ricordi and International. Thanks! ...
I'll share my experience with this - I had my instrument checked once, and I'll never check another instrument again - the bridge was knocked over, the pegs...
Erik Klevjer
eklevjer@...
Sep 2, 2006 1:39 am
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Yes, this is absolutely tragic. At the risk of going totally [NVC], just a few things that might add some perspective to this problem we are facing. Airlines...
Jan Henkins
jan@...
Sep 2, 2006 9:13 am
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Here is the corrected url for the smashed viola story. Take out the backslash in the originally sent url. ...
Hi, Connie, There are musically interesting "Divertissments" by Campagnoli; seven in all, originally for violin, one in each position, first through seventh!...
Well, now I admit to crying during my own lessons.as an adult, out of sheer frustration. ! Of course, sometimes crying is only getting teary, other times it...
wes and karen burnett
burnettm@...
Sep 2, 2006 3:02 pm
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One of my teachers always told me that if I were to fly with my viola, to tell the airline people that it is a violin. She said that they tend to associate...
I have been trying to reply to individuals privately recently, and found that even if I hit 'reply all' it only comes up with the group email address. It's a...
In a message dated 9/2/2006 11:32:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, beategross@... writes: It's a bit annoying having to copy and paste email addresses if ...
When I was traveling to Meadowmount in the summer back in high school I remember that there was a violinist in front of me getting onto the airplane. The...