master the violin

I took an audition for a very excellent local symphony and got in. The director asked if I prefer to play first or second violin! This is a huge step because I’ve been practicing specifically for this audition for a year.
Thank you!

My awesome and cute teacher is having a recital for all his students tomorrow on Veteran’s Day. I will dedicate my music to the soldiers trying to keep peace in the world.

I will be playing a duet in 5/8 with him and Bach’s Partita #3 in E Major. It may sound silly but he is going to play it with me. I’m glad for that because I am working on stage fright so that just takes all the worry away.

I loved spending quality time with my violin everyday this week.
I bought the Corelli Sonata…La Folia and Deep River for Violin.

on Fry Day (yesterday) I went to a very special building down on the common known for music. That’s where my good friend who is a professional accompanist has a studio. We played violin and piano repetoire. It is just what I need right now in my development. It forces me to move to my edge musically by playing through complete pieces and hearing the other part (the piano). We will work together weekly until he leaves for Italy.