This is a post about chin rests and shoulder rests. When first finding a fit with your violin, or when changing your fit (for example, because of a growth spurt, or a change in body proportions during growth,) there are a great many options from which to choose, (and many …
Congratulations to all of the students who graduated to the next book this year. (Including several students not pictured!) It was a record year.
Congratulations to all the soloists who performed in our Concerto Concert this year! What a talented group of violinists. You should all be so proud.
Our first-ever student concerto concert will take place next Friday, April 5, at 7:00 pm. Students will perform violin concertos by Vivaldi and Seitz with a little orchestra. Click on the calendar entry below to RSVP as space is limited.
Join students of my Suzuki group Program for our spring concert. Gabriel Solomon Suzuki ViolinsThursday, June 2 2022 5:00 pmFollen Church755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MAFree admission | Open to the publicMusic by J.S. Bach, J.B. Lully, J. Becker, Jean Coulthard, D. Heins, Jean Ethridge
Which piece is my newest? Which piece am I working on? Because we keep all of the pieces we learn, we need a way to tell how far along we are in learning our pieces. I break this down into the following categories: preview, working, polishing, polished, and review. A …
Thanks and congratulations to all the families and students for all of your hard work this fall!
I have compiled a list of gear that families can use for remote lessons. Even though we almost always meet in person, its still good to have the right gear on hand. (Update 2025: Prices/models may be out of date but will give an idea of relative cost from one …
This past weekend, I taught at the Massachusetts Suzuki Festival. It was our biggest ever with more than 330 enrolled students for the entire weekend. The quality of the teaching, the caliber of the students, being in the beautiful spaces of the New England Conservatory, and especially the amount of …
