Mastering Curious George

I am now as proficient at reading Curious George as I once was at learning concertos. Seriously. Anyone can sight read a children's story but, once you have read the same story every single night for several months, you start to own it. The words, memorized, come alive as you begin to perform the story as if you were on the Shakespearean stage. You tell the story as if you wrote it. And that, in essence, is why we musicians practice so much.

Expansion

This Fall I will be taking a four month maternity leave from the violin studio. I am expecting twins any time in the next ten weeks and it's time to let my body rest. At 30 weeks pregnant, it's getting a little worn out. My brain, however, still seems to be functioning so I will be spending the next several weeks catching up on some writing projects and organizing some ideas for the future.

Weekly lessons will be in the capable hands of Danielle Taylor, who is a patient and dedicated teacher. I am so happy she has become a teaching partner and I look forward to working with her on some "studio expansion" ideas this Spring.

Concert classes will also continue through the Fall, led by Lucia Harley. Lucia is a long-time violin student and a junior at Berkeley High School. She did a wonderful job leading her first concert class last Saturday and I can't wait to see what she has in store for the next one.

Lucia leads the concert class.