Recent Posts Tagged With 'on the side'

• Moving on Up

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 08:12 in on the side

  Time just flew like crazy. I've been very busy with three kids and their music lessons. They all play different instrument now. The oldest one, violin, the middle one, flute and the youngest, cello. I feel like I am living in my car.Anyway, my ol...

• Christmas Music

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 10:45 in on the side

  Last night, my son was invited to play violin at our neighbor's church Holiday party. He had a week to prepare a few songs including "Silent Night". I searched the web for free download for sheet music. At Virtual Sheet Music, you can Download Christ...

• Emergency!

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 09:19 in on the side

  Well, it happened a week ago. My son was trying to eat one of those noodle soup in a cup. after pouring the boiling water, he tried to take it to a table and spilled it on his hands! He immediately ran the cold water and cooled it, but I can see t...

• Perfect Pitch?

  Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 11:05 in on the side

  At the last lesson, my son's teacher, Mr. K and my son worked on A minor 4 octave scale. He's been working on it for awhile. However, at shifts his intonation has been unstable. Then Mr. K asked him "Do you have a perfect pitch?" My son replied "I do...

• Power of Violin Strings

  Posted on Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 13:17 in on the side

  I am not talking about the projection here. (Maybe in some way?) Last night when my son was practicing, he came to me and told me his strings didn't sound good. They were sort of scratchy, so he said. I was just thinking about changing strings a few ...

• Summer Violin Study Plan

  Posted on Wednesday May 7th, 2008 at 12:33 in on the side

  In a short period of time, a lot of things happened. Although we knew about it, it is still nerve wrecking. My son's teacher is moving back to Florida. (He already did.) So we started looking for a local teacher for my son. As of now, we are pla...

• Have You Left Your Violin?

  Posted on Thursday April 24th, 2008 at 08:45 in on the side

  This is a story written by Jeffery C. Mays/The Star-Ledger. It took 18 months for Philippe Quint to persuade a wealthy philanthropist to lend him a 1723 Antonio Stradivari "Ex-Keisewetter" violin valued at upward of $4 million.Early Monday, it took l...

• Competition Result In!

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 in on the side

  Last Thursday, I received a call asking for my son. I thought it was from his school. I told her he hasn't bee home from school yet. The lady introduced her as a coordinator of the competition he entered the previous week. Since he wasn't home sh...

• A Week of an Eleven Year-Old Violinist

  Posted on Friday April 11th, 2008 at 07:51 in on the side

  My son's been very busy with his violin lately. Sometimes, I feel overwhelming driving from one place to the other, but he wants to do it all. After the day of competition, he was asked to play at a wedding that afternoon. He gets points towards his ...

• Competition... Finally Over!!!!

  Posted on Monday April 7th, 2008 at 15:05 in on the side

  This past Saturday, my son's long waited competition day came. It was originally scheduled for March 8. However, due to a bad weather, it was postponed to April 5. He played Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, 1st movement.This change of sched...

• Finally, the Performance Day!

  Posted on Monday February 18th, 2008 at 07:44 in on the side

  Yesterday afternoon, on February 17 was the day. My son's solo performance took place. When we got to the hall, many of his orchestra members were unpacking their instruments. They looked so good in their tuxedos and black dresses. I just dropped...

• Manga & Classical Music

  Posted on Saturday December 29th, 2007 at 22:22 in on the side

  I grew up in Japan and if you've lived there you should know people there read comic books which is called "Manga" like there's no tomorrow, young and old. It is amazing to see long shelves dedicated to Manga here in the U.S. now.Last year when I was...

• Disney World Vacation

  Posted on Tuesday December 25th, 2007 at 07:42 in on the side

  We are finally back from Orlando vacation. One of the main reasons, of course, was to enjoy Florida weather and Disney World & Universal Studio, but the other reason was (for myself) to listen to Disney Orchestra's Christmas performance at Epcot ...

• Seattle Symphony is in trouble!

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 12:08 in on the side

  I just read an article on NY times yesterday about the terrifying situation inside Seattle Symphony. According to the artcle, its music director/conductor, Gerard Schwarz and the several musicians have been having problems after problems for some tim...

• It's not as easy as it seems!

  Posted on Saturday December 15th, 2007 at 21:04 in on the side

  Well, this is somewhat violin related, but mostly may not be...., but it's is good for the sake of classical music. My son was asked to participate in the production of a public broadcast announcement to promote classical music/instrument study amon...