This website utilizes video to showcase student violin recitals and features violin related tutorials. It is a mecca for students and teachers to come visit, explore, and participate!
Student recitals in a quick searchable format. The videos are exclusively violin students performing. Enjoy posting your own recital videos! No inappropriate content for children here!
Violin tutorials and "play along with me" type videos for students to practice with. Videos of violin tutorials are an extremely effective way to help students maintain a high level of practice at home. Teachers are welcome to post their own videos!
"I want to work on technique so that I can be more expressive with my playing." Music to my ears! This was the statement a high school student made following our most recent violin recital.
At first I was marveled with her insightfulness: a young student made the connection between technique and self expression. I had falsely assumed that young students tolerated technique until they could get to the part of the lesson where they could play their song!
Adult students come from a different point of view. They work diligently on technique to the point of "sounding technical" and lacking in self expression!
The question is - how do we successfully marry self expression and technique?