As my cello and I travel around Toronto on the TTC, one of the questions I’m often asked is how long I’ve been playing. And I love telling p

When I was five years old I told my mom that I wanted to play violin. My mom, assuming it was a passing phase, ignored me until I was...

Let me preface this by saying that practicing violin with my four-year-old daughter usually happens while my three-year-old repeatedly tackl

Too often, when I ask a student how they've practiced a piece, they reply with a confused look and a fumbled answer.  "I played it,

Look, I get it. I am a mom of a Suzuki violin kid, as well as a music teacher with private piano students of my own. NO ONE enjoys...

Initially I thought practice time with my daughter would be a much shorter version of my own violin practice. Turns out I was 100% wrong.

I've been mentioning the Suzuki method quite a bit in recent posts, so I thought it was time to address some common questions about this

I struggle to give a definitive answer when asked by a parent when to enroll their child in music lessons.  The truth is, it depends on seve

It can be a bit overwhelming.  My daughter is still consistently inconsistent that her favourite colour is purple one week, pink the next.