We post a lot of pictures of happy children smiling sweetly at the camera while sitting at the piano or holding their instrument.  But truth

"You play your personality," a good friend of mine often says.  In all my years of playing the violin professionally, I have never

There's a reason why we're sort of cello-happy these days.  Cello is trending UP, and it's not really surprising considering the

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.

You want your child to enjoy their music lessons and have a skill that will bring them enjoyment for the rest of their lives.  But how? It&#