Heightened awareness under pressure really changes our perception. In my case, this phenomenon of the ‘growing viola’ led me to realize how

Regardless how seemingly impossible something appears, it isn’t magic…rather the product of well-developed skills.

In the spirit of Valentines Day let me introduce you to my long and complicated relationship with viola as it pertains to technique.

Oddly enough, as much as I dreaded playing for family, I loved public performances. Why was it that these public performances provided such

When I created this blog I was in the midst of finishing my masters degree at a white-walled, gray-carpeted, too-perfect conservatory.