Bless Ottokar Ševčík and his neurodiverse little soul. Sometimes I really do want just a crap ton of different picky bow exercises to wake up my right hand & arm

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Me switching to John Williams during practice normally: “😡 grumblegrumble composer hates violinists 😡 grumble”

Me switching to John Williams after working on some Paganini: “I mean, it’s not *that* bad”

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Out of context violin practice exclamation: “Oh, of course. Dang it, Ysaÿe!!”

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A student is on their second week with the Mozart violin concerto No 3 in G Major. Today we worked a lot on finessing the bow strokes in the first movement exposition.

Student looked at me at the end of the lesson: “I could spend an hour a day just on this.”

Yes, dear student. This is why Mozart is on every audition list everywhere.

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It’s about FREAKING time!!! Apple Music Classical app launching at the end of the month

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