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Greetings,
what wonderful people and teacher sthese are. One thing that really stands out to me when the greats teahc is that they are more interested in the score- somehting that even intermediate players (that`s for Jim) often don`t even bother to look at before playing in public. Coinicdnetally (because Midori has taken over the Heifetz legacy position wise) it reminded me of the JH master class in which he teaches the Wienaiwski Polonaise. It was absolutely extraordinary to see him relentlessly trying to uderstand that Wieniawski was writing a filigree accompaniam,ent of virtuoso left hand stuff and the tune was where? In the piano/orchestra.
Cheers,
Buri >trying to get the studnet to undertsand..... What a great person she is. I had a great experience today... Dr. Wang, the director of violin studies at Weber, Came today and we got to work with him for the whole hour and a half class period, and I stayed for 25 minutes after school to talk to him.
And he's going to come back regularly!

These types of experiences mean so much to young musicians and I wish more artists would do this!

"(that`s for Jim) "

Jim who? Me? If so, what's for me?

:))

Greetings,
you have a thing about defining `intermediate players.` I have a thing about keeping the definition open. It`s the bond that unites us;)
Cheers,
Buri You might have me confused with some other poor slob. Intermediate's not one of my words. I got most of my words memorized. I owe alot of the success of my studio to Midori. She came here 10 years ago and gave a wonderful lecture and performance for my students which I'll never forget. She has the most beautiful Strad (David) and invited me to see it,we talked alot of things after the class. Her attitude is never conceited and her volunteer spirit makes her a very warm human being. Thanks for a nice blog. Terrific blog, Laurie. Laurie, you were lucky to have that experience, and we're lucky that you wrote about it for us. It helps me understand and appreciate how inspiring a teacher like Midori can be. Thanks for the blog. Well done! Thanks for sharing, Laurie. Laurie-

This is so beautiful and informative - it must have been wonderful to sit in on lessons like these...

Sam

Thanks Laurie,

Midori was in the Chicago area working with the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra this past week end. Her generosity of spirit was amazing, as I heard from those of my students in that orchestra.

She was and is truly inspirational. I have immediately seen wonderful and dramatic changes in my students that were involved and/or went to observe.

Drew