March 27, 2003 at 9:55 PM

holy crap that was a great lesson...

i started the bruch third movement (after listening to the shostakovich a minor concerto on the car ride there... most interesting) and worked on the beethoven spring sonata slow movement some more

and then at the end of the lesson my teacher said "you know, you're a great violinist and what i like is your standards aren't going down." and then she talked about how all too often kids rush through pieces (she did when she was a student). "i had a huge repertiore when i was in high school, but i couldn't really play any of it very well."

i see that all too often with people my age. kids don't realize that you've gotta work at music and getting the notes isn't learning a piece of music. i see so so many kids playing things they aren't ready for (a girl i know who "learned" the bruch concerto in 2 months and now is playing the lalo comes to mind).

it was just so reassuring to know that i'm headed in the right direction.

all in all, a good day

-T

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