Violinist at the College Light Opera Company  An educational experience which has shaped me into a better person, was playing violin in the pit orchestra at the College Light Opera Company.  The College Light Opera Company, CLOC–still running today–is a live musical theater company in West Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the US. It … The post Violin in musical theater live orchestra appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

Living the High-life in SIP by Bonny Buckley Nearly five years ago, my husband and I moved to SIP from Böblingen, Germany, when he accepted a new position to work in Changshu, a suburb of Suzhou. Once we arrived, we quickly found a bright apartment on a high floor in the compound Linglongwan Huayuan to … The post Living the high-life in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

A conceptualization of the path of energy involved in the transformation of a violin, something I wrote in 2016 as part of a course on Energy with Eann Patterson in a MOOC at the University of Liverpool. Thanks to Cheri Noble for reminding me of this! I have deliberately composed this seemingly backwards to take … The post A hypothetical, historical, energetic journey of a violin appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

String teachers, indeed, all kinds of teachers, can benefit from being coached in their teaching practices. The main purpose of string music teacher coaching is to help string teachers realize and act on their own solutions themselves, with guidance and perspective from their position in life right now, drawing from their inner resolve and highest … The post Why seek out string teacher coaching appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

Are you friendly as a string teacher? Well, of course you are, I hope. Why do I ask, you may be asking yourself? The reason is, we often have skewed views of ourselves and the way we interact with our students and colleagues. The real question to ask is, “Am I friendly toward myself?”   … The post Friendly string teacher appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

Are your lessons fun? Take the quiz and find out! The post Fun lessons appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

The past two and a half years have been such a roller coaster of experiences and emotions. At the beginning of this, we were on a trip to the US and only made it back into China by the skin of our teeth, so the saying goes, before quarantines and lockdowns became commonplace. After an … The post Strings in Suzhou appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

Why should a person learn music, and in particular, why should somebody learn how to play a stringed instrument? The post Why learn music? Why should someone learn to play strings? appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

There is another aspect to tone that heavily influences and even overshadows the previous two essays. As a string teacher advocate, I will now focus on how we can nudge ourselves into becoming better teachers by becoming aware of the tone in our life. There is a way in which we go about our day-to-day … The post Tone III appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more

Tone has another side that’s too often missed, hence this post. (Part I is the previous post on this blog.) What happens when we dictate everything we want as teachers for the student, and don’t notice our own tone in the process? What happens when we demand things from the parents of our students if … The post Tone Part II appeared first on SuperStrings Studio ..read more