Celebrating 25 Years

Today I turned 30 which means I am also celebrating 25 years (that's a quarter of a century!) of playing the violin. Many Suzuki students start young and I was no exception. It is so great to teach young students and be reminded of all the fun and challenging times I had with my wonderful Suzuki teachers. What a wonderful circle of life!

Intermountain Suzuki String Institute 2009

I got to attend ISSI 2009 for one day out

of the week long Suzuki summer camp.

Wednesday 06.17.09

I had 2 students attending this year.

We had lunch together and I had the privilege of
observing both of them with their teachers.

Picture with repertoire teacher, Koen Rens, from Belgium
(he is one of the funniest teachers; especially with his great accent!)

Picture with Terry Durbin

(an institute favorite coming to Davis County this fall!)
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I LOVE observing great teachers do their thing. There are so many wonderful ideas that come from this and I'm inspired by their creativity and teaching expertise. There are six pages of notes to add to my growing notebook of observations which I put into my "teaching bible." I am so happy that 2 of my students were able to attend this year. Utah is blessed to have one of the best Suzuki institutes around!

Circe Dopp and My Bows

This is Circe Dopp - soon to be mother of 6, dance instructor, and violin repair woman - a very talented lady!

A couple of weeks ago my bow was in desperate need of a rehair. I'm so glad I can call Circe, who is close by, to help me out with these things. The little bow (above my rehaired bow) is not from Circe but I thought it was super cute and fun to include since I just bought it at ISSI as a new teaching tool for my studio.

Circe Dopp Violins
801.726.8685
circe@clytieadams.com
330 N. Main in Kaysville
(by appointment only)

La Folia Memorized!

I am happy to say that today I played La Folia (all 4 pages) memorized for Jeanne (my teacher trainer) to finally pass all the requirements for Book 6 Teacher Training. This experience reminded me of how hard my students work each day to master the music that they learn and I appreciate all the effort they put into their little instruments. Listening to the music on CD (a LOT!) and drilling the hard parts made it so much easier to master. And isn't that the purpose of practice? To make a difficult instrument become easy!!!