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!!!