Angelic Violin Studios partners with ChattaMusic and Ebaru Publishing

I am very pleased to inform you that I now have the ability to teach violin students in the Ringgold/East Ridge area at Dave Massengale's ChattaMusic store and studio. This store has taken the place of Joe's Music store located just past Belvoir/Germantown Rd. once through the tunnel on Ringgold Rd and will be conveniently located next to the new and upcoming Country Life Restaurant! You can take a look at their store location on their website http://www.chattamusic.com/

More New Students Join Angelic Violin Studio

Have you noticed that people over the age of 70 do extraordinary things? I have two students who are taking on the violin and I am so privileged to get them on board. Jim Purple and Joan Robinson have come on the scene as new and upcoming violinists. Welcome and may God bless you as you develop your new musical skills! These are two students from the Chattanooga area.

Also I have three new students, Ashlyn Williams, Katelyn Williams, and Jasmine Davis. All three are from the Collegedale, Apison area. Stay posted as to progress!

Each of the new students seems to feel relief and excitement at finding their instruments and have now ordered their "The Violin Book" books with accompanying CDs.

About strings and the new composite bows

Very nice article that explains how traditional wooden bows compare to the new graphite/carbon/fiberglass bows and why we are seeing more of them on the market. http://www.allthingsstrings.com/issues/Strings105/BowReview.html

Congratulations Book One Students!

Violin Book One graduates, Joshua Holland and Katie Scott are congratulated here on their efforts to complete the first stage of violin techniques for the left hand and are now learning to read music! We are so happy and pleased to see them advancing so nicely only after two months of lessons.

Announcements:

Five new students have joined the Angelic Violin Studio. Audrey Coulter, BreAnn Adams, Samantha Joy Ratliff, and Deborah and Miriam Montiero. We hope you enjoy learning to play violin and applaud your first steps in taking a new direction in musical training.  Soon to join: Donovan Holder, Setsuko and Mika Carey. Welcome aboard!

Open House for Angelic Violin Studio!

Welcome to Angelic Violin Studio. I am happy to be able to share about how music enriches the lives of young and old alike.  I hope to be able to inspire you with stories of success, links to studies, helpful resources, and articles here. I also will use this site to inform and update you on the latest at Angelic Violin Studio.

Angelic Violin Studio began when I was pregnant with my first child in 2001. I never planned on teaching violin but someone persistently requested that I give them lessons. She was 41 and wanted to play a song for her father. I took her to that point and then she shocked me when she decided to discontinue the violin even though she was doing very well. That was it! Even though I was disappointed, the experience was a positive one which only whet my appetite to teach more interested students.

At the age of six I began violin training via the Suzuki method. At this young age I was taken with it after watching a national orchestra perform on television, and I have never lost my passion for strings. The violin has such beauty and pathos. So much emotion comes through. I played in youth orchestras and symphonic orchestras around the country and have played for many special events. For me playing violin is best when it is a communal experience, shared with other musicians much the same as an experience like eating the same food at a nice table laden with the best goodies. It is hard to play it solo. At one point due to a downturn of events in my life, I forgot how to play the violin entirely. It took many long painful months and several headaches to relearn. It took being offered a chair in the Minneapolis Symphonic Orchestra (without any audition until after the first performance) to bring the picture from flatline to 185 beats per minute!  From then on, I took new ardor in keeping alive my skills and do not take for granted what a precious gift I have in the violin.  And I realized that I was indebted to give back what had been given to me through dedicated instructors and parents. When My dear teacher died several years back I wanted to let her efforts live on through me.

Teaching violin is a real joy for me personally. I now have six students, including parents of the young people I train (it is not unusual for parents to have a bent to play), and have taught group lessons at a private school. The Violin Book by Eden Van Rosen has been a wonderful curriculum. You can learn about it on their website: www.theviolinbook.com.  It is a complete system of learning how to play the  violin step by step and is comprehensive enough to serve as a conservatory course. Yet even the youngest musician can learn. My youngest student is 3 years old. I can already see a budding artist in her!

Music is one way to build IQ. There are studies that prove this fact. Violin has been touted as a wonderful instrument for helping children with ADHD have more organized thinking and habits. Also music is one sure way to get College scholarships and grants. The Violin Book lesson plan persists in empowering most of its players with these rewards on a regular basis with few exceptions. Stick around and learn something about what music, specifically the violin, can do for you or your child!