by Irma | May 20, 2020 | E-Learning, eLearning Review, Music teaching
Online Music Education, the new normal? Effectiveness of Online Music Lessons by Irma de Jong We started 2020 in social distancing, which has accelerated the need and appreciation for online learning and teaching. Many musicians were forced to go online, as it...
by Irma | Nov 21, 2019 | Conductors, Music teaching, Words on Music
Conducting technique; an introduction by Gianmaria Griglio According to some, conducting technique - just for clarity, I’m referring to orchestral and not choral conducting - it is a debatable point. Conducting technique has been the subject of numerous discussions...
by Irma | Nov 14, 2019 | eLearning Review, Music teaching, Violin & Violinists
SAINT SAENS RONDO CAPRICCIOSO ONLINE VIOLIN LESSON CORNERSTONE LESSON VIOLIN VIRTUOSO REPERTOIRE The composition by Saint-Saens "Rondo Capriccioso" is dedicated to the 18th-century violinist Pablo de Sarasate, and there's a very much audible Spanish influence in the...
by Irma | Oct 16, 2019 | E-Learning, eLearning Review, Music teaching, Piano & Pianists
BEETHOVEN SONATA NO. 23, OP.57, APPASSIONATA Beethoven himself described this composition Appassionata as one of the best he ever wrote, and it is no doubt the most celebrated of Beethoven’s piano sonatas; the 1st movement, reporting the tempo indication " Allegro...
by Irma | Aug 28, 2019 | E-Learning, Music teaching
Young Musicians Now Seek Learning Variety by Paul Cassarly It’s no secret that every successful musician in the world has had at least one influential teacher in their life. However, it also isn’t surprising to learn that the world’s best musicians have had multiple...
by Irma | Aug 28, 2019 | Music teaching
The Motto and Guiding ethos of the Young European Strings School of Music (YES) By Maria Kelemen “When I grow up I want to be a musician” The Young European Strings School YES offers twice weekly 30 minutes lessons to the beginner separating the theoretical part of...
