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Sakari Dixon Vanderveer

Composer | Violist | Educator | Coach

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Tag: practicing music

Stepping Back to Move Forward

January 2, 2016

There are times when my students teach me lessons unwittingly. Several nights ago, my youngest violin student–a kindergartener–groaned about having to play the violin that day. Whenever she is overly tired or is having an off-day for various reasons, she becomes quite vocal about questioning why she chose the violin. “But it sounds baaad,” Carissa* … More Stepping Back to Move Forward

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