Alright, so the truth is, there is no violin virtuoso in our home, it's just me. Although, I am starting to regret my long ago decision to quit violin lessons. I had started practicing my violin again in the spring because of a need to perform at a recital for the music school. Once this said recital was over, the practicing quickly came to a stop. Then, just last week I suddenly felt the desire to start practicing again. On the very next day after resolving to take back up the violin, I got a call to teach violin lessons. I made sure I practiced every day last week, and spent time planning out what I would teach my very first student (well, at least since I was 15). It was fun getting everything ready, but I still felt pretty scared. Yesterday we had our very first violin lesson. It went pretty well, but I was wishing for my old abilities so this kid would have some confidence in the fact that I would be able to teach him great things. Anyway, that's the big news for now. From here on out I will be known as Janay Hansen - violin teacher extraordinaire.
Janay is the coolest violin teacher ever! I am really happy that you have a reason to keep your violin skills alive.
ReplyDeleteTeaching lessons is a great way to realize your skills aren't what they used to be. I have seven piano students and rarely play in front of them, just so they never know exactly how out of practice I really am. Congrats! That is exciting!
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ReplyDeleteyou are so awesome. I've been learning a bunch of arias from Thais and I keep thinking about listening to you play that beautiful violin solo. I love listening ot you play. Maybe you could practice up and play that on Christmas or something. It's so beautiful.
Wow! So cool, that is great Janay and what a fantastic way to make a little extra cash to spend at the outlets in St. George eh? Congrats, I would love to have an incredible teacher like you. By the way, thanks for a great weekend last week. It was way fun to visit.
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