Monthly Archives: April 2018
Chamber Mondays
Lyric soprano Laura Bumgardner was the Musicians Club of Women’s featured artist at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Chamber Mondays Concert today at lunchtime. She was accompanied by Chao Gao on piano. The soprano was delightful, filling the Tiffany dome with her soaring vocals and mesmerizing the crowd. As usual, there was a decent turnout, independent […]
Another Week, Another Lesson
Teacher brought back the bow tool for yesterday’s lesson – as I did last week, I worked with it for about half the time, then we removed it and tried to maintain the improvements to my hold. I noticed after using it during last week’s lesson that I did maintain more of a focus on […]
Bow Work
Last week’s lesson brought a bow tool – Teacher fixed a green rubbery thing over the frog and screw of my bow that is meant to support a proper hand position. I played with it for about half the time, then she removed it and I continued, trying to maintain the improvements the device had […]