The
violin studio at UMass is home to students from all corners of the
globe. Its defining purpose is to provide the tools of support that
each student needs in order to move from student life to the early
stages of his or her career. Practice techniques, sources of
inspiration, collegial cheerleading/honesty, or just plain company are
some of the basic needs the studio fills on a day-to-day basis to the
aspiring performer or teacher.
The studio computer hosts an extensive
archive of the work done in our weekly etude class; ansirku houses
our study recordings and engineers all our recording projects; the
practice chart on the wall keeps us honest.
Initiative is a priceless
commodity for the modern musician, and we have had the satisfaction
of watching various ideas from genesis to fruition as extracurricular
projects such as The Violin Duo Project, Red Oak Strings and the
Suzuki Training Workshop that were hatched within the four walls of
the violin studio have gone on to mature in the larger world.
This website is a window onto our world, uniquely flavored by the diversity of its membership.