#100daysofpractice

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 35. When your seven-year-old picks up a baton while you’re drilling Bach patterns and says, “Let me conduct you!”, of course you say yes, and you follow their dynamics. It’s a good exercise in flexibility! And very cute.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 48 Micro endurance training.

Day 34. #100daysofpractice Calling it for tonight.

#100daysofpractice Day 79. Working on coordination and flow. Got lost in thought about how to explain it in a video sometime. Then remembered that I was practicing.

#100daysofpractice Season 7, day 15 Reviewing Korngold’s violin concerto from the sheet music, to see where my memory of tempo and dynamic markings differs from his indications. I sometimes like to use body language to learn feeling and gesture instead of rote facts.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 22. Assessment/triage/mid-range endurance practice. Training day.

#100daysofpractice Season 7, day 6 Actual footage of a parent who didn’t practice all day, took an accidental 2 hour nap at 8:30 pm, and is trying to wake up and get the muscles moving but is too dazed to figure out what to work on at 11:30 pm with neighbors. 🙋🏻‍♀️ if you relate.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 14. Practice to peak at the right moment, not to be perfect all the time.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 46. Play-through day. One piece at a time, starting with the last on the program and finishing with the first. The full practice video is over on IG, three movements of the d-minor Partita in a row.

#100daysofpractice Season 7, day 29 One of those days.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 41. Trying to connect a relaxed physical flow with engaged musical presence. Bach recitals put both to the test. I swear I’m not as tired as I look.

#100daysofpractice Season 7, day 14 Don’t copy what I’m doing! I’m stretching today. My arms, back, legs, hands & feet are all a bit stiff from a lot of happy and vigorous playing. I’m finding the points of resistance and encouraging them to open up, nothing methodical.

#100daysofpractice Season 7, day 31 The best and only thing I’m capable of today.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 24. Late-night parenting practice. You grab your moments! (Everyone was fine.)

#100daysofpractice Day 32. When your practice coach is... 2 years old.

#100daysofpractice Season 7, day 37 Score study + daily practice backstage at the @kencen.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 95 New music. Working into the combo of techniques & musicality.

#100daysofpractice Season 6, Day 1. Who’s with me? (Warming up after a week away from violin.)

Behind the scenes look at #100daysofpractice: how I make the videos & why I started the project (and why it’s become meaningful). 📹@WQXR

#100daysofpractice Season 6, day 97 Slow things.