When it comes to violin lessons for kids, parents new to music lessons want to know what they should expect. Oftentimes, they have no idea. That’s ok! We’ll tell you three things to expect for yourself as the parent of a child who wants to take beginning violin lessons. 1. You Don’t Have to Buy a Violin Buying a violin is a bigger financial investment than renting. Yes, you can find a music shop that rents violins. Usually there’s a two or three month commitment but it’s a whole lot cheaper than buying a violin if you’re not sure how […]

With this COVID-19 pandemic affecting our world, disrupting our routines, and changing how we’ve done things, students have had to address the challenge of learning violin through online lessons for the time being. In this short blog, we’ll address just a couple of the biggest challenges we have faced with teaching online violin lessons 1. Keeping the Attention of Younger Violin Students We’ve found that it is much easier to keep the attention of our younger students when we are in person with them at our school location. If you thought keeping their attention focused in person was hard before […]

We want to introduce to you one of our Sacramento violin teachers at Martucci Music, Darya Voronina! Darya’s Early Musical Background Darya Voronina was born and raised in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. At the age of 5 she began attending the local music school to study the violin with her first violin teacher. She studied there for four years until her family moved to the United States. Growing up in the United States, Darya continued taking private lessons with various violin teachers. She also attended other professional violin courses during the summers to further accelerate her studies. Darya’s Adult Musical Background In […]

Today, I’d like to share with you 4 specific methods of practicing the violin. These practice methods can help anyone learn their repertoire with consistent discipline and to learn it a lot quicker and more efficiently. Sometimes practicing the violin consistently every day can be difficult to maintain. Especially if there is no structure for how to practice. We can’t depend on our inspiration for practicing our violin music simply because we won’t feel inspired every day, all the time. Therefore, we need some structure to keep us on the straight and narrow of daily practice. The discipline of using […]