Emily Wright
working on the book
Aah, zee cello. Look how relaxed and peaceful she is when playing zuh second finger wis good techniques. Zut alors! It is ‘orrible, zis shape! Yes, I am actually going to put that second one in the book. 🙂 photos…
this is the best I can draw.
I had quite a day on Monday. Here are the highlights! Creme de la Crepe cafe in Redondo is my favorite for light French fare. This is a cremeux espresso: double shot with fresh whipped cream. Les serveuses there are…
Ché settimana!
It’s been a crazy week. I was lucky that I could count on Lucy to fill in for me, there. I have 3 days until the book editing party, and I still have to take a bunch more pictures and…
secret cat thoughts
in lieu of 6,000 words
What my life looks like these days when I’m not teaching: exhibit A: Obscene amounts of writing, re-writing, and other syntactical manglings. exhibit B: The artist finds inspiration. exhibit C: Inspiration is fleeting. What is everyone else up to? Must…
knowing the signs
Does this sound like you or anyone you know? Calloused hands, a closet full of full skirts and/or ‘comfy’ black pants, referring to people in strange code languages (“I was just thinking about GGP” “I can’t believe how long it’s…
so not about cello
It’s about time for a cat post. Please to meet Maru, the cat who loves boxes.
Frazier/Ali
It’s interesting how much I learn from teaching. Over the past year or so, I have had four or five students rise quickly to the “uh-oh this is serious!” level of intensity with their cello practice and approach to playing.…
high maintenance
It’s funny that Cello Muser, aka @risktical asked for a post on periodic cello maintenance because until recently, I hadn’t been doing too much of that. In fact, I had been on the ignorant side of many things cello, like…