A past first place fiddle student showing off her trophy. A music lesson taker does not a music maker make. My Grandfather used to say this tongue twister to me when I would complain about practicing. I never really forgot him saying that, but it came back into mind full force with some recent events at the studio. It was recently put in writing to us, that WE were the problem in a families lack of continuity for their children's music progression. A point that I contemplated, as I do want to be critiqued if I am at fault, and I want to make corrections and adjustments if were were the problem. So, I went back to start dates for both children. I shared this family with another educator. We compared notes on attendance. This is what we found. Both children were quite attentive when with us. Both children were very bright, and could have made excellent musicians. One child, in a group class, attended three out of twelve lessons paid for. One of those three s
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