Your First Lesson
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Beginning and Transferring Students: What to Bring
TRANSFERRING STUDENTS
If you are a transfer student accepted through the audition process, bring your violin set-up and all of the music you have used until this point.
If the stack of music seems too much to carry, you may bring a complete list of previously studied works instead, along with the music for your most recent studies and repertoire. Students who are entirely new to the instrument may use the following checklist to prepare for their first lesson.
BEGINNING STUDENTS
Items to bring to your first and every lesson at the studio:
A Fine Violin-
By no measure are all violins created equal. When it comes to student violins, many sold are more like toys than instruments. Please retain the finest instrument available to the student in a 1/16th size, even if the violin shop suggests a bigger size. I recommend the following shops for procuring your first instrument:Perrin Violins (Baltimore, Maryland)
Woodbridge Music Shop (Ellicot City, Maryland)
New Strings-Ensure that the violin has been fitted with new strings as follows.
1/16th size: Dominant D, G, and A strings
Full size: Gold Label E (may be cut or wound)
Items to bring to your first and every lesson at the studio:
Items to have at home before your first lesson:
Creating a Practice Space
Having an ideal routine practice space is invaluable. Using the following links and before the first lesson, build a space at home designed for efficient practicing. It will eagerly await the student’s return from lesson each week. All of the following have been helpful in building the Miss Emily Violin Studio practice spaces.
