How it started
John came to me through referral from the Stony Brook Music Department last year around April. Some background information: hapa (Chinese-American?), 11 years old, 5th grade. His parents are both very intelligent people and are very supportive of John and his brother Alex, who takes cello lessons from a colleague of mine. Since John has only been playing for a year and was started in school, I decided to work with him as a beginner. The first couple of weeks were focused on the basics, bow hold and playing positions, and since he knows how to read notes, I let him learn Twinkle Twinkle in Suzuki. Read on so you can see how much he is progressing.