Violin lessons with Alison

I don't know if it's symptomatic of living in a town where the music shop has been closed, and having seen music shops disappear in...

With Christmas coming up fast, we kicked off the season with an awesome Christmas concert! Several of my pupils took part, all of them...

Here is a band called "The Flyin Fiddle" playing and singing a version of one of my favourite folk tunes: "Star of the County Down." This...

I was talking to a friend recently, who asked me if I'd ever had a problem with slipping pegs on a pupil's violin. I can honestly say...

As someone who has played violin from a young age, joining an orchestra as a child was a way to both socialise and improve my...

Posture and hand position are two things, as my pupils will tell you, that I find very important. There are so many things that can go...

Frozen is very popular with a lot of young musicians at the moment, in particular a number of my violin pupils are avid fans of this...

Having a musician whose style and playing you really enjoy is important as a developing musician as it gives you something to aim for...

The mother of one of my pupils has been enthusiastically practising with her child using a full size violin they have lying around. I...

The violin is an exciting instrument to learn, because it is one of the most expressive instruments in the orchestra. By virue of being...