Violin lessons with Alison

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...

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...