Extra Blog Sep.

This month, my mentor helped me with my standing position, and how to keep my balance with the violin while i'm moving. Now is the time to sign up for the annul certificate of merit exam, the actual exam will be in Feb. 2015, the enrollment is starting now, i helped my mentor with organized the sign up paperwork, and schedule with pianist for rehearsals.

Blog 6 - Second Interview Preparation

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?

My Mentor is Mrs. Wang Pei, She is violin teacher at a private music school in Rowland Heights 

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

     -1 How does your family feel for you becoming musician  ?

     -2  What made you choose violin ?

     -3 You lived in China during the great culture revolution time period, how does impacted your       choice ?

     -4 What made you move to the U.S. and continue on with your music career ?

     -5 How does having music background changed your life ?

Blog 5 - Mentorship Reflection

1. Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship?  If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.

My mentor Yuan Pei Wang is a Violin teacher at a private music school in Rowland Heights. I founded her through my music theory teacher Mr. Qin.  Mrs. Wang was originally from The China National Symphony Orchestra, the top orchestra in China.

2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?

The most important article I have read so far was the “Violinist Shigetoshi Yamada Interview” This interview article was about violinist Yamada for the Chicago music institute. He studied with Dr. Suzuki in his pervious years and then spends the rest of his life on studying Mozart and classical music. In the article he explains a lot of thing he learned before and how creates difference between music styles.