Celestial Resonance Violin Studio--Celeste Ellis Whiting

Practice Logs

Practice logs are tools for keeping track of assignments and your practice habits. Below you'll find a sample log as might be filled in by teacher and student.

Assignment	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
D Major Scale 2 octaves, separate bows (5x)	x	x	x	x AWESOME!	x	x	x
Whistler, Double Stops, #27--focus on stable left hand framework	x some trouble with fourth finger	x	x	x	x	x
Geringas, Shifting Studies, pg.6, no.1--as written, practice slowly	x thumb was hard to keep in position	x	x	x	x	x	x
First Etude Album, #13, use 4th finger where noted; m.16, g# on d string--high 3	x	x no problem with high 3 !!	x	x	x	x	x
Hasse, Bourreé and Menuet, (please number the measures) A major/a minor contrast, dynamics. Staccato sections	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Notes: Remember to test left hand position before playing. Do not rush to begin playing; prepare left hand, bow hand, and mind. Know what you are going to play before you make a sound.

Celeste Ellis Whiting, B.M., M.S., is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Music in Urbana-Champaign. She has also studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, and the Meadowmount School of Music in New York. Her primary teachers include John Fredrickson, Catherine Tait, and Alberto Jaffe.

Her violin and music history studies are supplemented by graduate work in music librarianship and bibliography at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (University of Illinois).

For the last ten years, she has devoted her work to teaching individual students of all ages and ability levels. The threads that run through all these teaching relationships are a deep awareness of the student as a whole person in a complex world and a simple willingness to honor and cultivate a student's genuine desire to learn to play violin. Central to the teaching practice are compassion, challenge and respect.

An experienced reference librarian, she draws upon a world of resources--print, digital, and audio--to create a rich learning experience for students of varying ages, skill levels, and interests.

Conveniently located on the westside of Ann Arbor.

Call today to schedule a lesson or ask about instruction.

(734)998-1097

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