Tuning Up!

The girls spent a grilling week at Violin Camp – not even ‘grilling’ they had fun!! They have the most amazing teacher ever, Ms. Libby. She is so well educated and highly experienced that we really count our blessings to have her as our teacher. She motivates and challenges Anna and Abby in a unique way to each of them. Also, my girls think it is pretty neat that she plays with the Orchestra at Temple Square.

One of the things she does every summer is hold a violin camp called, “TUNING UP!” at her studio where she teaches music theory and violin technique in a group setting. The girls go every day for a week and it culminates with a recital at the end of the week. This year they did a lot of fiddling and had so much fun with it! Playing the violin has become Anna’s favorite thing lately, she did so well! It has given Abby a renewed love of playing also; I said to Abs after the recital, “you did awesome!!” to which she replied enthusiastically: “I KNOW!!” There is nothing like the feeling of accomplishment when one is well prepared!!

Here they are after the recital; Jacob wanted to be a part of the picture.



Next is a shot of Abby with her friend Bekah. They both started playing the violin around the age of four and have remained good friends thanks to the common thread of music! It became tradition to take their picture together at each recital – I think I have a scrapbook full photos of these two already!