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My big kid’s big job

Erin was poised to finish her Masters in Violin Performance at New England Conservatory this past May. We anticipated that she would eventually land a full-time orchestra position, but the classical music world being what it is, we knew that

Miranda October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Main, Moving on, Music education, Travel 2 Comments

Will school ever be the whole story?

Although she’s only equivalent to Grade 9 by age and this semester is taking three academic Grade 12 courses, school has ended up being fairly unchallenging for Fiona. She picked up a DL Spanish course in October to fill her

Miranda December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 Being active, Moving on, Music education, School, Travel 3 Comments

SVI 2016

SVI has come and gone for another year. Registration filled extremely early this year (third week of March) and that allowed me to get a jump on the scheduling. We had most of the basics fleshed out by mid-April, which

Miranda August 28, 2016 Main, Music education, Videos 1 Comment

Brahms Concerto

Fiona and I made a whirlwind trip to Vancouver. For me it was the second in as many weekends. Erin had pulled up her roots in Montreal, and was making a stop in the Vancouver area before heading home to the

Miranda May 9, 2016July 2, 2016 Family Matters, Main, Moving on, Music education No Comments

Accomplishments

Over the past few years the focus of my blog (well, it’s arguable whether it has any focus at all) has moved away from the specifics of what my children are up to. That’s been the natural result of them

Miranda April 15, 2016July 2, 2016 Main, Mathematics, Moving on, Music education, School, Travel 3 Comments

Summer, here and gone

It was an early summer. The trees were greening up a good 3-4 weeks earlier than usual, and the season continued to unfurl early. The lake got “warm” (as warm as it ever does) in June. The wildfires were burning

Miranda September 2, 2015February 3, 2016 Being active, Family Matters, Main, Music education, Travel No Comments

Letter from college

Normally it would be odd for a parent receive an unsolicited email from one of her now-adult children’s university professors. This is different though, because this prof has been Erin’s violin teacher for four years. That includes the very first year, when

Miranda May 30, 2015February 3, 2016 Main, Moving on, Music education No Comments

A working summer

Last year we managed some spectacular alpine hikes to cap off the summer. This year, so far at least, has felt much more like a working summer. There have been a few afternoons at the beach, but little hiking (yet)

Miranda August 18, 2014February 3, 2016 Creativity, Main, Moving on, Music education, Videos No Comments

Creative Arts vs. Pure Sciences

It feels like things are starting to fall into place for Noah. He’s in his final year of high school, and hadn’t until recently been terribly forthcoming or taken much initiative concerning his plans for the future. Part of that

Miranda March 8, 2014February 3, 2016 Creativity, Main, Moving on, Music education, Videos 1 Comment

SVI 2013

Another SVI has come and gone. This year a lot of the organizing fell to me, since my mom moved away last fall. So I found myself doing my usual Suzuki-parenting, plus a lot of the this-and-that volunteer stuff I’ve

Miranda August 13, 2013February 3, 2016 Main, Music education

Music Explorers

Fiona has that gene, the one that instinctively attracts her to young children. How tragic that she’s the one of my children with no younger siblings. However, she makes up for it when she’s out and about: she gravitates to

Miranda July 10, 2013February 3, 2016 Community, Main, Music education

40th Anniversary SSSG Trip

This year was the 40th anniversary of the Suzuki program I grew up in. The program back “home,” in Ontario, a place I left in 1981, where none of us lived for a while but where my sister and my

Miranda May 6, 2013February 3, 2016 Main, Music education, Travel

NYO Redux

If ever ever wondered whether we were doing the right thing sending Erin off to live on her own in a big faraway city while still a high schooler, her experience at NYO is providing some resounding reassurance. Last summer,

Miranda July 24, 2012February 3, 2016 Main, Moving on, Music education

Corazón

Corazón, how we love thee!  For parents this youth vocal ensemble is like an insurance plan for the souls of their teenagers. Priceless.

Miranda June 4, 2012February 3, 2016 Community, Main, Music education

Graduating

We have Erin home for almost four days. She made the trip back from Montreal for her high school graduation weekend. While she’s been living there this year studying violin and playing in an orchestra, she’s officially still been a

Miranda June 3, 2012February 3, 2016 Community, Homeschooling, Main, Music education, School
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