Hi students and parents,
Just a reminder that lesson fees are due for the following month by the last lesson of each month.
This ensures your lesson time is locked in for the following month and makes me not have to chase you up with an extra fee for late payment!
Belinda xx
One of the services I also provide for my students is helping them find an instrument that suits their budget and their needs.
My student, Rebecca, was unable to make a few lessons due to unforeseen work and study commitments. So we had a chat about it and agreed to trade those lessons in for assistance with helping her purchase a new instrument.
She had been a little intimidated by the process of finding a new cello and I provided her with my expertise in seeking out a cello with whose voice and fit she loved.
We visited Heaney Violins in Mountain View where she traded in the one she had been renting from them and walked out with this little number: an Ivan Dunov with a CodaBow Diamond SX carbon fiber bow.
Here’s a little note she posted on Facebook (and reproduced here with permission):
I am pleased to announce a new addition to my family. Her name is Clara.
She is an Ivan Dunov from Romania (via Mountain View) and sounds best with a CodaBow Diamond SX carbon fiber bow.
I had quite a time finding a suitable case for her more Montagnana-esque dimensions, but eventually found the right one. I love the mint green!
As soon as I held her and heard her voice, I knew she was the one for me. She’s a wonderful fit in our menagerie of instruments and I feel we are going to be very happy together.
Many thanks to Belinda for her patience and expertise in helping me find her.
Rebecca
I am so glad that you’re happy with your purchase, Rebecca, and it was lovely to be part of such a happy experience! This is a beautiful instrument that you will have for a long time and will be a perfect one for you to grow into.
It has already helped her progress to the next level in her learning and offers her an opportunity to do far more than her previous instrument.
Belinda xx
PS: If you need assistance with purchasing a new instrument, please let me know and we can work together to help you find the right one for you.
Just letting you know that my band Fast and Vengefully will be playing a gig at Johnny Foley’s in San Francisco on September 16, 2016.
So put on your drinking and dancing shoes, and head to Johnny Foley’s for some great craic!
Hope to see you there!
Belinda xx
Date:
Friday night, September 16, 2016
Time:
10pm until 1:30am
Venue:
Johnny Foley’s Irish House
243 O’Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Just letting you know that I’ll be playing with my band, Fast and Vengefully, at the Eight Bridges Brewing Company in Livermore on Saturday, 16 April.
It will be a leisurely afternoon in the sun, starting from 3:30pm right through to 6:30pm.
Come one, come all!
Belinda xx
Date:
Saturday, 16 April, 2016.
Time:
3:30pm until 6:30pm
Venue:
Eight Bridges Brewing Company
332 Earhart Way,
Livermore, CA.
