Happy Birthday, Bach! Today is March 31, Johann Sebastian Bach's 336th birthday. Wow, what a musical legacy!In honour of his great music, I'm sharing a practice video I made of me playing my favourite movement from his Sonatas and Partitas for solo…Read more
How to Improve Your Sound? or How To Not Sound Like An Ox? 🐂 🎉Xin Nian Kuai Le! 🧧Gung Hei Fat Choy!🎋Happy Year of the Ox! 🐂Wishing you all a very Happy Niu 牛 🐂Year! 😂🎶🍊🥟It's also Valentine's Day ♥️ tomorrow and wishing you all a great V-Day as well…Read more
The day my violin got lost on the subway 🚇 It was my dear neighbour who shared with me the story of a missing Carcassi violin on the Toronto's TTC a few days ago on December 18th, 2020. I have hope that it will be located and returned!Here is…Read more
Christmas in Quarantine... The National Ballet of Canada 2020-21 season is cancelled. This pandemic is taking a large toll on us musicians worldwide and as we enter into the second wave (at least here in Toronto, we are in the Red Zone)…Read more
Tales from the Pit: The day my violin broke into two pieces 💥😱 Can you believe it? I’ve reached 20 years at the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra! They awarded me my 20-year anniversary pin! Despite not playing in the pit this pandemic year, I still have many “tales from the pit” to…Read more
I got mouthy with a US Border guard 😬 Okay, so I don't always make the best decisions. It's coming up on 360 days without taking a vacation (yup, I missed Christmas last year) and I think it's high time I took a break. As the summer is quickly…Read more