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Summer Series: Violin and Piano Lessons in Cape Charles
When I was a kid, if I didn’t practice my violin diligently, my parents threatened to end the lessons. I would beg and plead for them to give me another chance, and thankfully they did. Every week, they drove me to Virginia Beach, crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to my lesson with the amazing Dora Mullins, […]
“A Moving Sea Between the Shores of Your Souls:” Aleks and Sam’s Spring Wedding
This past Saturday, April 8, was my birthday, and it really was a gift to be able to witness Aleks and Sam’s wedding at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Richmond. The love between this pair just radiated from their smiling faces. Against a background of tearful sniffles from the guests, Paul, the guitarist, and I played Pachelbel for […]
Fiddle Tunes Worthy of the Woods
When I hiked the Appalachian Trail a few years ago, I carried a lightweight fiddle called a WipLStix, crafted by Bill Whipple of North Carolina from a tree felled on Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. Weighing in at just a pound and an ounce, the instrument fit snugly inside of a PVC tube. Being able to share music along the […]