Following the NPVC earlier this week, D & I went for this masterclass by Ning Kam. The place was so hot as the aircons were faulty and our mood was truly destroyed this morning. ;(

My friend's son Casey who won 2nd prize(pte vid in link), was in another masterclass, so we didn't get to see him play again. We watched 3 other violinists instead. There was 1 little girl who didn't make it past the qtr-finals(Jr), 1 who is 3rd place in Int, and 1 who was a semifinalist, who is playing here in this video:
Her mom was in such bright hues...too bad she wasn't sitting in front of me. We were falling asleep bc of the heat and the stuffy room made both D & I end up with runny noses by the half-way mark in this session.

I couldn't believe when I saw this father in front of me having his paper FULL of notes.

I'd never even thought of doing that. And in the midst of this, I received an sms from a friend "Did you take notes"? Oh my...really, ah?
Ok, whoever wants to know, the gist of the Mstrcls covered:
1. Bow tightness: liken it to the suspension of a bike/car.
2. The piece is a story - tell it.
3. Sing, sing, sing. When you sing internally as you play, all your technical & intonation problems will go away.
D was going like....but LB tells me all those every lesson...and he makes me sing. Well, this boy was really grumpy ! Complaining that he was wearing jeans in that stuffy room.
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