Two of my students are graduating this year. Jared and Parris are both viola players who have studied with me for many years. Now, they are heading off to start their freshman years of college! Jared and his family joined me in our backyard in early August to say farewell. We played a duo for violin and viola. It was lots of fun and I’m glad that Jared’s dad, Andrew suggested we make a recording of it! Jared will study engineering at Temple University.

UPDATE: I finally uploaded photos of Parris’s final lesson as well, where we sightread a Beethoven duo outside. One of Parris’s awesome gifts was a homemade candle depicting a child playing viola while his dog howls along…eerily similar to many past lessons that feature my “singing” greyhound!

I’m so sad to see both of these students go, but I know they’ll do wonderful things for this world.