Behind-the-Scenes in the Teaching Room

Some of you may be wondering how the paper violins are coming along. By the end of our inaugural Paper Violin Workshop, the violins had been assembled and painted - bright and cheerful, but without any of the details. colorful violins

As the students have been reaching new learning milestones, more details have been added - f-holes, buttons, purfling and fingerboards.

Paper violins

Of course the real fun happens when we use them in class!

Jayda and Emmy Paper violins this is my violin

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In fact, we have to be careful because sometimes...

too much fun

...it can be too much fun!

*Special thanks to Melanie Puckett for the photos - more can be seen on our flickr account. Additional photo cred to Emmy!