Thought for the Day

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
–Beverly Sills, acclaimed opera singer.


Thought for the Day

“I’d rather be a musician than a rock star.” - George Harrison
“I’m not a musician, I’m a drummer.” - Keith Moon
“It doesn’t matter if you’re the greatest guitar player in the world. If you’re not enlightened, forget it.” - George Harrison


Announcing a Helpful FAQs Page

In order to help answer some Frequently Asked Questions about violin lessons and playing, I have set up a new page dedicated to doing just that…


A Musical Story

Many thanks to my dear friend, Patrice Ayala, for sending this to me! Enjoy!

A C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar.
The bartender says: “Sorry, but we don’t serve minors.” So, the E-flat leaves, and the C [...]


New Blog URL

Dear friends, sorry to do this so suddenly, but I decided to take a plunge today and change this blog’s directory. Hopefully, with this generic /blog/ directory, we’ll never have to do it again. If you get a chance, please change your subscriptions to http://sarah.macmanx.com/blog/feed/ and links to http://sarah.macmanx.com/blog/ and please let us [...]