Author Archives: luciamay

Hey, guys, this is a full circle moment. Guess who my practice helper is this summer at the Jacobs School String Academy at Indiana U? It’s Gaia Ramsdell who became my student in St. Paul at the age of nine. … Continue reading →

Yesterday three students and Bruce gave a house concert culminating a week-long intensive study of the Brahms a minor quartet. Here are a few photos from the week. The project was a success by any standard, filled with joy, hard … Continue reading →

Our spring break project is Quartet Lab: Intensive Study on Warwick Neck where we are housing three serious students for one week to learn the Brahms a minor Quartet. We’ll host a house concert next Sunday. Those of you from … Continue reading →

Violin pedagogue Yuri Yankelevich wrote an extremely detailed treatise on shifting that has now been published in English by Oxford University Press. I’ve left a few thoughts in the comments. Source: Intermediary notes are unnecessary for shifting – Russian violin … Continue reading →

I am thrilled to announce that I’ll be returning to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Summer String Academy in the summer of 2017! Apply soon! Here is the link: http://music.indiana.edu/precollege/summer/string/faculty.shtml

Please join us! I’ll be in town reading from Blond Boy on the Midstream Reading Series 🌉 When: Thursday July 7, 2016, 7:30–8:30pm. Where: Blue Moon building, corner of 39th and (3820) East Lake. Upstairs. Entrance just west of the … Continue reading →

2016 Lucia May Violin Class SPRING RECITAL.pdf