Practice Pays Off

Meadowmount School of Music is the most prestigious summer music camp for stringed instruments in the country where Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and those that you are buying their recordings today, spent summers when they were young. . The school was founded in 1944 by Ivan Galamian, the greatest violin teacher of the century. At Meadowmount students’ age ranges from 13 to 18. A minimum 5 hours of daily practice is required aside from private lessons, master class and chamber music. This video is a performance of what they called "spare time music" by the boys lived in the same dorm, the Piatigorsky Dorm, named after the great Russian cellist Gregor Piatiagorsky. It’s their own arrangement of mashup of tunes from classical to pop, country and movie music. They are having great joy and so much fun that makes me have tears, for only I know that this wonderful experience is made possible by impeccable techniques that is acquired by, yes, a minimum 5 hours of daily practice. 

PS. I've never seen cello being played this cool. Violinists! Look at how beautifully these cellists's wrist and elbow fold on the bow arm and their continuous vibrato. It's a lot harder to do vibrato on the cello than on the violin. These kids really played their hearts out.  

Meadowmount School of Music