Maya and her new friends

Maya didn't waste any time making new friends at Sound Encounters, a nice music camp in Ottawa, KS.

Yesterday evening the kids had a picnic at Forest Park then went swimming in the big community pool.  Lots of fun was had by all.

Jamuna and Maya are very busy ALL day and almost every evening until about 9 PM.  They have orchestra practice and ensemble practice (about 2 hours each) every day.  They each also have an elective class, master classes, and repertoire classes nearly every day too.

Yesterday they learned a form of Indian music in which the violin is tuned differently, played with the scroll pointed down, while sitting.  It was actually quite pleasant.  The teacher was Devin Arrington of Pittsburgh, PA.







In the next couple of days I'll report on Maya's master classes with Brian Lewis.  I don't have any good photos of them working together yet but I'll snap a few at Wednesday's class.