S02E15 - Catherine Cho

Catherine Cho, Musician, Violinist, Teacher, and Performer
chatted with us about her teaching and performance focus. As a
teacher she focuses on the ‘total person’, ‘how to practice’ and
developing a balance in life between practicing and life. From
her own experience preparing for competitions she offers her
current students a view of the full picture of how to become a
well rounded performer and competitor. We talked about the
process of learning of undergraduate and graduate student and how
she guides her students to becoming independent and finding their
own pathway to their careers. As a chamber music coach her focus
changes to helping students how to rehearse, how to listen to
themselves, listen to each other and how to interact/communicate
as a group. We also talked about how she manages her own
practice, manages her own career schedule, her family life with
fellow musician Todd Phillipps of the Orion String Quartet and
how she communicates with parents of young violin students of how
to support their child in their learning.