On January 15, 18 new musicians got there instruments. The Neighborhood Strings program got 18 new kids at the beginning of the year and they trained hard with some of the older mentors in the program on rhythm and pitch. On Friday I helped 5 of the new violinists Lear their instruments. They learned how to hold their instrument on their shoulder and how to play pizzacatto ( plucking the instruments strings). It felt so nice giving back to my community and teaching the new kids how to play the violin.