<p>^ If she needs to, have her rent a Tertis model.</p>
<p>Will easily hold more beer, due to the increased length and wider bouts. Used as a means of storing/transporting fermented liquids, it should not present an issue with tendinitis. My concern might be carpal tunnel, from repeated hoisting of heavy steins and mugs. Make sure she switches hands. The skills she learns now will be beneficial down the pike.</p>
<p>Given what happened after the bus trip to the whiskey distillery…</p>
<p>Music (and sports) should be about the joy of participation. </p>
<p>My son took piano lessons for almost 11 years. Occassionally we had to remind him to practice, but we never had to force him. If it got to that point, we would have stopped lessons. The only reason we stopped lessons junior year was time constraint due to academics and ECs (mostly bands). He still played piano lots on his own as schedules permitted. </p>
<p>He had fun a few times as guest musician (tenor sax) with a a local teen rock band. I like violin/rocker idea posted above.</p>
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I noticed this too–I would just point out that this is not exactly an “agreement.”</p>
<p>Can you find a way to significantly reduce the time commitment to violin? If, as your post suggests, he is spending several hours each day with lessons and practicing, he is probably having to miss other high school activities that he’d like to do–this may not have been an issue in the music-oriented school.</p>
<p>Also, what is the overall goal of his violin-playing? Do you think he’s talented enough that he might be a professional violinist? If not, perhaps consider changing to another instrument that might not be so demanding.</p>
<p>The OP seems to have less interest in the question than some of us do…</p>
<p>At the end of the day, your child(ren) must choose their own future. </p>
<p>My son is brilliant in both math- and literature-based subjects. But… his passion is music. He came to it somewhat late, ~14, but just loves theory and comp. Choosing college/major was a struggle. Not for him. For his Dad & I. I wanted him to follow his passion; his Dad wanted him to follow something with $$ attached. But it wasn’t OUR choice. No more than it is OP’s. </p>
<p>OP… your son needs to follow what he loves, what he’s passionate about. That may or may not be music. But you can’t force him to be someone he isn’t. Support his choices.</p>