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[quote=Anonymous]My recently turned 13-year-old plays violin at her middle school and in a youth orchestra on the weekends. She appears to be naturally good at this and can get by without practicing much. This has turned into not practicing at all, or a power struggle if we ask her to practice. She's one of three middle schoolers in the group - the rest are in high school - and she is in second violin and seems fine with that.

She did say she wanted a new teacher, so we asked around and her orchestra conductor who was an assistant under Daniel Barenboim said he only takes 7 students and he would take her on, but she would obviously need to step it up. She was not into this teacher option.

I'm at a loss here. It's like she doesn't want to practice but doesn't want to quit. She wanted a new teacher - which I thought would invigorate things - but doesn't want the one we found. She thinks she is playing sports in high school; she is unlikely to make any team beyond freshman so I thought this was a great option for getting involved with something.

FWIW she's going to orchestra camp for the second year in a row - her choice. We are not pushing this on her.

Any suggestions here? [/quote]

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