Mark it on Your Calendar!

Filed in Composition, Performance, Student Reminders, Violin on April 22, 2006 at 4:47 pm

At last, the Three Images of Christ’s Final Hours will be performed in their entirety!
Under the direction of cellist Alan Mautner, the Cal Poly Pomona String Ensemble is scheduled to perform all of the Three Images on the evening of May 23, 2006! Featured guest soloists in this performance will include violinist Cathlin Reese on [...]

Thought for the Day

Filed in History, Inspiration, Performance, Reviews, Technique, Thought for the Day, Violin on April 19, 2006 at 10:40 pm

“A great violin is alive; its very shape embodies its maker’s intentions, and its wood stores the history, or the soul, of its successive owners. I never play without feeling that I have released or, alas, violated spirits.”
-Yehudi Menuhin
Check out this fascinating article by Laurie Niles about Stradivari’s genius. I was especially struck by the [...]

Other Links

Filed in General, Reviews, Student Reminders on April 18, 2006 at 2:19 pm

Not too long ago, James set me up with the Other Links addition on my sidebar, and I’ve been having a blast with it! As you’ll see when you click on it, it will take you to my new del.icio.us bookmarks page, where I’ve posted, for everyone to explore, a list of my favorite online [...]

Masterclass with Martin Chalifour

Filed in Performance, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on April 7, 2006 at 5:05 pm

On April 14, next Friday, Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Martin Chalifour, will be giving a masterclass prior to performing in a recital at the Claremont Community School of Music. I was kindly invited to participate in the masterclass after the students had been accommodated for, and I was eager to take this [...]