CMI Performance – July 2006

Filed in Performance, Reviews, Student Reminders, Violin on July 27, 2006 at 12:50 pm

Last Saturday, the afternoon of July 22, ten young string quartets performed for the annual Chamber Music Institute concert at Roselle Hall in Fullerton. It was very hot and muggy in the small space, but it was worth it just to perform and listen to all the delightful chamber music!
My group was last [...]

‘Be your own critic’

Filed in Inspiration, Performance, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on July 11, 2006 at 9:41 pm

Wise words from the acclaimed violinist, Itzhak Perlman:
Perlman asked the students if it’s easy to listen to a colleague play and figure out what works well and what needs work. Many grinned and agreed. Then Perlman pointed out that it’s so hard to do with your own playing “because you are busy working . . [...]

Upcoming Concerts, Summer ‘06

Filed in Composition, Performance, Student Reminders, Violin on July 9, 2006 at 5:48 pm

Check out these fun summertime concerts in which I’ll be participating!

July 16, 9:30am: I’ll be visiting my old church family at First Presbyterian Church of Garden Grove, and playing my arrangement of Jay Ungar’s Ashokan Farewell for two violins and piano! Joining me on the second fiddle will be the church’s very own Rev. Cheryl [...]

Organization: What To Do…

Filed in Composition, Inspiration, Technique, Violin, Writing on July 1, 2006 at 2:14 am

…when you have more projects and obligations than time?
It was suggested to me that this might be a good topic to throw out there, especially since I have recently been asked many times by those who catch a glimmer of my regular weekly schedule: “How do you do it all?”
First, to give you an idea [...]