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Join the First Online Orchestra!

Filed in Composition, Inspiration, Noteworthy, Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on December 6, 2008 at 10:17 pm

“Join the world’s first collaborative online orchestra.
We invite musicians from around the world to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Your video entries will be combined into the first ever collaborative virtual performance, and the world will select the best of you to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in April 2009.
…Professionals and amateur [...]

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Virtual Music Library!!

Filed in Composition, History, Performance, Reviews, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on November 19, 2008 at 1:44 am

I just stumbled across this AMAZING collection of virtual music, and I’m hooked on the idea!
For a mere $20 each, one can purchase, for example, the complete string quartets (score and parts) of Beethoven and Brahms! Or Haydn or Mozart! Or the Ultimate Collection of Violin Sonatas, Violin Concertos, Violin Solos and Duets, or Violin [...]

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Congratulations!

Filed in General, Performance, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on March 24, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Congratulations and good luck to two of my students, Marissa John and Sharon Tang, who will be performing at the ASTA 43rd Annual Bowed Strings Solo Recital/Competition this Saturday! Both students have prepared the first movement of Vivaldi’s Concerto in A Minor, and will be accompanied by Nico Maracut.
You have both worked hard, and I [...]

V.T.C.M.A. – 8

Filed in Composition, History, Inspiration, Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Technique, Thought for the Day, Violin on February 20, 2008 at 1:33 am

The Baltic Baroque play Vivaldi – in style!!
Vivaldi’s “La Folia“:

Vivaldi’s Allegro (RV 565):

Check out more videos from this incredible group here!

Thought for the Day

Filed in Composition, History, Inspiration, Performance, Reviews, Technique, Thought for the Day, Violin on January 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm

In the midst of my intense contemplations concerning my current in-progress work – my thesis composition for my Master’s degree, to be exact – I came across this fascinating interview with renowned composer, John Adams, concerning his Violin Concerto.

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Did the concerto genre and the expectations associated with it—especially that of virtuosic writing for the solo [...]