Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Violin category.
My Latest Work!
Filed in Composition, Noteworthy, Violin on March 5, 2009 at 2:05 amRecall this post from way back in January of 2008?! My golly, I’ve been working on this project for so long, but it is so worth it! Yes, I am talking about the glorious completion of my Masters Thesis composition: Leviathan of the Ancient Deep! It’s been a long and stressful road (it’s difficult to twist [...]
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Filed in Composition, History, Noteworthy, Performance, Thought for the Day, Violin on January 21, 2009 at 11:23 pmYeah, yeah, I bet EVERYBODY’s blogged this one… But I just gotta get on that bandwagon, too!
Of course, I’m talking about John Williams‘ Air and Simple Gifts composed for and performed at Obama’s inaguration yesterday. The musicians? The venerable Anthony McGill on clarinet, Itzhak Perlman on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello (who was also asked by the inauguration committee to organize [...]
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Filed in Performance, Thought for the Day, Violin on December 28, 2008 at 9:17 pmCheck it out! The rest of Larry Enriquez’s newest music videos are up on YouTube! Here are just a few of my fav’s (with nice closeups, too!)…
“Fill the Valleys”
“Worthy is the Lamb”
“God of Wonders”
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 [...]
Virtual Music Library!!
Filed in Composition, History, Performance, Reviews, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Technique, Violin on November 19, 2008 at 1:44 amI 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 [...]
