Violin

The performance I attended was at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University. This concert was a preview of BCE’s performance this upcoming Thursday at the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Conference. The works of Ratniece and Hearne will be performed at the conference. The program we started with was Horo Horo Hata Hata by Santa Ratniece, followed by a few other pieces. This was my first time at the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, it was a very interesting…

Have you ever played the viola? It seems hard and may not fun, but once you practice it, the viola is easy and fun to play. In order to play this instrument, you need a viola, a bow, a case, a sholder rest, and a rosin. Also playing at a concert is not bad as you think. First, you have to be able to hold your viola and bow. To be able to hold your viola you need a sholder rest. Hold the viola upside down with the back facing you and make sure your sholder rest looks like a frowny face. Then…

The Florida Orchestra performed Brahms’ Violin Concerto featuring soloist Tianwa Wang on November 15th, 2015 at Ruth Eckerd Hall. The Florida Orchestra was formed in 1968 by The Tampa Philharmonic and St. Petersburg Symphony merging and creating The Florida Gulf Coast Symphony. The name changed to The Florida Orchestra 1984. It is recognized as Tampa Bays leading performing arts institution. Ruth Eckerd Hall is located in Clearwater. It 2,180 seat auditorium with continental seating and no…

Nicknamed the “Bull fiddle”, the bass is one of a handful of instruments that played a significant role in the development of music during the 20th century. The bass gained much of its momentum as the popularity of the New Orleans brass and jazz bands was spreading throughout the US, and it eventually took on such an essential role that it was forced to evolve. The new bass players were slowly transitioning the bass from accompaniment to a solo instrument. As it moved from the background to the…

The Green Violin is a play that was written by Elise Thoron with music composed by Frank London. Set in several years between 1920 and 1948, The Green Violin provides insight on the Yiddish culture that existed within the area of the former pale of settlement. Following an artist and the cast of a theatre, The Green Violin provides an examination of the art that Yiddish people created and enjoyed in Russia and Europe throughout the nineteenth century. The art created in the theatres reflects the…

the different approaches that happen around the world. There will be some methods more renowned than others, and of course, those will prevail and outshine the rest. However, this class will go into specific details of the classical instruments like Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass and how they are used throughout these String Methods. Consequently, these string instruments play a huge role in the music world around us; each come with a variety of different techniques and difficult…

I remember the first time that I picked up a violin. The sounds that came out probably couldn't qualify as notes, much less music. That was in third grade, and I was almost totally unaccustomed to being challenged. Confused at the thought of failure, I told myself that if I practiced for a few weeks, then I would sound amazing, but even after weeks of practicing I still sounded like a dying squirrel. That was the first thing I’d tried that I wasn't sure if I could succeed at. I was tempted to…

his sole medium of emotional expressions -- by playing his violin. While there is little information in Watsons’ accounts regarding the emotional states of the detective (with the exception of his excitement over a new puzzle and the following bouts of saturnine moods when there are no cases to be solved), we can see that the detective often turns to his violin when pondering upon a case, or even when relaxing. Holmes’ mastery of a violin seems to be one of his most curious habits. Indeed, it…

several generations. Similarly, in music it can be possible to track its evolution by observing changes to a style, genre, or concept. In this report, the focus will fall on movements from two violin sonatas. For the purposes of this discussion, a violin sonata will be defined as a work specifically written for violin and piano with the purpose of it being a chamber piece. By analyzing the movements, the progress from the Classical to the Romantic eras will become observable through subtle and…

Enemies and Violins I came home from school, tired and exhausted. I walked across The hallway to my room. I heard the music as I entered the room, but all that was there was a violin, lay there with its back on the bare floorboards. I carefully picked it up and cradled it as I sat down on my bed. Memories flooded into my mind at the instant. I used to play the violin, but I stopped year ago. I had a best friend I would practice with. she die in a car accident with her family . We used to play…