Tag: violin
group name: classicalsmallc
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March 08, 2007 01:59 PM EST --
I started playing the cello when I was 10 years old. When I was 12, I joined our city's youth symphony. I played cello until I reached 17, then I stopped.
My symphony conductor was furious. I had . . . more
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April 22, 2007 02:59 AM EDT --
Are you a perfectionist? Do you triple- and quadruple-check that which has already been single- and double-checked? Have you ever thought to yourself, "Well, all in all, that really was . . . more
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November 01, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
Gather.com community members! Remember that the BSO’s first Bolero Program concert is quickly approaching!
Bolero is a series of concerts for classically-minded singles . . . more
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October 29, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
Many of us do Sudoku puzzles when we’re sick and bored at home. Perhaps we’ll read a novel or watch some TV if we’re taking care of a family member. Instead, while . . . more
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November 21, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
Hi all,
Erica Miner, former professional violinist later turned author, poet
and screenwriter, is my guest at Violin and Books today. Erica's story
is both sad and inspiring. After winning the . . . more
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November 05, 2007 11:05 AM EST --
It’s a packed week for Symphony Hall. The exciting new conductor (who just can’t seem to get any bad press) and most recent appointment for music director of the L.A. Philharmonic, . . . more
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February 11, 2008 02:52 PM EST --
Shostakovich was on a roll in the 1920s. His First Symphony, a graduation piece from his final days at the Leningrad Conservatory, catapulted him to international stardom and secured for him . . . more
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April 04, 2007 02:20 PM EDT --
"I have the best conducting job in the world," says Paul Gambill, music director of the Nashville Chamber Orchestra . "It's way too much fun!" A typical evening Gambill . . . more
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December 16, 2007 10:03 AM EST --
Hi all,
Today on Violin and Books is author/violinist Corinne Demas. She has written many books for children and is the Fiction Editor of The Massachussets Review.
If you get a chance and love violin-related . . . more
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June 19, 2008 07:12 AM EDT --
Mark O'Connor has been thinking about what America sounds like almost since he first picked up guitar and fiddle as a child growing up in Seattle. When he went back to his hometown lthis summer, it . . . more
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February 01, 2008 12:20 PM EST --
It seems like symphony concerts across the country offer the opportunity to see only one soloist per evening. We generally hear one concerto in between a shorter overture and a symphony, and . . . more
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