NOVEMBER - is long bow month !!!

if the left hand is the words, the right hand is the breath....

and it's good to know how to whisper, and yell, and do all inbetween.

this month, think about using ALL of the bow - for maybe 2 minutes at the start of each practice.

TODO:  start at the frog, and do a downbow for a count of 8 (slow) getting all the way to the tip.  When that is easy, move to 10 or 12 for the count.  Upbow, ditto.
... and of course, the bow keeps moving continuously, and the sound is nice - and the bow is 1/2 way between end of fingerboard and bridge. 

namaste....

Hmmmm !!!

Celebrate !!

Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don Quixote - quick and dirty

this sunday, Oct 16, is the kickoff concert for SOPRF 80th season, and the centerpiece tune is Don Quixote.  A cello concerto w/out the name in the title, the Don's travels are musically protrayed by a solo cello - and his loyal side-kick, Sancho - by a solo viola.
the cello part is being played by John Sharp, principal cellist of CSO - I've heard him, and he is lovely (natch, but it also bears repeating)
Unfortunately.... I will be in virginia moving boxes, a date and activity set long before the concerts were known.  so.... I hope you can enjoy the music, for yourself and for me...
check out the link for pretty pictures and more information -- symphonyOPRF web site.
cheerio...