Posts Tagged Creative Strings Workshop
Jazz violin give-aways; improvisation secrets revealed
I’m giving away lot’s of stuff today. To receive even more presents, enter your email address into the form on top of the right sidebar on this page! On to the first wave of gifts: GIFT #1) this...
Learn MoreMy Editorial in Strings Magazine – Let’s Rebrand “Alternative Styles” Strings
For those of you that haven’t picked up the July issue of Strings Magazine, here is a re-posting of my article We need a clear, positive definition about what is missing from traditional classical-music education,...
Learn MoreSummer Camps for String Players
If you’re trying to develop as a creative string player, summer camp is a great option for adults as well as kids. First let me tell you about the innovative Creative Strings Workshop, catering to adult pros/semipros,...
Learn MoreClaudio Peña, jazz cello innovator and 2011 CSW faculty
Watch the video below this post. You’ll see 2011 Creative Strings Workshop and Festival faculty member, Claudio Peña, conducting nearly 100 improvising cellists at the Botanical Garden in Buenos Aires. Using...
Learn Morefull circle
When I was about 14 I heard Amy Kauffman and Nora Carter, older teen-aged violinists, playing some of the romantic violin concertos.I thought they were from another world. Bruch, Lalo, Brahms, etc.. These girls played the...
Learn MoreConcert Schedule for 2010 Creative Strings Festival
For the seventh year in a row, Christian Howes’s Creative Strings Festival promises to inundate Columbus with the sound of strings! Violins, cellos, violas, and basses will be heard singing and wailing through bluegrass,...
Learn MoreIn their own words-Creative Strings Workshop participants tell it like it is
With summer approaching fast it’s definitely time to make plans. I don’t know about you, but for me, the summer is always a time when I like to try to catch a week or two to devote to FIDDLECAMP!!!! Nothing but...
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