Well, I'd hate to be thought "narrow", so let me say: I am a Ph.D. life scientist. While not a cognitive or neuroscientist I am well qualified to evaluate...
North Fulton Violins in Alpharetta, Georgia (central northern suburb of Atlanta). Mark Pullen does a great job for $40. It's always been worth the drive over...
... Thank you, Steve. My thought exactly, although your backgound far outstrips my own. I have to recall the study--by academically-qualified scientists who...
John Howell
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Apr 1, 2009 4:03 pm
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And what I really hate about this kind of stuff is that a certain kind of person will use these "scientific findings" to tell you that you can't possibly...
During the 1960s, (yes, I know - again with the 60s) I was in some Broadway pit or other (yet again; it was a living between concerts) and a very good sub...
Quite a concert in honor of this terrific lady. When the NYVS had its multiple viola concert there a few years ago, I invited Olga to play in one of the...
Myron Rosenblum
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Apr 1, 2009 9:00 pm
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... My teacher at USC, Donald McInnes, does this very same maneuver from his seat any time he plays in a string quartet. In fact, his colleagues in chamber...
Very funny. But if the violist in a quartet is sitting on the outside, his f-holes are pointing up in the air or to the back of the stage. I prefer to sit...
Dear List: I played a concert once where we had a guitar soloist. He was supposed to sit in front of the orchestra but decided to sit in the viola area. I...
Louise Thomas
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Apr 2, 2009 5:57 am
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Quite apart from the risk of the microphone picking you up more than necessary....I would not have liked that. Pete 2009/4/2 Louise Thomas...
I recently moved from Albuquerque, NM (USA) to Amarillo, TX (USA). In Albuquerque, we have a world class instrument shop called Robertson and Sons Violin Shop....
In chamber music, I sit on the inside between the cellist and the second whenever possible. I wonder how many list members do the same? From the audience's...
I heard a local quartet recently which sat: First, Viola, Cello, Second Sounded good and perhaps the viola projects a bit better in that position. Ann ... ...
Hi group, I am just back from listening for the 2nd night in a row to the Tokyo Quartet, and they sit violin 1, violin 2, ‘cello and viola. They played two ...
ah, yes, I forgot to put that choice down (in my eagerness to get to choice D?) ... or E) First, Viola, Cello, Second Need there be an F) Viola, First, Second,...
Hi Juan, That's been the accepted seating for major quartets through most of this century. But my colleague, Kazu, is a gorgeous violist, playing a large,...
... I believe he has the wonderful Paganini Strad to play on. Those of us from the Viola Congress who crowded into Bein & Fushi's shop in 1993 and heard that...
... Traditional. ... Used by the Audubon Quartet, and Doris Lederer (who plays beautifully) always sits with her viola partially opened to the audience for...
John Howell
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Apr 3, 2009 3:53 pm
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The Emerson now plays standing--except for the cellist. Ed ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... I believe the New Zealand String Quartet, which is a fine ensemble, always stands. Ann ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ann Frederking ...
Hello group members, Given the economically difficult times, a sponsor of the Litomysl International String Master Classes, Czech Republic, has pledged a 500...
I don't know if they are still doing it, but the Emerson quartet started playing standing several years ago. They said they felt it gave them more freedom...
The New Zealand String Quartet viola & violins, like those of the Emerson, play standing. I saw both groups back-to-back one memorable weekend a few years ago...
You may find that Amarillans send their instruments back to Don. Â It's not really that far, is it? Ginger (Albuquerque violist) ... From: timekeeper719...
... Using a microphone PROPERLY is a skill like any other, and has to be learned like any other. And if you have to use one (or to avoid one, for that...
John Howell
John.Howell@...
Apr 4, 2009 5:04 am
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I first saw the (Something?) Quartet of Stuttgart standing, the cellist on a podium, perhaps 25 years ago. Couldn't tell much sonically because they all...
... It's been a while since I talked to the members of the NZSQ about their preference for standing, but I recall that they cited communication amongst...
And here in the UK, the Brodsky Quartet play standing ... From: Ann or Bob Frederking <fredrkng@...> Subject: Re: [viola] Quartet Seating arrangement + a...
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