News stories tagged with "violin"

(09/12/08) Each Friday this summer we've been introducing you to a different pair of participants from StoryCorps' visit to the North Country. The StoryCorps mobile booth was in Saranac Lake and Glens Falls earlier this summer, and it was in Glens Falls that Ellen Butz interviewed her friend, Jane Jacobs. Jane's father was a professional violinist and she recalled how he got started playing, and the joy of watching her dad perform.

(03/07/08) The Orchestra of Northern New York welcomes a young violinist on stage for its "Symphonic Discovery" concerts in Potsdam and Watertown next weekend. 16-year-old Benjamin Hull won this year's annual Young Artist Instrumental Competition. He'll be the violin soloist in the orchestra's performance of the first movement of Bruch's "Violin Concerto in G Minor." Todd Moe has this profile.

(02/15/02) Todd Moe chats with violin and fiddle superstar Mark O'Connor for a preview of his solo recital Saturday night at Hosmer Concert Hall at the Crane School of Music.

(07/03/01) Todd Moe talks with Lake Placid Sinfonietta violinist John Huwiler about the ensemble's history and upcoming summer concert series.

(06/21/01) A conversation with violinist and composer Mimi Rabson. She returns to the North Country tonight for a concert in Norwood with her sister, Ann Rabson. Since graduating from Potsdam High School in the late '70s, Mimi Rabson's musical career has taken her around the world. Todd Moe.

(01/05/01) This weekend music lovers in the Plattsburgh area have an opportunity to hear a world-class string quartet. The ensemble has spent the past week giving workshops at schools around the region, and celebrating the homecoming of one of its voilinists, Soovin Kim. Joel Hurd tells us more.

(05/08/00) Alice Clemens of Osceola started fiddling at the age of seven, learning dance tunes from her uncle, Art Colvin. For most of her life, she has played for parties and country dances near home and has collected hundreds of nearly-forgotten tunes from old-time musicians. Alice co-founded the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame, which maintains an extensive archive and sponsors fiddling events each year.