Showing posts with label violin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label violin. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music." -Gustav Mahler

Pretty shoes and a lovely dress, but putting heels on the keys makes me cringe!
 
A song of cherry jubilee
 
Serenade by harp
 
Angelic flautist
 
 Celtic fiddle
 
 The magnificent cello
 
A lovely spring song played from an English horn
 
 A piano in a peaceful meadow
 
 Beauty and grace
 
 A love song
 
Elegance
 
Music Theory 101

Sunday, May 29, 2011

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." -Leopold Stokowski

Last night was my last performance in the Cal Poly Symphony. I realize I have already made a post about my love of the violin, but this is for all the years I have been performing.
"The symbol of an orchestra, the violin has a well deserved first place among the string instruments and not only those but among musical instruments in general. As the old saying reveals" the older the violin, the sweeter the music", the concept is not far from the truth, on the contrary it is indeed confirmed that the older violins do have an even better sound."

"I started in elementary school. I tried clarinet first since my mom had played it but I didn't like it. When I tried the violin it was like, 'Wow, this is fun.' It's like my passion. I love playing the violin."-Eric Vargas


"The raw wood of a sawed off tree was turned, stripped, and varnished into a traveling violin that could only squeal in carnival colors."-Grace Slick
"She is a delightful and witty woman who can make her violin cry, whisper,sing and put chills up and down your spine."-Donna Goggin
"Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever."-June Masters Bacher
"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."-Jascha Heifetz
"Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it."-Vanessa Mae
"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
-Samuel Butler
"If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place."-Robert Schumann
"If you take a violin, you can make it sound 50 different ways. Not just pizzicato and played by the bow, but ponticello, and harmonics, and tremolos. If you take an oboe and play it, there's about one way you can make it sound: like an oboe."-John Corigliano
"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"
-Albert Einstein

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." -Victor Hugo

Talent and beauty, the ingredients for a muse
Craftsmanship at its best
Serenade by violin equals instant romance
Artistic in more ways than one
Upholstery meets performing to create an experience which is both pleasing to the eyes and ears
Like a fiddler on a roof
Virtuoso
Gracefully and beautifully bringing music to life
Practicing can be a chore
So many instruments, each with their own sound and tone

Saturday, May 7, 2011

A project by Kyle Tesalsona, who is a friend of my friend Tyler Whipple. Here is his version of Paramore's "The Only Exception"

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Escala does a cover on Paul McCartney's famous song "Live and Let Die." These girls are beautiful and very talented. I love their CD!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”-Dorothea Lange

I want this dress, it is so creative and elegant! Who wouldn't want to be like a butterfly?
I love the colors in this picture all in a wonderfully pink hue!
What a cute bunny, I wonder if he knows his friend isn't real?
I love this picture, she looks so classy and elegant and she is a violinist which makes it all the more awesome!
The colors of this picture is amazing. Who knew starfish could be so bright and flashy?
Beautiful autumn day!
I like to picture my self in this picture, relaxing on a boat during sunset. It really could be me because those shoes are definitely something I would wear.

I like the concept of this picture, I mean snow is just frozen rain, so why not use an umbrella?

Adorable kitten! I want to pick him up and cuddle
Whale sharks are so massive, it would be cool to swim with one! Btw, they eat krill so they aren't dangerous.