Ricardo Morales Plays Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

Wed, 03/16/2016 - 3:04pm
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In this fantastic performance with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Morales plays a beautiful version of the 1st movement from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. This is the final purely instrumental piece Mozart wrote shortly before his death in 1791.

Ricardo was recently featured on WOSU Public Media talking about playing clarinet with the Philadelphia Orchestra. They discused this piece as well as other topics including the different options for reeds, the evolution of the modern day clarinet, and more. Click here to check it out! 

More Videos "From The Vault"

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 12:31pm
Written by ArtistWorks

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We're opening up the vault again! Typically only available to members of these schools, this is a monthly taste of what we offer, above and beyond our Video Exchange® platform. Be sure to check out +Music area of your ArtistWorks school for more exclusive performances and interviews.  

ArtistWorks Classical Guitar Review

Mon, 02/22/2016 - 4:41pm
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In this student spotlight, we interview Paul Berge from New York who’s been learning classical guitar online with Jason Vieaux for a little over a year now. Not being able to find a local teacher in his area, Paul went searching for classical guitar lessons online, which is how he discovered ArtistWorks.

What made you want to learn classical guitar? 

“Being an introvert with no singing ability, I was looking for more of a solo instrument. This naturally led me to the classical guitar. Another musician friend of mine happened to have a very cheap classical guitar laying around which he gave me. I immediately felt more at home with the nylon string guitar and began purchasing method books and seeking out instructional videos.”

 

learning classical guitar at artistworks

In this student spotlight, we interview Paul Berge from New York who’s been learning classical guitar online with Jason Vieaux for a little over a year now. Not being able to find a local teacher in his area, Paul went searching for classical guitar lessons online, which is how he discovered ArtistWorks.

What made you want to learn classical guitar? 

“Being an introvert with no singing ability, I was looking for more of a solo instrument. This naturally led me to the classical guitar. Another musician friend of mine happened to have a very cheap classical guitar laying around which he gave me. I immediately felt more at home with the nylon string guitar and began purchasing method books and seeking out instructional videos.”

How to Play Violin Subharmonics

Wed, 02/10/2016 - 11:53am
Written by ArtistWorks

Welcome to "Press Your Bow", the only game show devoted to violin subharmonics! So just what is a violin subharmonic? As your host Nathan Cole explains, violin subharmonics are notes that are lower than those you can play by normal means - notes that you can only play if you Press Your Bow! By pressing your bow, you can play notes that are lower in tone than the open G string, without having to tuning down the string.

So let’s get started. As Nathan demonstrates in the video, there are 3 steps to playing a subharmonic on violin: