How to Get More out of Violin Lessons
Thu, 10/30/2014 - 3:36pm
For anyone taking violin lessons, or any instrument, it's important to know how to get the most out of the individualized instruction your teacher has to offer. To get the most of your music lessons here at ArtistWorks, here's some things to help keep you focused before you submit a video for personalized feedback.
P is for Practice before you record. Especially if this is your first video for your teacher, you want to put your best foot foward by showing them the best you can play. This means taking the time to warm up, play through it a few times before hitting record so your fingers will be primed and ready. If you already know which areas are weak points for you, be sure to concentrate on those before trying to learn something new. Much of playing music is muscle memory. Therefore it’s critical to keep practicing so that you can keep building those muscles.
Profiles In Online Learning: Classical Scholarship Winners
Tue, 09/23/2014 - 3:02pm
After the first ever ArtistWorks Classical Scholarship competition, we wanted to get in touch with the winners to find out more about their background playing music and also their experience with our online learning platform. We have already heard from our flute student, Arnold from Texas, and so we now are proud to present an interview with the remaining three winners: Taylor (clarinet), Ryan (trumpet), and Paul (violin).
How long have you been playing?
Taylor: I have been playing clarinet since the 5th grade and am now a senior in college, so this is my 12th year of playing!
Ryan: I have been playing trumpet for about eleven years now. I began in the 7th grade after being placed in brass class because percussion, which I signed up for was full. I am pretty happy with the way things have turned out.
Paul: I've been playing violin since I was six. My mother started giving me and my four siblings piano lessons when we turned four or five, but one day she saw an ad in the paper for a Suzuki program and asked me if I would like to take violin lessons. I'm glad that I said yes!
Classical Guitar Lesson: BWV 996 Courante (Bach)
Thu, 09/04/2014 - 3:59pm
"The Bach Lute Suites are a never-ending source of musical inspiration, but they're also very challenging." - Jason Vieaux
In this advanced classical guitar lesson from his online school, Jason Vieaux goes over the courante section from Bach's "Lute Suite in E minor" (aka BWV 996). The courante (or corrente, coranto, or corrant depending on what language we're using) refers to third section of the piece and is characterized by triple meter dances from the Renaissance and the Baroque era.
Bach typically wrote in two styles, French and Italian, and would utilize different spellings to differentiate between the two countries. So for this case, we use the French spelling of courante for this characteristically French piece.
2014 Classical Scholarship Competition Winners
Fri, 08/01/2014 - 11:53am
We are excited to announce the winners of The ArtistWorks Classical Scholarship Competition!
Designed for aspiring classical musicians, each applicant submitted a video of themselves playing a piece from the designated repertoire for our classical music teachers to review. After the reviewing process, the judges each chose one student whose performance they felt merited the scholarship.
For Trumpet, David Bilger has selected Ryan C. For Clarinet, Ricardo Morales has selected Taylor M. For Flute, Jeffrey Khaner has selected Arnold P. For Violin, Nathan Cole has selected Paul H. Congratulations and job well done!
Each winner will receive a $ 1,000 cash prize to help them further their classical music education. Thanks go out to everyone who participated in this competition to help make it a success!
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